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.
Project Facts
- Location
- Old Bridge, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- May 2017
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 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.
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.
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.