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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:19:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: was solar panels, now gen. noise
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SoCal beaches are sand sandwiched between a busy highway and the surf. With wind and such. Surfing events have loud PA systems, music, kids, dogs and extroverts off-leash. Unless they are running giant construction-site generators, I can't imagine that sound enclosures make any difference to the overall level of noise except to those standing right next to the evil, smelly contraptions.

No sir -- I'm sticking to my generators make poor campground neighbors stance until someone demonstrates otherwise. In a quiet campground. Like White Tank CG in Joshua Tree, or Laguna CG (on a weekday) near San Diego. Places where you can hear a car coming long before you see it.

-- 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 4/9/2009 11:48 AM azsun99 wrote:

> I have seen such boxes at surf events in So. Calif., where they had major sound > systems set up along the boardwalk. The generators were enclosed in sound-deadening > boxes. > Jerry in AZ (too far from the beach :(. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "joel walker" <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: solar panels > > >>> Sounds like a Honda generator. I know that I bring a 50 foot >>> extension >>> cord to put mine a little ways away from the van. Then I hardly >>> notice >>> it. Stick it behind a rock or a tree and it is even better. >> a thought ... could we make some sort of little fit-together enclosure >> (like a four-panel box) with sound insulation in the walls, and fit it >> around the generator ... would that help block the sound? or would it >> cause the generator to overheat cause it wasn't getting enough >> airflow?? if the airflow wasn't a problem, or if leaving a couple of >> feet between the generator and the sound-blocker walls would work, >> that sounds like it might be a way to keep everybody happy in the >> woods. :) >> >> unca joel >


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