Kevin from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2021. The generator was commissioned in March of 2022, sized against an 18 kW calculation for the 2,600 square foot house, with an electric dryer and an electric oven among the appliances. One condition was set out plainly before the contract was signed: sections of the sheetrock ceiling would have to be cut open to pull the electrical runs through, with the household responsible for closing them up afterward. That is not a pleasant sentence to put in a quotation, and it is far better there than delivered as a surprise on installation day – a route that looks awkward on a survey is usually awkward in the ceiling too. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and monitoring we manage all sit behind the machine.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- July 2021
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7042-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,600 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 300 amp
- Transfer switch
- 300 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Will it work if nobody is home?
Yes, which is one of the main advantages over a portable generator. It has to be properly installed, fuelled, maintained, free of active shutdown alarms and left in AUTO. That matters most where an outage would otherwise stop a sump pump, the heating, refrigeration or a well pump while the house is empty.
Does new gas piping have to be pressure tested in Middletown?
Yes. Gas piping subject to the adopted fuel-gas code must be inspected and tested before it is accepted. New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, which governs the inspection, the test pressure and how long the test has to hold.
Can a standby generator backfeed the utility lines?
A properly installed and functioning automatic transfer system is designed to prevent it. That is the point of the transfer switch: it stops generator power reaching the utility supply, where it could endanger line workers and damage equipment. Backfeeding is a risk of improvised connections, not of a correctly installed system.