Sam Spade wrote:
road-runner wrote:
and is significantly quieter inside the rig.
That's an assumption that may not be true.
And I bet that it is almost never true for ALL of your neighbors.
Everyone will do what they want to do......regardless of the facts
I have to agree with road-runner and dis-agree with Sam.
I did a little test on my
Generac IQ2000with a sound meter, First running the ONAN,outside at about 2FT then inside both with the microwave on.
I found that inside the RV it was only 5 db less than outside,my ONAN sits under the dinette and there is some vibration too.
Then with the Generac at 2 ft the Generac was 10db quieter outside and inside it was only 2-3 db higher that the ambient noise and no vibration.
I then went to the empty neighboring campsite and did the same test.
With the ONAN on it measured 10 db higher than the ambient noise level and with the Generac only 2-3 db above ambient.
I think my neighbors would prefer the Generac when I have to charge my batteries or run the microwave for a short time,I know I like it much better.
