Bruce from Morganville, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2020. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in April of 2013, and the servicing came to us seven years later. Scheduled maintenance followed in three consecutive summers – July of 2020, July of 2021 and July of 2022. Servicing in the same month each year is the pattern that keeps a machine honest: the interval is a year rather than whenever somebody remembers, and a generator that has been opened every twelve months since its seventh birthday is a very different proposition from one that has not.
Project Facts
- Location
- Morganville, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- June 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 5887
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Morganville homeowners
Does a 200-amp service need a 200-amp transfer switch?
A transfer switch installed in the service path has to be rated appropriately for the service and the configuration. A 200-amp service commonly uses a 200-amp service-rated switch, but the actual design is confirmed by the electrician rather than assumed from the service size.
Can Morganville require a generator to sit farther from the house than the manufacturer does?
Yes. Another applicable requirement can result in greater separation than the manufacturer's listed minimum -- equipment may be permitted eighteen inches from a qualifying wall while the local ordinance requires several feet from a property line. Both requirements have to be satisfied; neither cancels the other.
Which fuel-gas code applies?
New Jersey currently adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code as its Fuel Gas Subcode, which is what governs the piping, testing and shutoff arrangements on a natural-gas generator installation.