Frank from Long Branch, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2020. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in July of 2013, and the servicing came to us seven years later. It has been seen every summer since – the seven-year service in 2020, then 2021, 2022 and the ten-year interval repeating from 2023 onward. A machine in its thirteenth year on the oceanfront is a fair test of what an annual visit is worth: salt air works on everything left outdoors, and the difference between a generator that starts and one that does not is usually the things nobody sees until somebody opens the enclosure. An annual maintenance plan covers the visit.
Project Facts
- Location
- Long Branch, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6237
- Rated output
- 8 kW LP / 7 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 35 amp
Standby generator questions from Long Branch homeowners
Do generator requirements in Long Branch differ from the next town over?
The manufacturer's equipment requirements do not change when you cross a municipal boundary into Long Branch, but local zoning can. A township may impose its own side-yard and rear-yard setbacks, mechanical-equipment rules, screening, noise requirements and floodplain provisions. That is why every property gets a municipal zoning review rather than a general answer.
How quickly does it take over?
The automatic start sequence normally begins within seconds of the controller deciding that utility power has failed or fallen outside acceptable limits. There is a deliberate short delay so that a momentary flicker does not trigger a full start and transfer. Exact timing depends on the controller, the transfer switch and the configuration.
What size propane tank does a generator need?
Tank size follows the generator's capacity, the outage duration you want to cover, the climate, the tank's vaporisation capacity and any other appliances drawing off the same tank. Standby generator applications call for a substantial storage volume rather than a small portable cylinder, and the propane supplier's requirements form part of the design.