Date:         Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:14:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The power we really need!
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Heh -- asking NASCAR fans if they mind the noise of internal combustion
engines is like asking ducks if they mind a little rain.

Snarkiness aside, it's all a matter of context. All I can do is hope
that I don't camp anywhere near someone with a generator that is so
quiet that you can't hear it at all once the doors and windows are
closed and the AC and TV are on!

Reminds me of Elwood's Chicago apartment in The Blues Brothers with the
elevated trains pounding past. Every time we see the apartment a
crashingly noisy train goes past. Something like, "Do those trains come
by often?" "They go by so often you don't notice it."

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



Dennis Haynes typed:
> My last motor home had a Generac 5.5 kw air cooled gas. Sounded like I
> had a go cart back there. Being installed near the bedroom made it
> worse. Wouldn't think or running it all night for AC. Ran at same speed
> regardless of load and was belt drive to add more noise.
>
> Now have the QD 7500. After it warms up and stops claterring, you forget
> it is even running. The AC or TV easily drowns it out. The water
> cooling, sound enclosure, and variable speed really make a difference.
> At a Nascar event, I ran it for 3 days striaght. The folks next to us
> were asked and they didn't mind it at all. I also have that tube set up
> to bring the exhaust over the roof.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>> From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: The power we really need!
>> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:18:03 -0700
>>
>> Nooooooooooo -- "quiet diesel," an oxymoron if ever there was one!
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> Dennis Haynes typed:
>>> http://www.cumminsonan.com/hqd/
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>>>
>>> Or maybe
>>>
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>>> http://www.cumminsonan.com/rv/products/hitch
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>>>
>>>
>>> Dennis
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