Fer shure, some fortuitous combination of land features and masking sound sources (stereos, the ocean, freeway, wind blowing in the trees and blowing in a direction to carry the sound away, etc.) might render the offending contraption inaudible -- such things are within the realm of possibility -- but I can't recall even one occasion in my decades of camping when I've come across a running generator and been surprised to find it. It's more like, when will they ever shut that thing off? And when they do, it's like a weight off my chest. I mean, dang, even at farmer's markets, which are seldom silent events hereabouts, a 1000W generator behind a booth is clearly audible. Maybe I'm just sensitive or fussy. Cantankerous, even. Sure, I'll cop to that. I can but hope that those that camp near me are equally respectful of the quiet. And if not, plan to move out in the morning. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 4/8/2009 2:44 PM Loren Busch wrote: > RE: Generators > Mike, I can recall being camped with some others a few years ago. One rig > had a dead battery, bad alternator. A member of the group placed his > generator about 50 feet away, just behind a little rise in the ground, fires > it up and hooked the battery charging port to the dead battery. It ran > about half the day. And I never realized it was running until I happened to > walk out that way late in the day, it was that quiet. It had been placed > away > |
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