clean air intake and also unrestricted air exhaust. With a real muffler you might be able to also pipe the exhaust outside the enclosure.
Also, if you offer to supply their electricity I doubt they will complain. I also seriously doubt that any police officer would enforce the noise ordinance in an emergency situation. I don't recall any writeups here in Springfield last year during the ice storm and many had their generators running 24/7 until electricity was restored.
Mike D.
The local noise ordinance must give way to exigent circumstances.
If the generator is running because of a neighborhood power failure, violation of a noise ordinance, designed for normal times, cannot be sustained.
Depends on when and why. If it's an emergency situation such as a power failure, including those caused by say a tree taking out just the drop to that house, they are generally exempt from any noise ordinances. If they didn't pay their electric bill and were disconnected, that would probably be a different matter entirely.
I'm not a Psychologist, but I think your neighbor feels under appreciated!
Oren
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Is that right? So if the power goes out, it's perfectly OK to keep your neighbors up all night?
Hey, if the power is out, anything goes, and the neighbors can piss off.
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The noise ordinance would be suspended; not the opportunity for the neighbor too sleep.
OP could shut down the noise for a few hours, or more a day.
Oren
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And some kind of piped exhaust?
Yeah, if said neighbor keeps his generator on all night, he may come out in the morning and find out someone poured gasoline on said generator, and torched the damn thing up.
Sounds like the original poster is inconsiderate ass, and needs to be smothered with a pillow. And his generator thrown in the lake.
Well, you DID ask.
I've been meaning to practice trap and skeet. Pull!
I'm also been planning to practice my world war two airplane search light, I just havn't got the elevation right. Mind if I shine in your window while I try it?
I'm cleaning out my freezer, you don't mind if I dump about 300 pounds of rotting beef at the end of the driveway, old chap? and then empty my RV holding tank in your front yards?
Basic courtesy to be as considerate as possible with the noise, at night. Put the genny in some bushes, or make some kind of sound shelter, even if it's just some cardboard and R-9 fiberglass.
Yes, under certain conditions: For example you have a medical condition that requires air conditioning, foodstuffs that risk spoilage, a business to run, such as keeping up with your Ebay auctions.
It's a balancing test: your life, comfort, or livelihood vs. irritating your neighbors (who might not even be home).
The neighbors beef is with the utility company, not you.
The utility company will promptly fix the problem by delivering ear plugs.
Some times there are reasons. During the last ice storm I ran mine
24/7. I did not need it for my house, but I was also supplying some power the an elderly widow next door. She did not have any other method of heat except for the stove top. I do run the generator in a storage shed with the doors open. It ran like this for 3 1/2 days, until they got the power back.
Heck, just pipe the exhaust eight inches below lake level -directly into the water. You will not need anything but pipe of size and elbow.
Amazing how quite. You can even see the exhaust bubbles burst :)
Boats. etc.. exhaust the same way with less noise.
Exclude air boats...
Oren
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Check THESE ear plugs; they go nice with the top hat.
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Hi,
We had a power failure just last night. None of my neighbours would complain because they all had their generators going as well. I guess it happens alot where I live so everybody has a generator.
I also think that if you have a gasoline generator, you would probablly want to turn it off now and again. It is sort of expensive to keep it running 24/7. A 7000w generator burns like a gallon of petrol an hour. That is quite alot of trips to the petrol station, just to keep the thing going. Also alot of refilling the tank etc.
Best, Mike.
Nice guy. I'm glad you're not my neighbor.
Is this the LDS approach to dealing with problems?
You, of course, have documentation of this assertion applying to the whole country/world/etc?
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