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
How far from the property line does a generator need to be in Tinton Falls?
There is no single statewide New Jersey property-line setback for a residential generator. Setbacks are set by the municipality's zoning ordinance, so the requirement is a Tinton Falls question rather than a general one. A generator can meet every manufacturer clearance and still breach a side-yard or rear-yard setback, which is why the zoning review happens before the location is fixed.
Can the generator run the propane tank right down?
It is a poor outage plan. Propane should be monitored and topped up before the generator runs out. Usable capacity is not the same as the tank's nominal water capacity, and cold weather reduces how much vapour the tank can deliver just when the machine is working hardest.
Does a generator produce less on natural gas than on propane?
Some models do have a lower rated maximum output on natural gas than on propane -- a current 22 kW machine is rated 22 kW on LP and 21 kW on natural gas. Other models carry their own ratings, so the model-specific specification sheet is what settles it rather than a general rule.