Wow Loud Genset
Fired up the genset on my recently acquired 2000 Itasca to check out the LED 32" TV I installed and WOW, is it ever loud. So loud that I had to turn up the TV volume in order to hear it. It's not the...
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road-runner wrote:
I call my built in generator the "micronoisy". I fire it up to run the microwave. For anything long term, like battery charging, I use a portable generator.
We're not full-timers - only hit and run a few times a year RV'ers - in our Class C Ford V10 powered motorhome.
Given our camping style, the absolute quietest non-solar way to top up our batteries is by idling the V10 main engine for an hour here and there. That's way quieter than even our ultra-low noise little Honda EX650 portable generator we always have with us.
HOWEVER as an aside ... I wouldn't spend big bucks for any motorhome with a too-loud built-in generator in it. Those $$$ Onan generators cost way too much to tolerate a poor noise-abatement install by a motorhome manufacturer ... they need to do better with their Onan installs.
