Silencing Generators- an idea

Just make sure it is full of water first, can't see why anybody needs to take a Generator camping these days, solar is a lot less hassle and cheaper than most quality generators.

Why do you solar boys always turn every thread into a solar vs. generator debate? Your response has got nothing to do with what he was asking

If you don't have anything useful to contribute then why contribute at all

Rossco -- Um i have an 80 watt solar panel that i use to top up batteries for the jayco ( for lighting )

was away for a week some few months back ... and guess what... it was cloudy and overcast EVERY SINGLE DAY

Batteries drained -- wacco ended up getting turned off and all stuff just stuck into the caravan fridge

Its also handy to have a solar Panel if i camp out on Stockton beach in summer time as i have good direct sunlight for 12 hours + a day --- but what about when i am in an area with LOTS of trees
No prob using a Gen here BTW you can camp far away from the next guy that they dont hear it anyway -- and the wind drowns the sound anyway

We also camp a lot in winter time, thus also reducing the hours of usable sunlight in a day

THIS is why i have a Generator , not as my main source but as a back up on those times when there is NO sun available to give adequate charge VIA my solar panel. But thanks for presuming that the sun ALWAYS shines....


Boc

Ozboc,

From what you say you seem to be using solar as your primary source to top up 1 battery and use the gennie when solar can't keep up, mate the good thing is at least you're showing some concern in terms of noise when you do use the gennie, good on you.

I don't have an issue if someone wants to use a gennie as their primary source providing they exercise some consideration for others and the problem is there are some who couldn't give a rats!!!

There have been a number of occasions when I have pulled up for an overnight roadside stop been the first to be there heaps of space and someone pulls up right beside me and immediately pulls out a gennie, when if they had of exercised some consideration, they could have parked a long way from where I was. I can put up with the slight sound of a gennie in the distance, 99% are very quiet these days, doesn't worry me.

If I pull up and see someone with a gennie I park well away so it's not going to annoy me it's a shame some people with gennies don't exercise the same consideration.

I don't have a gennie, but I noted what you said about your solar system. I have 2 x 85watt panels and 2 x 100amp/hr AGM batteries and I have lasted a week of cloud running a 110l Waeco which does have an insulator pack. With 2 panels according to the controller the panels were still putting in around 4 amps which was enough to run the Waeco during peak times and sufficient to slow down the discharge process to get me by for the week. I only moved to the 2nd battery on about the fifth day but the first battery still had just under 50% capacity, I just don't like going too far under 50%

Mate I'm not having a go at you just thought I'd let you know and suggest if you get another 80watt panel and a second battery I reckon you'd sustain a week of cloud.

greetings John - i actually have one of these generators

direct ebay link

pure sine wave but mine is in blue .....

they have already been soundproofed by the outside casing ( as you suggested)

But your Gen box looks like an excellent idea! 10 points for good work !!

will bookmark your site and when i get time , will make something similar !!!

thanks for the link

Boc

Great idea Mottleman I have the same gennie but the noise bothers me so just run during the day to do a recharge. Hope you don't mind me copying your box.

I was out in the sticks a few weeks back, parked by a creek with water, when at about 5:30pm when the birds were nesting a winnebago pulled up alongside. Firstly there was about 300m of parking along the river but he parked about 10m from us and on went his gennie. My wife went and asked him to move somewhere else and he more or less told her to get nicked. Anyway his wife, a much nicer person, said that they would tone it down after they had cooked their dinner which they did. I would of thought that with the rig they had they didn't need a gennie for a one night stopover!!!

Cheers,
Fred

Yes these modern Gennies are very quiet but I wanted to make it quiet enough so I didnt have to worry about using it if/when I wanted to. I didnt want to have to worry about others hating my gennie. The box does this... and it was fun to make with my young fella.

cheers
John

John, please make my life a little easier - what are the +- dimensions of the box?
Thanks
Fred

Fred
See dimensions in post below

cheers
John

Got to agree Wayne, you go out in the bush for peace and all you can hear if crap rap grrr.
Cheers Pete

Thanks John
I wish my son would knock one up for me!!!
Fred

What do you suggest is a decent generator?

What is better than a Honda?

None, they don`t wash.

We use solar showers and if it is overcast we light the fire and top it up with hot water.
Cheers Pete

Surely the noise of the firewood burning would disturb your peace an d quiet.

Bob

did you think up that stunning riposte all by yourself?

G'day Shaker,
I'm of the opinion that people that've replied have no idea of the direction that you were headed.

I agree with you!

Cheers,
Wayne.

That would be me.

I think anyone with a semblance of decency agrees with you but there are so many *****s out there who don't give a **** about anyone else. They all seem to think they have the quietest generator of noise on the market. For the record, yes, I have one which I use when necessary and without upsetting others.

The original post though, actually shows that he wanted to minimise his noise when he had to use his gennie.