Joseph from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2025. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in March of 2021, and the servicing came to us four years later. Two intervals have been kept since – the four-year service in March of 2025 and the five-year service the following February, brought forward by a month. Four years is the point at which a standby generator stops being new: the break-in oil is long gone, the battery is entering the range where it starts letting people down, and the plugs and filters have real hours on them. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and monitoring we manage all sit behind the machine.
Project Facts
- Location
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- March 2025
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7039-1
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Farmingdale homeowners
Does a propane generator need permits in Farmingdale?
A permanently installed propane generator normally requires construction permits, and the propane installation has to satisfy the applicable fuel-gas and LP-gas requirements. Tank placement, capacity, piping, regulators, setbacks and fire-safety provisions all come under review.
Does the generator need its own gas shutoff?
The fuel installation has to include the shutoff arrangements required by the adopted fuel-gas code and by the installation instructions. The valve must be positioned where it is accessible, both for servicing and for isolating the machine in an emergency.
What does the automatic transfer switch do?
It moves the home's electrical supply between the utility and the generator. That is what lets the system work automatically, and it is also what prevents the house being connected to both sources at once. It is the piece that makes the rest safe.