Noisey House Generator
We were at the beach this last week and due to use of laptops we had to run the Onan to recharge the laptop batteries. Our genny is an ONAN 4GBEF82 and it is 26 years old. I feel it is very noisy an...
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pnichols wrote:
My 4000 watt Onan is spec'd at 66 dB ... I assume this also means if one should measure the Onan "out in the open".
Nope.
Sound measurements are made in the most favorable conditions. Case in point, the Honda's dB claim is measured with minimal load. In the case of an RV generator that is designed to be installed in a compartment inside an RV, the sound is measured with the generator inside a compartment. Probably a well-insulated compartment, not typical of the average RV.
Every 3dB is a doubling of sound pressure, so even though going from 58dB to 66dB doesn't seem like much, it's a huge difference in the amount of noise.
