Robert from Colts Neck, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2023. The Generac 7043-2 at the house is a 22 kW machine on natural gas, feeding a 100-amp transfer switch, and it was installed in August of 2022. Green Sun took it on a year later and serviced it in September of 2023 and September of 2024. A machine barely a year old is the easiest kind to take on, because nothing has been left long enough to need putting right before the routine can start.
Project Facts
- Location
- Colts Neck, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2023
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 70432
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Colts Neck homeowners
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Colts Neck home supply a generator?
Often yes, but the gas system has to be evaluated first. The review covers the generator's BTU demand, meter capacity, available pressure, regulator capacity, pipe diameter and length, and every other gas appliance in the house -- furnace, boiler, water heater, range and fireplace among them.
Which fuel-gas code applies?
New Jersey currently adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code as its Fuel Gas Subcode, which is what governs the piping, testing and shutoff arrangements on a natural-gas generator installation.
What does a standby generator sit on?
A stable, level support system allowed by the model's installation instructions. Depending on the machine and the site that can be an approved composite base, a prepared aggregate base, a concrete pad, or an engineered elevated platform.