"PeterM" wrote in message
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I just got back from a vacation, and my neighbor mentioned that my son's
generator is too loud. I'm wondering if there is a way we can make it not
so loud. build a wall, buy maybe some igloo thing, with a exhaust fan, or
something like that...Any help is appreciated

Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation! And then put a decent muffler on the
thing.

I saw a guy in a state park a couple years ago who had built a styrafoam box
to enclose his generator. He had fans on two sides, one blowing in and the
other blowing out. On those sides that had the fan he had a double wall,
spaced about 6 inches apart, where the fan blew air down between the two
walls to exit on the side. Kind of like this

______________
| air flow
|^ __________
| ^ |
| Generator |
|__________ ^ |
Air Flow ^ |
_____________ |

The idea was to keep the sound contained inside the box and not allow it to
exit through the ventilation.

The whole idea seemed kind of silly to me. I would have just invested in a
replacement exhaust system with a good muffler.

Nate