On Board Generator vs Portable Generator
We are researching the purchase of a new toy hauler. And one of the options we are struggling with is whether or not to go with a portable generator, or the factory installed generator. Your opinion...
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Very little noise comes out of our built-in Onan's exhaust pipe - the Onan design does a good job muffling that noise. I wouldn't buy a Gen-Turi for noise reduction ... only for routing the exhaust away up high in crowded camping conditions.
Most of the noise from our Onan is the huge amount of cooling air that it's fan exhausts out the bottom of the open-at-the-bottom outside cabinet that the generator is mounted in. However, this volume of air is what helps keep the Onan purring along hour after hour running the A/C in searing heat ... which is going to be occuring more and more in the future the way things are going. Parking on a soft surface helps reduce this air flow sound coming from underneath - probably throwing a rug down on the ground under it would help muffle this reflected sound.
Most of the noise from our Onan is the huge amount of cooling air that it's fan exhausts out the bottom of the open-at-the-bottom outside cabinet that the generator is mounted in. However, this volume of air is what helps keep the Onan purring along hour after hour running the A/C in searing heat ... which is going to be occuring more and more in the future the way things are going. Parking on a soft surface helps reduce this air flow sound coming from underneath - probably throwing a rug down on the ground under it would help muffle this reflected sound.
