Standby Generator Installation and Solar Panel Installation in Lincroft, NJ | 15.12 kW Solar & 22 kW Generac

Lincroft, NJ · Client since November 2023

Barry and Deborah in Lincroft have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since November of 2023. They signed for the standby generator and the solar array on the same day; the generator was commissioned that December and the array the following March.

22 kW and 10,000 watts managed

This is a 2,500 square foot house with an electrical calculation of 26,944 watts, which is a great deal for the floor area. A double electric oven and 6,000 watts of air conditioning account for most of the difference.

The machine is a Generac Guardian 22 kW, model 7042-2, delivering 19.5 kW on natural gas, behind a 200-amp service-rated transfer switch with surge protection. Three smart management modules sit on it, and between them they take 10,000 watts out of the calculation while the generator is running, leaving 16,944 watts for the machine to hold — inside its rating, and above the 17 kW the code calculation sets as a minimum.

It was last serviced on 15 October 2025.

36 panels, 15.12 kW

Thirty-six REC 420-watt panels, 15.12 kW in total, on Snap-N-Rack mounting with a SolarEdge SE11400H HD Wave inverter and an optimizer on every panel. Estimated first-year production is 17,862 kWh and the utility is JCP&L.

Managed does not mean restricted

The phrase load management worries people, and the worry is almost always based on a misunderstanding worth clearing up.

A management module does nothing at all while the utility is supplying the house. It is not a limiter, a timer, or a smart meter deciding when somebody may use their oven. On grid power the double oven in this kitchen works exactly as it would in a house with no generator at all, because the modules are simply not engaged.

They engage only when the generator is running — which is a few dozen hours a year — and even then they do not switch anything off permanently. They hold a heavy load back for as long as the machine is busy with something else, then let it through. During an outage the oven may take a few minutes longer to come up to temperature. That is the entire imposition.

What is bought with it is substantial: a 22 kW machine covers a house that would otherwise have needed something considerably larger, sitting on a bigger pad, drinking more gas every week for the next two decades to exercise an engine that is mostly idle.

The array, of course, is doing none of this work. A grid-tied system disconnects the moment the utility fails, and must, so that it cannot energise a line a crew is working on. Fifteen kilowatts on the roof and the house is still dark until the machine beside it starts.

Why Lincroft homeowners choose Green Sun Energy Services

More than solar panels: a professionally managed energy system, from design and permitting through installation, inspection, activation and ongoing support.

Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.

What makes Green Sun Energy Services different

• Solar: design and installation supervised by a NABCEP-certified professional (#PVA-111016-016148), with SolarEdge optimizers on every panel so each one reports its own output. On this home: a 15.12 kW solar array of 36 REC 420AA-PURE-R panels, a SolarEdge SE11400H-US000NNC2 HD Wave inverter, the Snap-N-Rack mounting system and 228 ft of critter guard.
• Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 7042-2 standby generator (22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch (managed whole house) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
• Warranty: backed by a 10-year solar workmanship warranty and a 5-year generator workmanship warranty.
• Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 138 completed solar projects and 441 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 360 solar projects and 618 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.

Our work in Lincroft

Green Sun Energy Services has completed 5 featured solar projects, 20 standby generator installations and 37 generator service customers in Lincroft. Lincroft, a community in Middletown Township, is served by JCP&L.

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Thinking about solar, a standby generator, or both for your Lincroft home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.

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Questions from Lincroft homeowners

Standby generatorWhat is a service-entrance-rated transfer switch?

One that is listed for use as service equipment when installed in the appropriate configuration. These are commonly used for whole-house systems, where the transfer switch becomes part of the home's service arrangement rather than sitting downstream of it.

Standby generatorHow 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.

Standby generatorWhy do outages last longer on some Lincroft streets than others?

Mature tree cover over overhead lines is the usual reason. Limbs coming down in wind, snow or ice take the lines with them, so heavily treed streets tend to see both more frequent outages and longer restoration times than open ones. It is one of the honest arguments for standby power rather than a portable generator.

SolarDoes solar equipment have to be listed?

Yes. Modules, inverters and mounting systems are each subject to product-listing requirements under the applicable standards, and the equipment has to be installed according to that listing and its instructions rather than to general practice.

SolarDoes a bigger array always produce more?

Generally yes when everything else is equal, but size alone does not decide annual production. A smaller unshaded south-facing array can outproduce a larger one that is shaded or poorly oriented. Azimuth, tilt, shading, inverter efficiency and module characteristics all bear on it.