Joseph from Red Bank, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2019. The 22 kW standby generator at the house was installed by another company in December of 2016, and Joseph and Sofia brought its servicing to us two years on. We started with a startup inspection — the visit we run on any machine we did not put in ourselves — and followed it with the scheduled service completed in January of 2020, with 35.7 hours on the meter and the fuel plenum inspected and clear of rust. At 22 kW this is a large machine for a house, and one that had already done a real day and a half of running before we first opened it up.
Project Facts
- Location
- Red Bank, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- February 2019
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7043
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Whole House
Standby generator questions from Red Bank homeowners
Does the generator need its own gas shutoff?
The fuel installation has to include the shutoff arrangements required by the adopted fuel-gas code and by the installation instructions. The valve must be positioned where it is accessible, both for servicing and for isolating the machine in an emergency.
Why do outages last longer on some Red Bank streets than others?
Mature tree cover over overhead lines is the usual reason. Limbs coming down in wind, snow or ice take the lines with them, so heavily treed streets tend to see both more frequent outages and longer restoration times than open ones. It is one of the honest arguments for standby power rather than a portable generator.
Can it start during a brownout when the power is not fully off?
Yes. The controller monitors whether the utility supply is acceptable, not merely whether voltage is present, so it can start while some lights and appliances still appear to be working. That is usually the explanation when a generator runs during severe utility-voltage problems.