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
>