Karen and Steve from Bridgewater, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since July of 2025. Two jobs a week apart, one new and one inherited.
14.875 kW of solar
Thirty-five Jinko 425-watt panels on IronRidge rail, finished in October of 2025, with first-year production estimated at 15,119 kWh. At nearly fifteen kilowatts this is a large residential array, and the rail layout is what decides how that weight sits across the roof structure.
The generator already at the house
A Generac 7035 rated 16 kW, installed in August of 2020 by another company, feeding a 70-amp transfer switch. Green Sun took it on in August of 2025 and serviced it that September. A machine and an array on one house pull in opposite directions – one runs when the grid is down, the other shuts off when it is – so the two have to be commissioned knowing about each other.
Project Facts
- Location
- Bridgewater, NJ
- Services
- Solar Panel Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- July 2025
Solar
- Panels
- Jinko Model # JKM425N-54HL4R-B
- Panels
- 35
- System size
- 14.88 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- IronRidge
- Estimated first-year production
- 15,119 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 95%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Standby generator
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7035
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 70 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Questions from Bridgewater homeowners
Standby generatorHow close to the house can a generator sit in Bridgewater?
For the air-cooled models covered by the manufacturer's listed installation guidance, the rear of the generator can be as close as eighteen inches to a qualifying structure when every condition of that listing is met. That eighteen inches is a tested installation dimension, not a zoning setback, and a municipality can require more.
SolarAre north-facing panels a bad idea?
They generally produce less annual energy in New Jersey than comparable south-facing panels, but they are not automatically unusable. Roof pitch, shading, the economics and the space available all matter, and a production model should show the expected output before north-facing modules go into a design.
Standby generatorCan an existing propane tank be reused for a new generator?
Possibly. Existing propane equipment can be reused when it is correctly sized, sited, regulated, maintained and capable of supplying the demand the generator adds. The propane supplier should verify capacity and regulator performance before the machine is commissioned rather than after.