generators

[agsuper]

I bought a new Briggs & Stratton generator for tailgating. It puts out 82 decibels. Does anyone think this is too loud?

[jawter]

OSHA max db for continuos exposure without hearing protection is 85db.

If you place it towards the front of your vehicle it should be fine and if you are at a game with hundereds of people around the noise of the generator will be lost in the crowd, just don't set it right next to you.

[DanVanVliet]

I bought a new Briggs & Stratton generator for tailgating. It puts out 82 decibels. Does anyone think this is too loud?

Yes get a honda they are very quiet and you can put them under a home made sound box so to speak and with music not hear them at all.

[creddington]

How many kva or kw is it? I have a 3,500 and its pretty loud. The Honda's are suppose to be best.

[agsuper]

It is 3500 watts. It has a low tone muffler but it still puts out 82 db. I should have got the Honda but it is too late now. How would you go about building a sound box? Where we tailgate people play their music pretty loud so maybe it will go unnoticed.

[agsuper]

I am mainly concerned about pissing people off around us.

[DanVanVliet]

It is 3500 watts. It has a low tone muffler but it still puts out 82 db. I should have got the Honda but it is too late now. How would you go about building a sound box? Where we tailgate people play their music pretty loud so maybe it will go unnoticed.

The size of your generator plus 6 inchs all around. Plywood then 2 inch foam insolation with vents on 2 sides large then exhast through the back. It should be set on rubber as well.

[agsuper]

The size of your generator plus 6 inchs all around. Plywood then 2 inch foam insolation with vents on 2 sides large then exhast through the back. It should be set on rubber as well.

Thanks. I will give it a try.

[creddington]

Maybe a Honda muffler?

[agsuper]

Maybe a Honda muffler?

Wonder if it would fit. I may try it as is this weekend and if anyone says anything I will just shut it off. The next home game is in 3 weeks so I think I can build a box by then.

[dot1]

I have a Honda motor on mine, but it's for hurricanes and other things that happen in L.A. (Lower Alabama)! It's a 6500 and not loud compared to others I have heard. Have fun at the football games!!!

[farsscf]

The size of your generator plus 6 inchs all around. Plywood then 2 inch foam insolation with vents on 2 sides large then exhast through the back. It should be set on rubber as well.

As I see 2 hurricanes approaching this is a subject I have been thinking of. Just concerned about heat and venting. I have a 8500 and it is loud.

[DanVanVliet]

As I see 2 hurricanes approaching this is a subject I have been thinking of. Just concerned about heat and venting. I have a 8500 and it is loud.

The box works very well you can go with thicker foam and put the generator in your garage and a pipe the the outside that hooks to the exhaust. this works very well.