1536 Runyon Lane LLC in Mantoloking, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since January of 2018. The 22 kW standby generator at the property was installed by another company in July of 2015, and the servicing came to us two and a half years later. Every interval from the one-year check through to the five-year has been carried out, the last completed in February of 2022, along with a fuel plenum job and a service call in between. Mantoloking sits on the barrier island, which is the hardest place in the state to keep powered: the ocean is on one side, Barnegat Bay on the other, and the lines that feed the island are the first to go and the last to come back. A 22 kW machine on a whole-house switch is the sensible answer there.
Project Facts
- Location
- Mantoloking, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- January 2018
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6551
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Mantoloking homeowners
How far from the property line does a generator need to be in Mantoloking?
There is no single statewide New Jersey property-line setback for a residential generator. Setbacks are set by the municipality's zoning ordinance, so the requirement is a Mantoloking question rather than a general one. A generator can meet every manufacturer clearance and still breach a side-yard or rear-yard setback, which is why the zoning review happens before the location is fixed.
Can the generator run the propane tank right down?
It is a poor outage plan. Propane should be monitored and topped up before the generator runs out. Usable capacity is not the same as the tank's nominal water capacity, and cold weather reduces how much vapour the tank can deliver just when the machine is working hardest.
How can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?
Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.