Doris from Rumson, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2020. The generator was commissioned three weeks later, sized against a 17 kW calculation for the 3,922 square foot house. The load survey is unusual: two washers, an electric dryer and a gas dryer, an electric oven, three refrigerators and two sump pumps. Two full laundry sets in one house is the detail that lifts the figure well past what the floor area suggests, and the electric dryer is the single heaviest item on the list. The trench from the exterior wall to the generator was quoted as an option rather than assumed, which is the honest way to price groundwork nobody can see until the digging starts. Annual maintenance, a ten-year extended parts-and-labor warranty and monitoring we manage all sit behind it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Rumson, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 70433
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 3,922 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Rumson homeowners
What is the main line circuit breaker on a generator?
It is the generator's primary AC output breaker. Worth knowing because if it is open the engine can run without delivering any power through the transfer system -- a machine that sounds like it is working while the house stays dark.
Can a generator be installed in a flood zone in Rumson?
Yes, but the generator and its electrical equipment may need to be elevated or otherwise protected. The installation is evaluated against the property's FEMA flood zone, its Base Flood Elevation and Design Flood Elevation, the municipal flood ordinance, any applicable freeboard, and NJDEP requirements where they apply. It is a property-by-property assessment rather than a rule of thumb.
Which way should the generator face?
Orientation has to comply with the installation instructions and must not create an unsafe exhaust or carbon-monoxide condition. Windows, doors, soffit openings, intake vents, window wells and mechanical fresh-air intakes all bear on it. Which way the machine faces is part of the site design, not an aesthetic choice made at the end.