Vincent from Red Bank, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2014. The 20 kW standby generator at the house was installed by another company in October of 2012, and Vincent brought its servicing to us two years later. Every scheduled interval from the two-year service through to the ten-year has been carried out, the last of those in July of 2022, along with service calls in 2021, 2022 and 2024 when something needed attention between visits. At the ten-year visit the hour meter read 292 hours — the machine had run for the equivalent of twelve days across a decade of storms. That is the useful thing about a service record on a generator someone else installed: the machine does not care whose van turned up, only that one kept turning up.
Project Facts
- Location
- Red Bank, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- November 2014
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 5887
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Red Bank homeowners
Can a standby generator be installed in Red Bank without natural gas?
Yes. Residential standby generators commonly run on liquid propane. A properly sized tank, regulator and piping system has to be designed to deliver adequate vapour flow and pressure for the machine.
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.
Can we plant shrubs or put a fence around the generator?
Yes, provided the planting or fence stays outside the required airflow and service clearances. Site-selection guidance treats shrubs, bushes and trees as part of the clear space around the machine, and clearance should be measured against how the planting will grow rather than how it looks the week it goes in. Local zoning may separately require screening.