3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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Many moons ago, or pages as the case may be, I shared two different sound abatement enclosures that proved to be extremely simple yet impressively effective in reducing or eliminating generator noise.
One experiment was to mount the genny in the bed of a PU with a camper shell. Exhaust was run through the top of the shell, a fan placed near the front window and the rear glass propped open with a 2x4. The engine ran cool and the sound level was in the low 60 dBA range.
The other enclosure was made of 1/4" thick poly foam fan fold board as used for under layment for vinyl siding. One end was open and pointed away from areas that would be disturbed by generator noise. The simple foam tent also resulted in 60 or lower dBA readings on the closed sides. The entire system folded flat and could be stored under a bed mattress.
As summer camping approaches more and more generators will appear. What I hope to accomplish with these postings is that a considerable amount of generator noise can be eliminated for little or no cost. It is not necessary to build a fancy and expensive enclosure to reduce annoying noise.
This works for all makes and models of portable generators.
One experiment was to mount the genny in the bed of a PU with a camper shell. Exhaust was run through the top of the shell, a fan placed near the front window and the rear glass propped open with a 2x4. The engine ran cool and the sound level was in the low 60 dBA range.
The other enclosure was made of 1/4" thick poly foam fan fold board as used for under layment for vinyl siding. One end was open and pointed away from areas that would be disturbed by generator noise. The simple foam tent also resulted in 60 or lower dBA readings on the closed sides. The entire system folded flat and could be stored under a bed mattress.
As summer camping approaches more and more generators will appear. What I hope to accomplish with these postings is that a considerable amount of generator noise can be eliminated for little or no cost. It is not necessary to build a fancy and expensive enclosure to reduce annoying noise.
This works for all makes and models of portable generators.
