Generator quieting

With inspiration from jauguston I built a EU Quiet Box for our EU2000i.
I used the 1/2" Soundown material rather than the 1". Total cost was less than $125(NOT!). On Edit: Whoops!.....in the interest of full disclosure, after totaling up the individual costs it came to $182.01
See and hear on my Flicker account. For some reason it won't play on Google Chrome(but will in "incognito window"), but will play on Mozilla Firefox and MS Internet Explorer.

EU2000i in the open.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11322575@N07/26138226090/in/dateposted-family/

EU2000i in Quiet Box
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11322575@N07/26344709241/in/dateposted-family/

SoundGuy wrote:

profdant139 wrote:
We have a Honda 2000 -- it is quiet but not silent. When we are boondocking, we add an extra extension cord so that the generator is as far from us as possible, preferably behind a big rock.

It's certainly possible to quiet an EU2000i to the point where it's barely audible 20' away. I based my own EU Quiet Box on one built for an EU1000i by rv.net forum member jauguston ... his pics are here for anyone interested. However, a major issue became abundantly clear in building my quiet box - "quiet" is directly related to how much you're willing to spend. :W After calculating I'd be in for hundreds $$$ to duplicate jauguston's box for my own EU2000i I looked for alternatives that wouldn't break the bank and although what I came up with certainly works quite well I have no doubt the results would have been even better had I been willing to spend more - lots more. I wasn't so it is what it is BUT with the box sitting the back of my Avalanche and the cargo lids in place my EU2000i running full tilt is barely audible 20' away. :B