"Sterling" wrote in message
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toller wrote:
Last April we had a blackout. From the foot of my driveway I could hear
someones generator at the end of the street (about a quarter mile away)
but
I couldn't hear my Honda in my garage.
If someone near me ran one of those monsters at night... well, lets
just
say that it is not necessary.

They do make them quieter but people buy the home depot class machines.
There is a 30kw generator where I work and you can hardly tell when it is
running.