Miguel from Belford, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2021. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned that same month, and the servicing came to us almost immediately – a startup inspection and cellular monitoring were both set up within days. Scheduled maintenance followed in August of 2022 and August of 2023, and a fault covered by the manufacturer’s warranty was put right in the spring of 2022. Picking up a machine in its first month is the cleanest version of a takeover: there is no history to reconstruct, and the warranty is still entirely intact, which is why the repair that spring cost the household nothing. The plan covers annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and the monitoring we watch.
Project Facts
- Location
- Belford, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2021
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7042-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
Standby generator questions from Belford homeowners
Can a generator be sized from the square footage of the house?
No. Two houses of identical size can have very different electrical requirements depending on heating fuel, how many air conditioners there are, whether there is a well pump, a pool, an EV charger, or electric cooking. A proper design examines the load rather than the floor area.
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Belford home supply a generator?
Often yes, but the gas system has to be evaluated first. The review covers the generator's BTU demand, meter capacity, available pressure, regulator capacity, pipe diameter and length, and every other gas appliance in the house -- furnace, boiler, water heater, range and fireplace among them.
Can a standby generator be used instead of utility power?
Residential standby generators are intended for backup during outages rather than as a permanent substitute for normal utility service. Running through an extended outage is expected, but maintenance requirements become considerably more important during prolonged continuous use.