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• Rant against the Honda generator
  • Mcglathery...
    • I have a unique vantage point
      • Why do they do that? Seriously
        • A lot of those powerboats have all electric galleys.
          • Generators
          • Big powerboat at HCM in Salem, running generator 24/7 AND plugged into 100 amp service...
            • Apparently the ice carving in the lower galley was melting...
            • Sounds like he needed more than 100amps
        • It's often simply about climate control...
    • Count me against them.
    • DotSea
  • Recently purchased a Yamaha 2000W
  • I can say the same thing about below decks diesel gensets...
    • yeah, and wind generators
      • The worst wind generators are positively evil. But the best are silent, as near as I can hear.
    • For some reason my ear is more tolerant of diesel gensets...
  • The noise level is highly load-dependent
    • So is your Yamaha so quiet you run it in the cockpit footwell? Or place in on the furthest extremity of the boat?
      • Wouldn't run in the cockpit because of exhaust gasses, no matter how quiet
  • Hear, hear! (literally )
    • I think that's pretty risky...Splashing water could be shocking
      • Advantages of mobile gen set in dink
  • I use a rubber mat ...
    • That may make a difference on board, but does it to your neighbors?
      • A friend runs his in the inflatable dinghy
        • I shudder to think of what might happen
        • NOT quiet
      • Ya know ...
        • John, many of try to stay away from folks like you. Can't always succeed, can we...
        • Noise...
        • People need to take responsibility for the effect they have on others...
        • You're respectful huh?
          • Yeah Rick, I am respectful ...
            • "... is the Board really a place for rants?"
            • Wow, What's your secret
              • Not really a secret ...
  • I agree with you except
    • I'm with you, any internal combustion engine running in an anchorage is a nuisance.
    • Of course you are right - generators only make the noise people let them make...
      • Agree 100%. That goes for any engine or incessant noise -- not just the small generators
  • QUIET!!!
    • sded, did we meet at Pelican a couple summers ago?
      • Yes; same boat
  • An Idea
    • I have seen folks hang the generator ...
      • Generator size
        • I hear ya on the admiral thing
          • Inverters....
            • Alternatively...
              • Got that right, I've tried, but it ain't happening!
          • Hmmm. I'm an Admiral, with hair
        • We purchased the Yamaha. liked the color better
      • Hair dryers and microwaves
  • Wind generator noise.