Patricia from Old Bridge, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2017. The 17 kW standby generator at the house was installed by another company in July of 2013, and Patricia moved its servicing to us four years later. The record since then is a fair picture of what looking after a generator actually involves: every scheduled interval from the three-year service through to the nine-year in August of 2023, two battery replacements, a fuel plenum, and one repair carried out under our workmanship warranty at no charge. Batteries are the usual reason a standby generator fails to start, and they are consumable — replacing them twice over that span is maintenance working as intended rather than anything going wrong. The switch here is a dedicated essential-circuits type, sized to heat, water, refrigeration and light.
Why Patricia chose Green Sun Energy Services
We keep your generator ready before the power goes out.
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 standby generator serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 56 completed generator service projects across Middlesex County and 934 generator service projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Old Bridge
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 4 generator service customers in Old Bridge. Old Bridge, a township on Raritan Bay in Middlesex County, is served by JCP&L.
Thinking about generator service for your Old Bridge home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.
Power it. Protect it. Maintain it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Old Bridge, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- May 2017
- Manufacturer & model
- Generac 5885
- Rated output
- 17 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 65 amp
- Load management
- Dedicated (Essential) Circuits
Standby generator questions from Old Bridge homeowners
Does a standby generator need a permit in Old Bridge?
A permanently installed generator normally requires New Jersey Uniform Construction Code permits, because it involves permanent electrical and fuel work. Depending on the property and the municipality, building, zoning, floodplain, utility or fire-code review can also apply.
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.
How is the gas pipe size worked out?
From the generator's demand, the available pressure, the pipe length, the allowable pressure drop, the fittings, the pipe material and every other appliance connected to the system. The adopted fuel-gas code carries the sizing requirements and tables, and the model's published fuel consumption goes into the calculation.