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[3930dave]

The specs are 63-67 dBA. The Kohler spec says the quietest competing systems are 58-63.

We mounted ours on the far side of the garage (that's where the fuel was) and with the windows closed on that side of the house you don't really hear it at all. If I had to do it over I wouldn't change a thing.

Nice.

If you think of it, drop by and post your next fill up, and a brief description of what loads you support. I'm probably not the only one interested to see some real world #'s on propane consumption.

For intermittent use, propane or natgas are great in that they don't have the long-term stability issues that untreated gasoline does.

dBA figures are nice, but I wish more people would talk through the running equipment videos they post on youtube. I find that you can get a pretty good ballpark feel for how loud the gen is when you have 2 people standing beside it talking.

(Silly me :duh: I'm showing my age.... most people today would just stand there and text each other ! Ignore that last paragraph )

Rgds, D.

 

[grsthegreat]

Nice.

If you think of it, drop by and post your next fill up, and a brief description of what loads you support. I'm probably not the only one interested to see some real world #'s on propane consumption.

For intermittent use, propane or natgas are great in that they don't have the long-term stability issues that untreated gasoline does.

dBA figures are nice, but I wish more people would talk through the running equipment videos they post on youtube. I find that you can get a pretty good ballpark feel for how loud the gen is when you have 2 people standing beside it talking.

(Silly me :duh: I'm showing my age.... most people today would just stand there and text each other ! Ignore that last paragraph )

Rgds, D.

Personally, db figures are useless to me. Ive installed the exact same generator on different site locations and have resulted in different sounding noise levels.
It all depends on surrounding structures that bounce the sound back.

I equate a 22 kw to sounding like a riding lawn mower. And the quietsourse liquid cooled 22 kw at about half the noise level.

Mind you...no one complaines about noise when the power is out

you should hear how bloody noisy a 45kw or a 130kw liquid cooled are...yeiks. They make a 22 sound like a purring cat

 

[3930dave]

you should hear how bloody noisy a 45kw or a 130kw liquid cooled are...yeiks. They make a 22 sound like a purring cat

(Way) Back when the CAT dealer set up on the north end of Toronto, there wasn't much around them, other than scattered industrial buildings. Seems that what's around them now (including big brand hotels) don't take too kindly to them doing extended runs on the big stationary CATs ..... that's one reason I've heard a move is in the works for that dealer....

Rgds, D.

 

[buickanddeere]

(Way) Back when the CAT dealer set up on the north end of Toronto, there wasn't much around them, other than scattered industrial buildings. Seems that what's around them now (including big brand hotels) don't take too kindly to them doing extended runs on the big stationary CATs ..... that's one reason I've heard a move is in the works for that dealer....

Rgds, D.

The dealer on hwy 7, east of the 400? I can remember the drive in theatre at 400 & 7 and the apple orchards .

 

[3930dave]

The dealer on hwy 7, east of the 400? I can remember the drive in theatre at 400 & 7 and the apple orchards .

Yep.... no orchards now, only apples in the Apple Store !

Rgds, D.

 

[buickanddeere]

There still was old trees in abandoned orchards in 1984-85 on the north side of hwy7 in that area.
It's not that long ago Canada's Wonderland was built in the middle of the Surgain research farm. The park that can be seen from miles away and has been there since 1980 or so. sold the farms to developers in the mid 1990's who jammed large houses onto small lots.
Houses sold fast as they were right on the 400 and "close" to Toronto. Come spring time the park opened up on a weekend . Monday morning my cousin walks into work at the Vaughn municipal and planning office and picks up the phone . Every message box on every line was full with screaming irate new home owners. They wanted the park closed immediately as the equipment noise and screaming patrons were disturbing the enjoyment of their new homes.
The new Vaughn owners must have been related to the people who bought homes on the departure end of the international Airport's runways.

 

[3930dave]

Date: Aug 02/15

Generator: 2kw Briggs

Activity: Flash-flood brief storm took power down. Ran this 2kw for about 1 hour, as the network UPS had been on battery for a while. Total outage for approx 2 hours, no need to run sump pumps.

Final Fueling notes: filled w. NonE gas. Red Stabil and Seafoam added already in fuel can.

Maintenance notes (Done, or Required): Started 2'nd pull, 3/4 choke.

Temperature 16 deg C, down from 30C 2 hours earlier.

Rgds, D.

 

[kevinwak]

Ran our Honda EU2000 for the last two weeks about 1-2 hours daily for camping. Used it to recharge the camper batteries. Used about 6 litres of gas for this! I was sad to find out that the 2000 watts wasn't enough to power the AC in my new camper.

 

[dragoneggs]

Ran our Honda EU2000 for the last two weeks about 1-2 hours daily for camping. Used it to recharge the camper batteries. Used about 6 litres of gas for this! I was sad to find out that the 2000 watts wasn't enough to power the AC in my new camper.

I ended up with the heavier and not so portable EU3000is just because the 2000 was not quite going to cover all my potential needs. You can run two 2000s in parallel but twice as much $$$ for a great generator. The 3000 is very quiet and sips gas too. But is heavier and not something you want to regularly throw in the back of the pickup.

 

[Garandman]

Our Kohler genset ran 18 hours after a thunderstorm wiped out the town. Looked up the service requirement and oil change is 100 hours or yearly, so I'll change it this fall.

Ran our Honda EU2000 for the last two weeks about 1-2 hours daily for camping. Used it to recharge the camper batteries. Used about 6 litres of gas for this! I was sad to find out that the 2000 watts wasn't enough to power the AC in my new camper.

The EU 2000 is only 1600W continuous. I believe the Yamaha 2400 is designed for that application. Yamaha Inverter EF2400iSHC