Richard from Leonardo, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2020. The machine is a Generac 7176 rated 16 kW on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch, and it was commissioned in June of 2021. At about 2,365 square feet with a service-sized switch, the panel transfers as it stands. Green Sun has maintained it every June since – 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Leonardo sits on the bayshore, where an outage is more often a storm than a fault on the line.
Why Richard chose Green Sun Energy Services
Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 7176 standby generator (16 kW LP / 16 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch (managed whole house).
- Warranty: backed by a 1-year generator workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 449 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 626 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Leonardo
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 6 standby generator installations in Leonardo. Leonardo, a community in Middletown Township, on Sandy Hook Bay, is served by JCP&L.
A generator is only valuable if it's ready when the power goes out.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Leonardo, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Installation
- Client since
- November 2020
- Manufacturer & model
- Generac 7176
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,365 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
- Workmanship warranty
- 1 year
Standby generator questions from Leonardo homeowners
Does the residential building code apply to a generator?
It can. For applicable one- and two-family dwellings New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code, subject to state amendments. Structural and flood-related generator installations may therefore need review under the residential subcode as well as the electrical and fuel requirements.
What fuel does a home standby generator use?
Most residential air-cooled standby generators are designed to run on either natural gas or vapour-withdrawn liquid propane. The generator and its fuel system have to be configured for whichever is chosen, and the required pressure, capacity and consumption figures depend on the model.
Does a generator in Leonardo have to sit twelve inches above the flood elevation?
That figure should not be treated as a universal rule without looking at the actual property. The required elevation can depend on the flood-zone designation, the municipal freeboard, the Design Flood Elevation, Coastal A or V Zone conditions, NJDEP requirements and the applicable building-code provisions. Each flood-zone installation is worked out individually.