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Subject: Quiet Generators
  
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Subi
Posts:2

07 Feb 2008 2:26 p.m. Alert 
I am looking a purchasing a generator and would like to know what the quietest one on the market?
johnp
Posts:9

08 Feb 2008 9:35 p.m. Alert 
Hi subi Ihave a honda eu2 which i find the low noise level very good. Someone else may have found others exceptable.
MJS
Posts:20

28 Feb 2008 7:01 p.m. Alert 
We also have a Honda 2. My husband has sleep apnoea, and we needed a generator that was quiet enough to be able to be used in national parks (where permitted), but that was also economical, and efficient enough to be able to run the air con in our van as well as his CPAP machine when retiring for the night. The Honda 2 performs beautifully, is very quiet, and we wouldn't have anything else.
rld_cw
Posts:6

29 Feb 2008 4:25 p.m. Alert 
Wow MJS, that is impressive.

What battery set up have you got?

Rachael
Caravan World
MJS
Posts:20

08 Mar 2008 5:14 p.m. Alert 
Hi Rachel

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you.

We have 1X100AMP deep cycle battery and a 240V charger (by mains or by the car while we are travelling.) Hope this answers your question.
eeleyeagle
Posts:2

05 Apr 2008 11:24 p.m. Alert 
Hi Subi,
If you haven't yet bought a generator then have a look at the latest Kipor generators ( Blue in colour). Supposed to be 7 to 9 dB quiter than any other, has a 15 Amp outlet and produces Pure Sine wave which is what is needed to run todays Switch Mode battery chargers . You can actually hook up a computer straight to the generator outlet and run it without any problems because of the pure sine wave output.
lucky b's
Posts:2

21 Jun 2008 9:29 p.m. Alert 
Hi Subi,
We have just purchased a new Kipor 2600 generator (yellow in colour) on
Ebay with great savings $1350 delivered. This model is slightly quieter than the blue one. It will start our airconditioner and run everything in the van at the same time except for the microwave, which is what we thought would happen. Microwave puts too much drain on power outage. Delivery took 4 days we were very happy. eeleyeagle is right on the mark with info too as well as kipor generators are an exact copy of the Honda.
Safe and happy caravanning
Lucky b's



Lucky b's
bundymum-lh
Posts:8

15 Aug 2008 12:35 p.m. Alert 
the quietest generator on the market is the honda eu20i which the national parks allow to use. they are dearer but will run every thing in a van or camp trailer.
helen63
Posts:3

07 Sep 2008 3:34 p.m. Alert 
Sorry to say that i think the above information is incorrect. I have never found anything to say that National parks will allow a generator (unless needed for some medical equipement), just thought that I would let you know that in case you had recieved the wrong information. also to MJS witht the type of batteries that you have you should be able to power the cpap machine for your husband and with a solar panel then you would be able to charge the batteries enough to use is whilst camped in a national park. hope this helps
MJS
Posts:20

07 Sep 2008 8:29 p.m. Alert 
I am inclined to agree with you Helen, re. Nat Parks and generators as they are very strict about it, but perhaps there are exceptions to the norm.

Thanks for the above info. That's what we thought too, so we're having at least one solar panel fitted during the Sept school holidays, possibly two; depending on roof space and expense.
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