41-panel 13.74 kW solar array in Branchburg, NJ by Green Sun Energy Services.
Lisa Molnar has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2017, when she bought a solar array and a standby generator on the same day. The generator ran on 15 September and the array was finished six days later.
41 panels and 13.7 kW
Forty-one LG 335 watt panels came to 13.7 kW on QuickMount flashed mounts, on the back of the house, feeding a single SolarEdge SE11400A HD Wave inverter with an optimizer on every panel. The optimizers are why one central inverter is workable here: each panel’s output is managed at the panel, so shade or a fault on one does not pull the rest down with it. JCP&L is the utility and the first year was designed for about 15,830 kWh.
A 16 kW standby with load management
The house is about 3,400 square feet on a 150-amp service, with three sump pumps, two refrigerators, a pool filter and central air. Run through NEC Article 220 Part IV the connected load came to 24,736 watts, of which heating and cooling account for 7,000. That is the arithmetic that decides how a generator is set up rather than simply how large it is: a power management module sheds the air conditioning while the generator is carrying the house, so the machine is never asked to start a compressor and run everything else at the same moment. The 16 kW Generac sits in an aluminum enclosure on a poured pad, with the 150-amp service-rated transfer switch indoors beside the service panel in the basement rather than outside at the meter. It was last serviced in August 2026.
Bought on one day, for two different days
Both systems were signed on 25 July 2017 and both were finished in the same week of September, which makes them look like one purchase. They are not. The array is for ordinary days, and it changes what this house draws from JCP&L across the year. The generator is for the day the grid is not there, when the array is no help whatever the weather. What the same-day decision bought was a single design covering both, one set of permits, and one company to call about either of them afterwards.
Glen, Chris and their team were outstanding. I had 41 solar panels put on the back of my house and a full house generator installed at the same time. They were very reliable, professional, easy to get in touch with, happily answered all my millions of questions and I am very happy I chose them for the job. They took care of everything with little involvement from me and the job was done on time as promised. They even moved vents on my roof to make sure it looked nice. I would highly recommend Green Sun Energy Services!
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you. Forty-one panels and a whole-house generator at the same time is two projects running in parallel, with different crews, different inspections and one household in the middle. The array at your home in Branchburg went on the rear roof and the machine went in alongside it. Reliable is what that takes.
Why Branchburg 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 13.735 kW solar array of 41 LG 335N1C-A5 panels, a SolarEdge SE11400A-US000NNR2 HD Wave inverter and the QuickMount mounting system.
- Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 7035 standby generator (16 kW LP / 16 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 150-amp transfer switch (managed whole house) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
- Warranty: backed by a 20-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 27 completed solar projects and 19 completed standby generator projects across Somerset County and 361 solar projects and 621 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Branchburg
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 3 featured solar projects, 1 standby generator installation and 3 generator service customers in Branchburg. Branchburg, a township in Somerset County, is served partly by JCP&L and partly by PSE&G.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Branchburg, NJ
- Services
- Solar Panel Installation, Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- July 2017
Solar
- Manufacturer & model
- LG 335N1C-A5
- Panels
- 41
- System size
- 13.74 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE11400A-US000NNR2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 15,830 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 91%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Workmanship warranty
- 20 years
Standby generator
- Manufacturer & model
- Generac 7035
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 3,400 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 150 amp
- Transfer switch
- 150 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
Questions from Branchburg homeowners
Standby generatorCan the generator stay connected during a pressure test?
The machine has to be protected from test pressures beyond what its fuel controls are built to withstand. The fuel-gas code sets out when appliances are disconnected or isolated for testing, and the plumbing contractor follows both that code and the generator's installation instructions.
Standby generatorDoes the clearance apply to a fixed window as well as one that opens?
A permanently fixed pane may be treated differently from an operable window, because the concern in the placement guidance is exhaust and carbon monoxide entering the building. Even so, the installer has to evaluate the exact model's manual and everything nearby -- operable windows, doors, vents, fresh-air intakes, window wells and mechanical openings. A fixed window should never simply be assumed acceptable.
Standby generatorDoes the transfer switch need flood protection as well as the generator?
Yes. A flood review should cover much more than the generator enclosure. FEMA recommends that a residential standby system consider elevation or protection of the generator, the transfer switch, the normal and emergency panels, the feeders and the control wiring together.
SolarWho receives the certificates on a leased system?
That depends on the lease or power purchase agreement. Where solar is third-party owned, the system owner commonly retains the renewable-energy certificates and related incentives because it owns the generating equipment. The contract should say explicitly who owns the environmental attributes.
SolarHow much does shade from mature Branchburg trees affect production?
Shade can materially reduce production, particularly when it falls during the highest-production hours. Module-level electronics such as microinverters and optimizers reduce the effect of partial shading, but they cannot create sunlight where there is none. Significant shade should be modelled before any annual production figure is quoted.