Commercial Generator Installation in Morris County, NJ

A power outage affects different businesses in different ways. A restaurant can lose the contents of its walk-in, a dental office can lose a full day of appointments, and a liquor store can lose both its registers and its coolers. In Northern New Jersey, an outage caused by a summer storm or an ice event can last a full day or longer, which is a serious loss for a small business.

Trapani Electric installs standby generators and automatic transfer switches for small commercial buildings across Morris, Passaic, Essex, Bergen, and Union Counties. Erik sizes the unit to the loads you need to keep running, which may be the whole building or only refrigeration, lighting, and the point of sale system. He also wires the transfer switch at the service and files the electrical permit. Large campus and industrial standby systems require a full crew, and Erik will tell you if your project falls into that category.

A commercial standby generator installation includes the following work.

• A load calculation of what has to stay on, so the generator is neither undersized nor larger than the building needs
• Natural gas or propane units in the 20 to 60 kW range, which is typical for small commercial spaces
• An automatic transfer switch, either whole-building or a load-managed panel for critical circuits
• Placement that meets the manufacturer's clearance from doors, windows, and air intakes, along with the local setback requirement
• A concrete or composite pad, conduit, and the service-side connection
• The township electrical permit and inspection, and coordination with the gas contractor
• A startup test under load before Erik leaves the site

Erik also services transfer switches and controls on existing generators, including units that will not exercise or will not transfer to generator power.