Existential Angst wrote:

Now, this unit may not be for everyone, and here are some of the
pro's/con's.

Like virtually all "affordable" units, this thing will sound like a
goddamm lawnmower -- don't listen to those bull**** decibel claims.
A true automotive muffler might help (either replacing the original,
or placed in series with the existing) can help a bit, but a
sound-proofed enclosure box is a better (albeit more troublesome)
solution. If you want an intrinsically quiiet unit, quiet will
double, triple the price at a given wattage, eg, the Honda EU series.
Or buy an Onan.... lol But actually, you can find them on craig's
list, rel. cheap. Just have yer fork lift ready.....

The nice thing about the "quiet" gensets (Honda, et al) is that they enable
you to easily hear your neighbor's "not quiet" gensets.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Existential Angst wrote:

Now, this unit may not be for everyone, and here are some of the
pro's/con's.

Like virtually all "affordable" units, this thing will sound like a
goddamm lawnmower -- don't listen to those bull**** decibel claims.
A true automotive muffler might help (either replacing the original,
or placed in series with the existing) can help a bit, but a
sound-proofed enclosure box is a better (albeit more troublesome)
solution. If you want an intrinsically quiiet unit, quiet will
double, triple the price at a given wattage, eg, the Honda EU series.
Or buy an Onan.... lol But actually, you can find them on craig's
list, rel. cheap. Just have yer fork lift ready.....

The nice thing about the "quiet" gensets (Honda, et al) is that they
enable you to easily hear your neighbor's "not quiet" gensets.


I was JUST emailing someone on that point!!
I just read somewhere -- on a generator website, iirc -- that some
home-moaner "associations" ban generators, no doubt for those reasons. As
the generator solution becomes more common, it's going to be like an
industrial war zone around here, during outages.... and QOL is already
near-zero.
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EA