Looking at the Honda eu30i it has a 7.7hour 57dba & 3.5hour 65dba at 7 metre noise level rating.

The Redback seems almost silent by comparison!

Take generator sound pressure level specifications with a bucket of
salt.

Accurately measuring SPL is both difficult and error prone and can
only be done with any hope of accuracy in a anechoic chamber, of
which there are very few in the world suited to a gen at 7m.

In addition if an electrical load rating is not supplied it's a sure
bet the measurement was done with the gen at idle or with a 50W load
or similar. Give the gen 50% or more load and a lot more noise is
produced. You should hear my Honda EU20i when it's running the
microwave on the 50% power setting. So half the time the gen is doing
nothing and the other half it's producing 1200W - two very, very
different noise levels.

The only practical way to reduce gen noise is to start with an engine
which produces more power than needed and then strangle it with a
multi stage exhaust system - trouble is this is expensive.

With the small gens (< 2.5kW) Honda and Yamaha are about as good as
it gets for noise - ignore the dB numbers in the specs and simply
listen to them under load but make sure you do that test in the same
location otherwise reflected sound will change the level. Complicated.

MH - at Gillard's Beach, NSW south coast.

Ron-D wrote:

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Noisy heavy petrol stinking things that destroy other peoples peace and quite ,carted around by self centred selfish people 

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Gday...

 a rather closed-minded, thoughtless comment.  

Of course, the 'noisy, heavy, petrol (diesel), stinking thing' you use to pull your van, camper trailer, tent etc is none of those ??

Tolerance is a willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them.

Unfortunately, that is what is wrong with so many who roam this wide, brown, exiting land. I sometimes wonder just who are the "self-centred selfish people".

Cheers - stay well, travel safely and try some tolerance - John

rockylizard wrote:

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Ron-D wrote:

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Noisy heavy petrol stinking things that destroy other peoples peace and quite ,carted around by self centred selfish people 

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Gday...

 a rather closed-minded, thoughtless comment.  

Of course, the 'noisy, heavy, petrol (diesel), stinking thing' you use to pull your van, camper trailer, tent etc is none of those ??

Tolerance is a willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them.

Unfortunately, that is what is wrong with so many who roam this wide, brown, exiting land. I sometimes wonder just who are the "self-centred selfish people".

Cheers - stay well, travel safely and try some tolerance - John

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 Very well put Rockylizard, some just don't get it. .

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

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rockylizard wrote:

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Of course, the 'noisy, heavy, petrol (diesel), stinking thing' you use to pull your van, camper trailer, tent etc is none of those ??

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Probably quieter and certainly less polluting that most portable generators which have no standards to control such features.

Cheers,

Peter

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Gday...

I understand and agree that my analogy is a little flawed perhaps.

However, whether at a camp or at a van park, I certainly can attest to the noise, stink and pollution that is emitted around my "space" when next door's tow vehicle is started, manoeuvred into position and left idling as the van is finalised and ultimately hooked up - at 7am.

I never say a word .... because I believe that tolerance is a willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them.

And what on earth is gained from sinking the boot into someone on a forum with a rather closed-minded, intolerant comment. Again, makes one wonder who the self-centred individual might be. 

Jest sayin' 

Cheers - stay well, travel safely and try some tolerance - John

oldtrack123 wrote:

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Mike Harding wrote:

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Take generator sound pressure level specifications with a bucket of
salt.

Accurately measuring SPL is both difficult and error prone and can
only be done with any hope of accuracy in a anechoic chamber, of
which there are very few in the world suited to a gen at 7m.

In addition if an electrical load rating is not supplied it's a sure
bet the measurement was done with the gen at idle or with a 50W load
or similar. Give the gen 50% or more load and a lot more noise is
produced. You should hear my Honda EU20i when it's running the
microwave on the 50% power setting. So half the time the gen is doing
nothing and the other half it's producing 1200W - two very, very
different noise levels.

The only practical way to reduce gen noise is to start with an engine
which produces more power than needed and then strangle it with a
multi stage exhaust system - trouble is this is expensive.

With the small gens (< 2.5kW) Honda and Yamaha are about as good as
it gets for noise - ignore the dB numbers in the specs and simply
listen to them under load but make sure you do that test in the same
location otherwise reflected sound will change the level. Complicated.

MH - at Gillard's Beach, NSW south coast.

 

 

 

T1 Terry wrote:

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Well fancy that, something Peter and I can agree on :lol: Gillard's Beach is a great spot for a few days, but gets a bit expensive if you stay for a week or more. The water monitors (big lizards) are really something when they come wandering through the camp site. Lots of great spots all the way up and down the NSW South Coast

T1 Terry

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 Great, at last, we agree on something.

The only thing we found as a negative was the presence of scrub ticks

Almost every time we went there we ended up with them

, In my opinion, NSW has the best oceanside National parks in Aus.& most with very good facilities

Don't know what the fees are now, but when we use to go we found them quite reasonable.

 Starting right from the far north@ places like Lake Arragan.

rockylizard wrote:

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Ron-D wrote:

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Noisy heavy petrol stinking things that destroy other peoples peace and quite ,carted around by self centred selfish people 

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Gday...

 a rather closed-minded, thoughtless comment.  

Of course, the 'noisy, heavy, petrol (diesel), stinking thing' you use to pull your van, camper trailer, tent etc is none of those ??

Tolerance is a willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them.

Unfortunately, that is what is wrong with so many who roam this wide, brown, exiting land. I sometimes wonder just who are the "self-centred selfish people".

Cheers - stay well, travel safely and try some tolerance - John

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 It was meant as a joke ,you obviously have a generator and all jokes aside its easy to get on your high horse when your not on the receiving end of some inconsiderate nit wit...Most people with genies use Them in a sensible manner but there are self cantered fools out there that spoil other peoples peace and quite by not useing common sense, if you cant understand this thats your problem...

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

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Try using a generator in a caravan park and see how you get on :)
Cheers,
Peter

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I have and certainly got away with it. Arrived at  a caravan park in southern Victoria on one occasion and there was a power outage. Out came the genny. problem solved.

Not a word said by any customers or staff. It really is a common sense thing.

In Purnululu NP last year people were good enough not to run their generators in the non generator area. So instead we were fumigated with car engines charging batteries!