Kathleen from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2022. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in January of 2021, and we took on the servicing two years later. A ten-year extended parts-and-labor warranty was purchased at the same time, and the first-year service was completed that December, followed by the two-year service the following November. A replacement battery and terminal were fitted in February of 2025. The battery is the single likeliest reason a standby generator fails to start, and also the least dramatic thing on the machine – it reaches the end of its life quietly, and the fault shows itself on the day the power goes out. Replacing it before that day is most of what routine servicing is for.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- December 2022
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 70432
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Will a 22 kW generator run an entire Middletown 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.
Does the generator start on its own?
Yes. A properly installed standby generator left in AUTO is designed to start automatically when it detects an unacceptable loss of utility power. The transfer system then moves the household loads across, and when acceptable utility power returns it transfers them back and the generator runs through its programmed shutdown.
Can a generator go under a deck?
Only if the specific installation satisfies every requirement for overhead clearance, airflow, exhaust, fire separation, carbon-monoxide safety and service access. Because the applicable guidance commonly requires substantial overhead clearance, many ordinary under-deck locations will not qualify. It is a site-specific review rather than a standard placement.