Generator Db how loud is it?

TucsonJim wrote:
Last weekend, we camped in a state park, and it never failed. A guy next to us would fire off his contractor's generator at 5pm and run it until 9pm. You couldn't hold a conversation outside with it running. So much for sitting around a quiet campfire and enjoying the great outdoors. With my ticker problems, it's not worth getting into a confrontation with someone. It there had been another campsite open, I'd have moved in a flash.

gbopp wrote:
You can't fix rude/stupid, unfortunately.
It's the 'all about me' attitude.
It's 'their' generator and they will run it anytime they want....
You are correct, it's not worth a confrontation. The person will not understand what it is they are doing wrong. :(

I'm a genset owner and agree with you both completely. I've been determined to not be one of "those people" and wouldn't consider using anything but an inverter genset when camping ... yet as is, they're still too noisy for my comfort level. I've found that running mine in the back of my Avalanche helps reduce the sound level quite a bit but only if the rear cargo compartment is completely closed up. That then leads to overheating problems so I built a vented lid that allows fresh air to be drawn into the compartment and exhaust fumes to be vented out, but even then it's still too noisy for me. Recently I built a low cost noise reduction box and found that it does further reduce the noise level and when sitting within the truck's closed up cargo compartment overall noise level with the genset running full tilt is reduced to a mild hum that pretty well disappears by about 20' or so away from the truck. About the only thing further I think I can do now is to spend another $200 to replace the box liner with proper noise reducing marine grade foam but I want to try this out first a few times this season before I invest any more $$ in this project.