Quiet generators
With in the next few seasons I will be in the market for a generator. I have heard Hondas running and they are notoriously quiet. My local RV shop has Hyundais and they claim they are just as quiet, b...
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The Honda 3000 (had one for 15 years, sold it--too big for the MH we got) is very quiet with a low pitch that is easy on the ears. IMO a gen noise is not just about whether you can hear it, but how hard it is on the ears.
IMO a Honda 2000w is not in the same category as a 3000. You can hear it.
The MH we have came with a Hyundai 2000w that ran, but the inverter was toast as it turned out. The engine was very loud and at a high pitch that was hard to bear. That may have been due to the inverter being broken, don't know.
Ended up with a Briggs & Stratton P2200 that was on sale at 60% of regular price. It is not very loud at all, and has a lower sort of pitch that is not hard on the ears. I have no side by side comparison with a Honda 2200 to go by.
I really like the P2200, but wish it had a fuel gauge. I liked having one on the Honda 3000 we had.
The P2200 runs at 1700VA, as confirmed by Kill-A-Watt while it runs the non-PF corrected 75 amp converter/charger at 75 amps. This gets the overload warning light flashing, but it still runs for as long as it takes until amps taper to 68 amps, when that overload light stops flashing and turns green. I do that with it every time, and it is fine after a year so far, so I can recommend it as being reliable.
The P2200 has a bigger engine like the Honda 2200 compared with the 2000s. I would be suspicious of any 2200 that has only an 80. You want that extra for when running at max like I do with mine.
Here it is in action.
IMO a Honda 2000w is not in the same category as a 3000. You can hear it.
The MH we have came with a Hyundai 2000w that ran, but the inverter was toast as it turned out. The engine was very loud and at a high pitch that was hard to bear. That may have been due to the inverter being broken, don't know.
Ended up with a Briggs & Stratton P2200 that was on sale at 60% of regular price. It is not very loud at all, and has a lower sort of pitch that is not hard on the ears. I have no side by side comparison with a Honda 2200 to go by.
I really like the P2200, but wish it had a fuel gauge. I liked having one on the Honda 3000 we had.
The P2200 runs at 1700VA, as confirmed by Kill-A-Watt while it runs the non-PF corrected 75 amp converter/charger at 75 amps. This gets the overload warning light flashing, but it still runs for as long as it takes until amps taper to 68 amps, when that overload light stops flashing and turns green. I do that with it every time, and it is fine after a year so far, so I can recommend it as being reliable.
The P2200 has a bigger engine like the Honda 2200 compared with the 2000s. I would be suspicious of any 2200 that has only an 80. You want that extra for when running at max like I do with mine.
Here it is in action.
