???? For open frame Generator users.

mlts22 wrote:

Okie in Wyoming wrote:
The main reason we "upgraded" our Generac 4000 for 2 Yamaha 2000Is is because I am no longer able to help my DH load the Generac into the bed of the truck. He is able to load the 2 Yamahas easily by himself and I can start them with no problem so they have been a blessing to us.

That is the biggest downer of my 3000 watt Yammy -- 200-250 pounds, it ends making itself a permanent home in my truck bed. Were I to do it over again, it would be a 2000i and a 2000i Companion, plus parallel cables and an extended run gas tank.

I might end up getting a 2000i anyway... I am looking at a 1000 watt generator as something very fuel efficient to take along with enough oomph to keep the furnace batteries charged, but for a couple hundred bucks more, I can have double the wattage, and something that can run a "B"'s A/C.

What I bolded is what we have. It is very nice to be able to run almost everything with just one, and to have both if it gets hot and we want to run the a.c.

Okie in Wyoming wrote:
The main reason we "upgraded" our Generac 4000 for 2 Yamaha 2000Is is because I am no longer able to help my DH load the Generac into the bed of the truck. He is able to load the 2 Yamahas easily by himself and I can start them with no problem so they have been a blessing to us.

That is the biggest downer of my 3000 watt Yammy -- 200-250 pounds, it ends making itself a permanent home in my truck bed. Were I to do it over again, it would be a 2000i and a 2000i Companion, plus parallel cables and an extended run gas tank.

I might end up getting a 2000i anyway... I am looking at a 1000 watt generator as something very fuel efficient to take along with enough oomph to keep the furnace batteries charged, but for a couple hundred bucks more, I can have double the wattage, and something that can run a "B"'s A/C.

The main reason we "upgraded" our Generac 4000 for 2 Yamaha 2000Is is because I am no longer able to help my DH load the Generac into the bed of the truck. He is able to load the 2 Yamahas easily by himself and I can start them with no problem so they have been a blessing to us.

most of the Hondas I have heard because of their small size were banging out about 60 DB laboring to do the job asked of them, quieter than mine but hardly quiet at the time… the right sized generator like the Honda 5500/6500 would be plugging along at around 54db doing the same job…

maybe its time to dump all of those little 2000 Hondas, if making the argument that quiet is the only consideration in a generator, as many of you make…

You won't be able to hear your open frame contractor generator if I'm running mine.

rv2go wrote:
Thanks for the replies. The reason I asked is there is a Landmark 5th wheel parked about 200 feet from me. When the couple comes home from the days sight seeing around 4pm they crank up the generator and go inside till quite time at 8 pm. They then come out sit around the campfire till late. You can hear the generator all over the CG and was wondering how the noise would be inside there RV.

The noise inside is not much better than the noise outside in their situation. Perhaps they are both deaf and it doesn't bother them.

I've heard open frame gennys in campgrounds. No thanks.

rv2go wrote:
I really don't want to start a lot of anti open frame generator replies.
Just a question. If using a 3000 watt open frame generator and it is placed about 10 feet from the rear of your Landmark 5th Wheel, and your doors and windows are closed, can you hear the generator running while inside your 5th Wheel?

Yes, in fact you will hear it about 500 yards away.

I have had my Generac sitting out on my awning side and to the rear of the trailer… it is louder than the inverter generators while standing outside… and i barely heard it inside… with anything running it would have been hard to hear…

although I have been beside a guy using his 2000 Honda on the street side of my trailer and I heard it quite well while I was inside… it must have been well loaded and the exhaust side pointed my direction…

Seems like there is a lot more to sound transmission than just db’s… the quietest one I have ever heard was the Honda 5500 inverter (Honda EU6500IS Inverter Generator), and is what I would buy to use as a camping generator… more power not more noise…


BTW: I hear the neighbors water heater, or furnace, and even his AC running while inside my trailer...

rv2go wrote:
I really don't want to start a lot of anti open frame generator replies.
Just a question. If using a 3000 watt open frame generator and it is placed about 10 feet from the rear of your Landmark 5th Wheel, and your doors and windows are closed, can you hear the generator running while inside your 5th Wheel?

How good are your ears? It doesn't matter if you can hear it. What matters is if your neighbor can hear it.

On edit - After reading your subsequent post on the topic, I see what you did. You disguised a generator rant as a request for information. Good night

If everything is off inside the rv, you can easily hear it. If the AC is on, it is louder then the generator (inside). The TV can easily be turned up enough to drown out enough of the generator noise to make it livable.