Jamie Anne from Hazlet, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2020. The machine is a Generac 7171 rated 10 kW on propane and 9 kW on natural gas, running on natural gas, on a 100-amp transfer switch, and it was commissioned in May of 2021. Ten kilowatts is the small end of the residential air-cooled range and it is the right answer where the load calculation comes in under it. Green Sun has serviced it every year since – April of 2022, April of 2023, April of 2024, February of 2025 and February of 2026 – and it reports to remote monitoring in between.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hazlet, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- October 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7171
- Rated output
- 10 kW LP / 9 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,343 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Essential Circuits/NEMA-1R (Indoor)
Standby generator questions from Hazlet homeowners
Does a generator keep the well running during an outage in Hazlet?
Yes, when the well pump is included in the design. A private well pump is electric, so without power there is no running water at all -- a different order of problem from losing the lights. Homes on a well are among the clearest cases for standby power, and the pump belongs on the load list from the start.
How level does a generator have to be?
Within the leveling tolerance specified in its installation manual -- applicable air-cooled instructions have used roughly a half-inch overall. A poorly prepared base can settle after installation and bring on drainage, vibration or enclosure problems that were not there on the day it went in.
How much space is needed at the ends of the generator?
Applicable air-cooled installation instructions commonly require about three feet at the ends. That space protects cooling airflow, exhaust operation and the access a technician needs to work on the machine. The model-specific manual controls.