What size generator

[wavery]

Note the Ramsond 59 dB measurements were made are 21 feet compared to Honda's which are made at 9 feet.  One of these days I'm going measure the dB of my EU 3000 and EU 2000 at 21 feet so I'll know how these generators compared to each other.

RUide

The other thing to remember is that the Honda EU2000i is rated @ 53db @ 9' (1/4 load)

The Ramsund is rated @ 59db @ 21' but does not stipulate the load %. One could assume that is @ 1/4 load also.

59db is 6x louder than 53db @ over twice the distance.

I sure wish that someone would buy that thing and bring it to one of our camp-outs........We could do a real world comparison on it.........then I'll lend that person my Honda for the remainder of the camp-out so that we can live in peace.....:sombraro:

[He Ruide]

Wavery,

Very good point about the load rating. The other issue is which of the four sides of the generator was the sound meter pointed at. I've seen manufacturers manipulate all three to make their generators look better.  

Yes maybe we should have a generator shoot out at a camping ground next year.  My actual preference would be to standardize the RV generator sound measurements so we could make apple to apple comparisons.

Rudie

[oreo57]

So we need a gennie pig

[coach]

Let's not compare power/energy to loudness as precieved by the human ear, that's wouldn't be correct.

Another complication is that the human ear does not hear linearly either. Although loudness is subjective, most people perceive one sound to be twice as loud as another, when there is a 10-fold increase in energy, or a difference of about 10 db. So a 60 db sound sounds twice as loud as a 50 db one, although there is 10 times more energy in it. Also, it is interesting to note that most people cann ot discern any difference in perceived loudness of less than 3 db. That means that the energy in the sound has to double, before someone can notice any difference.

Site galore for the searching...

[JohnandLeann]

We were camped next to someone a few years ago with Honda gen and we really could not hear it running.  The vacuum cleaner inside the trailer was noisier than the generator.  They had a little boy and mom was a clean freak.  She was always cleaning something.

[AustinBoston]

They had a little boy and mom was a clean freak.  She was always cleaning something.

People like that should not be camping.  :eyecrazy:

Austin