YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT NEIGHBOR (I'M KIKO FROM PINE ISLAND) AND ABYC DOES MAINTAin that the portable is not acceptable.
The solar products available now are very impressive, that and an inverter will give you more power than you need.
I tested mine while running, at 30 feet you barely hear a putput, at 90 feet you hear nothing. I won't anchor anywhere I would be closer than 90 feet from another boat.I was on a mooring one time in Block Island, RI with a guy behind me who put one of these things on his bow pulpit, so now its 15 feet away from me while I'm sitting in my cockpit and its 40 feet away from him while he's sitting in his cockpit.
It was the marine equivalent of being water boarded.
There are not many things worse than being in a beautiful cove, anchored or moored and waking up to the sound of this type of generator.
I apologize for the forward nature of my post, but before you fire one of these things up, consider those around you; they are never "super quiet".
The solar products available now are very impressive, that and an inverter will give you more power than you need.
just my 2 cents.
I tested mine while running, at 30 feet you barely hear a putput, at 90 feet you hear nothing. I won't anchor anywhere I would be closer than 90 feet from another boat.
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Before you add a portable Generator please think of all those peaceful place we can all go with our vessels. One boat with a Gas Generator sitting on the swim platform so the boat owner's (who usually have gone off in their dinghy), can barely hear it.
If you have a Diesel Genset onboard use it, don't spoil an anchorage for everyone else. You won't make friends with those you are sharing the anchorage with. They are loud and even louder when on a swim platform.
Let's keep our nice quiet anchorages quiet... Go Solar and get a Simarine battery monitor... best new gizmo we have added to our GB-42. I know exactly what the Panels are putting in and exactly what the fridge and Freezer are taking out, plus a whole lot more info, a great tool.
"I think the Honda tops all by a big margin.
Sometimes you get what you pay for."
I think the big gripe is not with Honda or other sets of the camper type , but with contractor grade units .
Before you add a portable Generator please think of all those peaceful place we can all go with our vessels. One boat with a Gas Generator sitting on the swim platform so the boat owner's (who usually have gone off in their dinghy), can barely hear it.
If you have a Diesel Genset onboard use it, don't spoil an anchorage for everyone else. You won't make friends with those you are sharing the anchorage with. They are loud and even louder when on a swim platform.
Let's keep our nice quiet anchorages quiet... Go Solar and get a Simarine battery monitor... best new gizmo we have added to our GB-42. I know exactly what the Panels are putting in and exactly what the fridge and Freezer are taking out, plus a whole lot more info, a great tool.
That is a good size fan!No problem with these things used properly but this owner was proud of this non-ignition protected, ungrounded unit along with an AC fan in a gasoline engine compartment.
Can't cure stoooopid.
No problem with these things used properly but this owner was proud of this non-ignition protected, ungrounded unit along with an AC fan in a gasoline engine compartment.
Can't cure stoooopid.
That's insanity, IMO. The guy must have had a death wish.
Where did the exhaust go?