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Hi All, I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw attention. Thanks, Chas
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Hi All, I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw attention. Thanks, Chas
Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B. Tom J
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I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B.
Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running. Brian Elfert
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Thanks Brian, I went to the website. The db level on that model is a very low 58 db under load. Chas
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B. Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running. Brian Elfert
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I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B. Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running.
The problem might be getting it into the RV, only the EU1000 might be small enough —
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Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running. The problem might be getting it into the RV, only the EU1000 might be small enough
The EU2000 isn’t all that much bigger than the EU1000. The EU3000 is pretty big. If there an A/C unit in that class B, an EU2000 might not be big enough. Brian Elfert
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Db. is short for decibels and is always expressed as a ratio. Unless the db. rating is compared to the ambient noise background, it is meaningless. It is still meaningless unless the background noise is known as one could say that their machine is 10 db. when compared to the noise of a 767 jet. Cass
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks Brian, I went to the website. The db level on that model is a very low 58 db under load. Chas I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B. Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running. Brian Elfert
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Db. is short for decibels and is always expressed as a ratio.
Cass, Educate yourself and go to; http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/Decibel.html
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I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw attention. Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B.
Ours has a 2.8, mounted under the body, in the rear between the frame rails. It’s quiet enough, but certainly not enough not to disturb others in a "quiet" area. We also have a Honda EU3000i at home for emergency backup power. It is miraculously quiet, but I wouldn’t want to haul it around in a Class B and have to load and unload it to use it. For one thing, it would take up way too much room. For another, it’s bulky and heavy (134# dry, IIRC). And for yet another, you’d have to leave it sitting on the ground while it was running. It just might decide to "take a walk." If I were a thief (with a helper), I could have it in the back of a pickup truck and be pulling out of sight before you could pull your pants on and dash outside to see why your a/c suddenly went off…<g GB in NC
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Cass, don’t be so technical. The rating is the same most mfrs. seem to use, that of 10 feet from the unit. Chas
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I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B. Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running. Brian Elfert
The Honda EU models certainly wouldn’t be an option in my opinion. They would have to be stored inside the rig for travel and they have vented gas tank caps. They would be very dangerous, as well as sitting in the floor taking up some of the valuable floor walking room. The MicroLite series mount underneath a Class B and get their fuel from the van’s gas tank. If you do a search on Class B Generator, you will see this is the choice of all the major manufacturer’s of Class B rigs. Tom J
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The Honda EU models certainly wouldn’t be an option in my opinion. They would have to be stored inside the rig for travel and they have vented gas tank caps.
They have a little lever on the cap that lets you close the vent. They’re a good option for TT’s, which generally don’t have a generator compartment. -Jeff Deeney-
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The Honda EU models certainly wouldn’t be an option in my opinion. They would have to be stored inside the rig for travel and they have vented gas tank caps. They have a little lever on the cap that lets you close the vent. They’re a good option for TT’s, which generally don’t have a generator compartment.
I have no problem with storing a generator any place but inside a home or RV where it also contains people. This goes for anything else that contains gasoline. I saw a neighbors house burn from a lawn ,mower stored in the basement with a leaking fuel line. That has registered on your mine for a long time, and I hope you never see it, and you won’t if you are safe with gasoline operated machinery. Tom J who can just see a gen set flying down the center of a Class B after the panic stop 
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Tom, I don’t know who’s RV you are seeing that generator fly down, but it won’t be mine! I don’t have to bang my head on the wall too many times!! Thanks for the heads up!! Chas
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Tom, I don’t know who’s RV you are seeing that generator fly down, but it won’t be mine! I don’t have to bang my head on the wall too many times!! Thanks for the heads up!! Chas
Glad I got through to at least one!! 
Many years of happy camping! Tom J
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I have an EU1000 which I use on my 18′ boat (to run the 6,000 BTU air conditioner). The generator is stored in the cuddy cabin when it’s not needed. The cuddy will sleep 2 and has sitting head room . When my wife and I both sleep aboard, there’s not enough room to make the bed without putting the generator outside, but when I’m alone, the generator stays below with me, less than 18" from my face while I’m sleeping. I’ve never thought to go to the effort of putting it outside when I’m alone because there’s absolutely no smell of gasoline or residual exhaust. For me, that little Honda is the perfect solution! YMMV If I was sure the EU2000 would handle the starting demand of the air conditioner on my TT, I’d buy one in a heartbeat; not hesitating to store it inside the trailer. And did you know, that you can parallel 2 of those little EU Hondas to double the output? Nick in Spartanburg, SC
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was wondering if there was a consensus as to the quietest generator available for a Class B. I realize there are ordinances, etc. but I would like to be able to plan overnites in areas where a loud genny would draw Most seem to be using Onan MicroLite 2.5 or 2.8 generators in Class B. Although the Onan is reasonably quiet, it probably would not meet the original poster’s requirement. The Honda EU series is nearly silent. I was 10 feet from a Honda EU3000 recently and had to walk closer to even realize it was running. Brian Elfert The Honda EU models certainly wouldn’t be an option in my opinion. They would have to be stored inside the rig for travel and they have vented gas tank caps. They would be very dangerous, as well as sitting in the floor taking up some of the valuable floor walking room. The MicroLite series mount underneath a Class B and get their fuel from the van’s gas tank. If you do a search on Class B Generator, you will see this is the choice of all the major manufacturer’s of Class B rigs. Tom J
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