Onan genset, old tech, too loud.
I am typing this about 10 feet from my MH. We are dry camped, and I need a couple of hours of battery charging. No solar, but we are in deep cover anyway. This is the first time I've ever let the O...
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I've heard Onan 4000s mounted in toy haulers which were extremely loud. I've heard Onan 7000s mounted properly on rigging that made less noise than a 2000 watt Honda because the people who built it used shock mounts and Onan's resonator.
It is all in the installation. Shock mounts, acoustic insulation, exhaust resonators, suspending wires and pipes to help damp vibrations, suspending the exhaust pipe with rubber mountings so it doesn't rattle, and making sure there is easy access to the front panel for oil changes and checking the generator breakers.
The difference between a good and bad install can be 30dB or more.
I don't think there is the market for it, but it would be interesting if Honda could offer an inbuilt genset (completely different form factor than portable generators) with a variable speed RPM inverter generator. It would have to have its own AGM battery so it could handle locked rotor amps from an A/C until the motor has enough RPMs to handle the load.
Heck, just a generator that uses four poles instead of two would be a big improvement, just because the crankshaft would only need to run at 1800 RPM rather than 3600.
It is all in the installation. Shock mounts, acoustic insulation, exhaust resonators, suspending wires and pipes to help damp vibrations, suspending the exhaust pipe with rubber mountings so it doesn't rattle, and making sure there is easy access to the front panel for oil changes and checking the generator breakers.
The difference between a good and bad install can be 30dB or more.
I don't think there is the market for it, but it would be interesting if Honda could offer an inbuilt genset (completely different form factor than portable generators) with a variable speed RPM inverter generator. It would have to have its own AGM battery so it could handle locked rotor amps from an A/C until the motor has enough RPMs to handle the load.
Heck, just a generator that uses four poles instead of two would be a big improvement, just because the crankshaft would only need to run at 1800 RPM rather than 3600.
