Generator quieting
A while back someone mentioned looking for a quieter muffler to reduce the noise of their gen. That question brought to mind that a video needs to be made which should clearly show that much of the...
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pianotuna wrote:
Since a 1 square inch hole transmits as much sound as 24 square feet of gyprock, sound control for a generator is more about reflecting than containing.
Reflecting sound can be employed, however, the downside is it often can be reflected back via other hard surfaces like buildings or rocks that are in the line of where you are sending the noise..
Reflecting the sound up to the sky can work, just have to make sure your wall is higher than the gen. Too short and doubt it would help and taller than needed might make it difficult to make portable..
Yeah, I know, just get an expensive gen and be done with it..
But hey, sometimes the budget doesn't allow for it and one may need to make a few compromises..
Just trying to be helpful for those whose budgets don't allow for $2000 inverter gens..
