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pnichols
Jan 27, 2016Explorer II
Almot wrote:
Most RVs carry el-cheapo generators with no provisions made to quiet it down during a short-term stay.
My Onan 4K retails for around $3100.00. Winnebago installed it well in our Itasca. As installed by Winnebago - in a cabinet up high with none of the generator hanging down low enough to see it so it has walls completely encircling it's top and all sides - it's plenty quiet enough if I had to camp next to it and listen to it. As installed, it easily exceeds "forest service generator noise standards". Onan built-ins are not el-cheapo and neither is Winnebago's installation on our particular Itasca.
By the way, I wonder how many of those ranting about generator noise have ever strained to hear a Honda EX650 charging batteries? They need to try it sometime before continuing their rants against "all" generators.
Boy ... are we really getting off topic. :(
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