Bonnie from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2017. The 16 kW standby generator at the house was installed by another company in July of 2015, and Bonnie moved its servicing to us two years later. Four consecutive intervals followed — the three-year service, then the four, five and six-year, the last completed in April of 2020 with 97 hours on the meter. A 16 kW machine on a managed whole-house switch takes the whole property rather than a chosen set of circuits, which is the arrangement most people assume they have and comparatively few actually do.
Project Facts
- Location
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- July 2017
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # G0058941
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Transfer switch
- 65 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Farmingdale homeowners
Does a generator in Farmingdale 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.
Is the output the same on propane and natural gas?
Not necessarily. Many models are rated differently depending on fuel; a current 22 kW machine is rated 22 kW on LP and 21 kW on natural gas. The model-specific ratings should be compared before the generator is sized, not afterwards.
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Most residential air-cooled standby generators are designed to run on either natural gas or vapour-withdrawn liquid propane.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.