Generator noise reduction....

[Bob_Vaughn]

In this day an age with all the technologies available you would think the aftermarket vendors would jump on the chance to sell noise reduction devises to generator owners...

[time2roll]

Bob Vaughn wrote:
In this day an age with all the technologies available you would think the aftermarket vendors would jump on the chance to sell noise reduction devises to generator owners...

Lots of solar sellers that would love your business.

Don't need much power in the rain. That is what a battery is for. Or get a bigger battery.

[Chum_lee]

Grit dog wrote:
I got a red one and I think it's pretty quiet.
Actually it's faded kinda pink. Does that make it quieter??

No. But if you keep leaving it out in the sun, someone may steal it. That WILL make it more quiet.

Chum lee

[pianotuna]

Mine do 3 amps in heavy rain, and 7 amps in leafy shade.

fj12ryder wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
There is a great device for quieting generators, they are called solar panels. :B

How well do they work in the rain? 🙂

[Grit_dog]

TomG2 wrote:
There is one really low cost silencer for generators. Buy one. Countless owners on here continue to say, "Mine is quiet, yours is noisy". Paint is another great noise reduction system. Red is quiet, Blue is pretty quiet, and all others are loud.

Lol, that's funny, but true. I got a red one and I think it's pretty quite.
Actually it's faded kinda pink. Does that make it quieter??

[fj12ryder]

beemerphile1 wrote:
There is a great device for quieting generators, they are called solar panels. :B

How well do they work in the rain? 🙂

[beemerphile1]

There is a great device for quieting generators, they are called solar panels. :B

[TomG2]

There is one really low cost silencer for generators. Buy one. Countless owners on here continue to say, "Mine is quiet, yours is noisy". Paint is another great noise reduction system. Red is quiet, Blue is pretty quiet, and all others are loud.

[gbopp]

Chum lee wrote:

Bob Vaughn wrote:
In this day an age with all the technologies available you would think the aftermarket vendors would jump on the chance to sell noise reduction devises to generator owners...

They have. Making genny's quiet generally makes them more expensive, larger, and heavier. Making them cheap, light, and portable makes them sell better. The consumer votes with their wallet. It's that simple.

Chum lee

Chum Lee answered the question. Any device that makes the generator quieter also makes it more expensive.

[Chum_lee]

Bob Vaughn wrote:
In this day an age with all the technologies available you would think the aftermarket vendors would jump on the chance to sell noise reduction devises to generator owners...

They have. Making genny's quiet generally makes them more expensive, larger, and heavier. Making them cheap, light, and portable makes them sell better. The consumer votes with their wallet. It's that simple.

Chum lee

[azrving]

They can make them quieter just make them liquid-cooled but now the price goes up and the weight and size

[SoundGuy]

Bob Vaughn wrote:
In this day an age with all the technologies available you would think the aftermarket vendors would jump on the chance to sell noise reduction devises to generator owners...

They do, Google genset noise reduction boxes in Japan and you'll find all sorts of effective solutions. Problem is, they're not inexpensive to build, far beyond what genset owners here in Canada & the US would be willing to pay. The solution is to build your own, just as I did - pics & videos start here.

[jkwilson]

Bob Vaughn wrote:
In this day an age with all the technologies available you would think the aftermarket vendors would jump on the chance to sell noise reduction devises to generator owners...

The fact that they don’t is a testament to the fact that it isn’t easy or cheap to reduce the noise of an internal combustion engine. Most of what you can do needs to be incorporated into the design of the equipment from the beginning, and those things generally either kill performance or add a lot of weight.

[Lwiddis]

If you don't need AC or microwave a solar system is a silent alternative.

[JaxDad]

There's lots of options that have been around for a long time.

The big problem however is that an air-cooled engine must by virtue of it's operation be open to the air, add to that the exhaust and that will inevitably result in noise.

In most cases though the soundproofing of the coach is enough to more than cover it up.

In my case(s) my C has a Onan 4KY which lives directly beneath the bed, yes its loud, but I never need it while I'm sleeping so I don't care. My A has an Onan 5500 which is so silent I need to stop and concentrate to tell if it's running daytime with the usual ambient noise and can easily sleep through if I need it running for the A/C or furnace.