3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

jasult wrote:
I feel I need to view my opinion on these DB meter readings that many talk about. I understand the importance of the db level however very few people can hear at the same level anyway. I am one of the rare few that have Hyperacusis and yet the yellow champion still seams quiet enough when we are boondocking. Everyone takes this DB meter stuff too serious. Why don't people pay that much attention to the 5 MPH speed limit postings in RV Parks or the 25 MPH limits around school's or the signs that say clean up after pets, or no littering?
But these people sure know when the yellow champion is in the area and it causes all noise police on here to be super sensitive.

OK I am done venting :B

Great vent and certainly true.

My 2 cents worth: Loud or loudness is an ambiguous term that has no yardstick to measure it's level. My wife says the TV is too loud - but my ears are not as good as her's and I think it is fine! So, in our house on our TV we have agreed that setting the volume above 32 is too loud. But what is 32? Ahaa... it is only a number to measure one device for one family. It is not universal.

The decibel is a standard that can be universally measured on a specific scale. In the case of engines, we use the A scale. For music, the C scale.

I realize that, like the referenced speed limit or specific hour quiet time takes effect, some standard of measurement is needed other than the ambiguous "LOUD". Personally, I would like to see a measurable loudness standard implemented for kids screaming, tow vehicles left running, radios and music and such in campgrounds where we are crowded together on 30' wide parking slices. But alas, rules of this type not only require measurement to determine violation but manpower to enforce.

As I have said before. What is important is not the dbA reading of your generator, but whether your generator is the loudest one in the campground. As long as you are not "that" guy, you should be OK. Sort of like I-95; the speed limit is 70, but traffic is moving at 80 or even 85. So you choose 75 as your speed, which is over the limit. But, the state trooper waiting in the bush ignores you because the guys at 80 or 85 are the most obvious law breakers. Good deal - just don't run 75 when other traffic is running the legal 70!:S

OK - my vent is over too. Yes, way too much emphasis placed on generator "noise". I am finding that my hearing loss has some advantages (LOL).:B

BTW Bill, I have not measured it yet. But, from my ears I can tell you it will most likely fall into the 62 dbA range as configured. I'll give you the full specs once I complete the exhaust extension and add some additional sound absorption material to the inside of the truck fairing.