Standby Generator Installation in Morris, Bergen & Union Counties

Outages in Northern NJ usually arrive with the weather, including nor'easters, ice storms, and summer storms that bring trees down on the lines. In the wooded parts of Morris and Bergen County an outage can last for days. If the house is on a well, a loss of power also means a loss of water.

Trapani Electric installs home standby generators, along with manual transfer switches for portable units, across Morris, Passaic, Essex, Bergen, and Union Counties. Erik begins with a load calculation so that the unit is sized to what you want running rather than to the largest model on the shelf. We then handle the pad, the transfer switch, the electrical permit, and the inspection.

A standby generator does the following:

• It restores power by itself within seconds of an outage
• It keeps the heat, the well pump, the sump pump, the refrigerator, and the other essentials running
• It keeps the pipes from freezing during a winter outage
• It runs on natural gas or propane, so there is nothing to refuel
• It tests itself weekly and shuts down when utility power returns
• It is a feature that buyers notice when the house is sold

For a portable generator, a manual transfer switch lets you power the important circuits safely instead of running cords through a window.