BEAR wrote:

Nah.

You only need a length of black pipe, some other fittings,
and maybe even a nice large general purpose off the shelf
heavy equipment muffler, and wham! Quiet.

You can use a random muffler from a junk yard if you are
feeling really cheap...

_-_-bear

Carl Byrns wrote:

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:21:19 GMT, George wrote:

Why is it that the home generators are so loud? Is it that the
backpressure of a real muffler is too great? I've heard of people who
put better mufflers and even tubing to route the exhaust out of the
garage or where ever and they said they were happy.

Real mufflers cost real bucks- like a $150 for a 1200 watt portable
Makita.
So you're at Home Depot and see two gensets of similar output and one
is $150 more than the other...

-Carl
Look at how the thing is constructed. Can the mountings stand extra weight?
You may have to go the flex tubing route. A friend of mine tried a bigger
muffler and ripped the bolts out of the head and had all sorts of fun
fixing it. 8o(
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Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC