Generator Placement: What Goes Into It. Setbacks, ventilation, fuel access, and code: where a standby generator can. And cannot. Go.
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If you're thinking about a whole house generator, we need to think about where the generator is going to be placed. When you look at your property, you want to be at least 3 ft off the property line, 2 ft off of a house, and 5 ft from any windows or doors. You don't want to have the generator too close to an opening because the exhaust fumes could go into the house. So, location of the generator is very important when you're thinking about getting a whole house generator. [Music]
Generator Placement: What Goes Into It — Tampa Whole-House Generator Walkthrough
Setbacks, ventilation, fuel access, and code: where a standby generator can. And cannot. Go.
Tampa Bay loses power. Hurricane season takes whole neighborhoods offline for days; lightning, transformer failures, and grid maintenance hit individual streets year-round. A whole-house standby generator runs on natural gas or LP, starts itself within seconds of an outage, and runs essentials (or the whole home, depending on size) until grid power returns. The video above gets into one of the decisions you make during sizing.
In this clip: If you're thinking about a whole house generator, we need to think about where the generator is going to be placed.
How big a generator does a Tampa home need
Sizing is a function of square footage, AC tonnage, and which loads you actually want to run during an outage. A typical 2,000 sq ft Tampa home with one AC unit lands at a 22 kW generator. A 2,500–4,000 sq ft home with two AC units typically wants a 26 kW. Larger homes go up from there.
Natural gas or LP fuel matters too — if your meter is on the side of the house, natural gas is the easier route. If you're not on the gas grid, LP is the fallback, with a buried tank or above-ground rental.
How Titan installs a Tampa standby generator
We pull the electrical permit and the gas permit (when applicable). We confirm setbacks: 3 ft from any property line, 5 ft from any door or window, clearance for service and exhaust. We tie into the panel through an automatic transfer switch, set up the cellular monitoring on the supported brands (Generac, Kohler, Champion), and run a load test before we leave.
- 22 kW for ~2,000 sq ft / 1 AC unit; 26 kW for larger
- Natural gas or LP fuel sizing
- Setback compliance:property line, doors, windows
- Automatic transfer switch wired and load-tested
- Cellular monitoring active before we leave
Key takeaways
What this video covers in plain English
Whole-house generator decisions come down to three things: sizing, fuel, and placement. The video walks one of them; here's how to think about the other two.
- 22 kW typically fits a 2,000 sq ft Tampa home with one AC unit
- Natural gas if your meter is on the side of the house; LP otherwise
- Setbacks: 3 ft from any property line, 5 ft from any door or window
- Brand warranties: Briggs 7-year, Kohler 5-year, Champion 10-year
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