HEY GENERATOR............SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
We bought a portable Briggs & Straton 5000 watt generator. Affordable and highly ranked for durability. Downside? Everyone on the park can hear it. Anyone run into this? Anyone know of an added m...
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We started out with a Coleman Powermate 2500, basically a B&S motor on top of alternator and boy was it loud. I wondered why we picked up almost new for $50 until I started it up.
Sold that off and got a Champion 3500/4000, new they run $300 or so and fine while boondocking by ourselves. Used it one season for charging and some AC. While it is quieter than the Powermate, it isn't quiet by any means.
This year I started using the solar I put a few hundred into and when you say quiet, it is silent. The Champ is still there for a bit of AC, Microwave and as a back up to the solar but is rarely run if at all.
I have used those interlocking rubber floor mats to surround the generators and while it didn't make them "quiet", it did make a small noticeable difference.
If I were to replace the Champ with a quieter unit, it will be the Champion 3100i inverter model. The same size and noise level as the Honda Handi but half the price. They have had great reviews here and if I see one of those on the refurb list I may just have to pull the trigger.
Sold that off and got a Champion 3500/4000, new they run $300 or so and fine while boondocking by ourselves. Used it one season for charging and some AC. While it is quieter than the Powermate, it isn't quiet by any means.
This year I started using the solar I put a few hundred into and when you say quiet, it is silent. The Champ is still there for a bit of AC, Microwave and as a back up to the solar but is rarely run if at all.
I have used those interlocking rubber floor mats to surround the generators and while it didn't make them "quiet", it did make a small noticeable difference.
If I were to replace the Champ with a quieter unit, it will be the Champion 3100i inverter model. The same size and noise level as the Honda Handi but half the price. They have had great reviews here and if I see one of those on the refurb list I may just have to pull the trigger.
