Norman from Tinton Falls, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2023. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned at the end of 2020, and the servicing came to us just over two years later. Three intervals have been kept since – the three-year service in April of 2023, the four-year in March of 2024 and the five-year service in March of 2025 – each a little earlier in the year than the last. A monitoring subscription was set up alongside the first visit and the household connected the machine to their own Wi-Fi, which is what turns a weekly self-test into something that reports its own result rather than a noise in the garden. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and the monitoring all sit behind it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Tinton Falls, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- April 2023
- 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 Tinton Falls homeowners
Why do outages last longer on some Tinton Falls 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.
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.
Will a 22 kW generator run an entire Tinton Falls house?
For many homes, yes, but that does not mean every load can run at the same moment. Houses with two central air conditioners, electric heat, EV charging, pool equipment or electric cooking may need load management or a larger machine. The answer comes from a load calculation rather than from the phrase whole house.