Hondas Getting Louder
We have two Honda EU2000 generators. Normally we run them alternately unless the AC is needed. So each one has about 400 hours. DW says they are louder than when new — confirmed by a db meter check...
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n7bsn wrote:Francesca Knowles wrote:
They're certainly louder than advertised, and right out of the box.
It always gets my goat when someone says they're "quiet as human conversation". Phooey!
What they don't tell you is that human conversation is measured at three feet away face-on, while the "same" noise level from a Honda is measured at a minimum 25 feet, and with the muffler pointed away from the meter.
Your wife is probably just finally really hearing the blasted things.
I'm sorry you don't understand sound measurement, even more so that you are posting like you do.
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Take a look at this table: human voice is 60 db at 1 meter, or about three feet.
Then take a look at the below chart from Honda, which CLEARLY STATES "Product sound level measured at 7 meters". You'll notice that they do NOT give the same distance-from-source info for "normal speech".
If your objection is to my meters-to-feet translation, I apologize. The genny's seven meters is exactly 22.99 feet; and the human voice's one meter is 3.28 feet. The fact remains that the distance is seven times greater, and I assure you that the genny exhaust is pointed away from the meter.
