Adria from Toms River, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since January of 2025. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in November of 2013, and the servicing came to us eleven years later. Scheduled maintenance followed in January of 2025 and again that December. Taking on a machine already past a decade old is a different proposition from taking on a new one: nothing about it is under warranty, everything that wears has worn at least once, and the only useful question is what condition it is in now rather than what it was sold as. An annual maintenance plan now covers the yearly visit.
Project Facts
- Location
- Toms River, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- January 2025
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6250
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Toms River homeowners
Can a standby generator be installed in Toms River without natural gas?
Yes. Residential standby generators commonly run on liquid propane. A properly sized tank, regulator and piping system has to be designed to deliver adequate vapour flow and pressure for the machine.
How often should a standby generator be serviced?
Maintenance follows the schedule for the exact model and its operating hours. For current air-cooled units that means an annual inspection plus scheduled work at hour-and-year intervals. Extended running during a long outage can bring the next service forward.
How is the gas pipe size worked out?
From the generator's demand, the available pressure, the pipe length, the allowable pressure drop, the fittings, the pipe material and every other appliance connected to the system. The adopted fuel-gas code carries the sizing requirements and tables, and the model's published fuel consumption goes into the calculation.