which generator would you recommend?
I was looking at a Champion B46517 4,000 watt generator. But I was warned off because one guy (I know great sample size) said his "broke within a few hours and could never be fixed properly. I'd neve...
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Volt Magazine wrote:
One last thing - generators are rated on the A sound scale - and you will see on most models a rating in DBA which is the sound decibels the generator runs at. A human conversation takes place at between 60 and 65 dba - a quality quiet generator runs below 58 dba. The best generators such as from Honda run in the low 50's.
dBA ratings are usually at 7 meters (23 feet). Hence, a 59 dBA Honda generator will yield about 70 dB when standing next to it. That's about as loud as a vacuum cleaner. No generator is quiet, some are just less loud than others.
The generators previously cited to run in the low 50's dBA do so at no load. Who uses a generator like that?
