How to make your generator quiet,powermate generator

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How to quiet a generator, I show how to add a muffler to your generator to make it run quieter.
After a Decade of using this generator, I bought a much larger one and this time, I built a quiet generator shed. Here are those three videos.
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@bctruck 2 года назад

After a Decade of using this generator, I built a quiet generator shed. Here are those three videos. Part 1, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jxjyen8WGgM.html&ab_channel=BCtruck%2CBCBlades Part 2, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uG80C5GdFyA.html&ab_channel=BCtruck%2CBCBlades Part 3, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qpObcOM89t8.html&ab_channel=BCtruck%2CBCBlades

@1945temo 3 года назад

Too much bla bla and never got to hear the cachinga!!

@johnbutterworth1369 Год назад

Agreed

@whisperinghopebus Год назад

Thanks for the warning. Sooooo many of these videos all they do is woffle, and Americans seem to yadda yadda yadda the most!

@reddye2331 Год назад

Wonder if dude is so slow he hasn’t a clue RU-vid videos of this sort are for proof not for bulshiting like he is at the coffee shop telling stories to all the old retired people tht have nothing better to do then listen to his lies. Then laugh and carry on about how stupid he is after he leaves.

@bdoggbrz Год назад

So stupid that we didn't get to hear the actual results. Pointless. Guy can sure blab and blab though.

@Honestandtruth Год назад

@@whisperinghopebus What are you complaining about 😂😂❓❓

@Nozzlejockey2 3 года назад

I sure would have loved to hear the difference before and after the glass pack.

@michaelweber3369 3 года назад

That’s because it doesn’t work that’s why he didn’t show you a video and that’s also why he’s in the market to build a soundproof said no because the muffler is only 10% of the noise

@D.Clark1987 3 года назад

It would have been nice

@mygiguser 3 года назад

@@michaelweber3369 that's what i thought.

@davemetz7368 2 года назад

@GROUND POWER GENERATOR thanks for the tip

@chevybigblock3311 2 года назад

Need to make this quieter proceeds to install a cherry bomb 🤣🤣🤣

@tanker3id1 4 года назад

in the army we would dig a generator hole to place it down in to keep its heat signature and sound down :)

@williampaylorjr9481 3 года назад

When I was in the Army we never worried about heat signatures or noise.........we could never get them to stay running! Baahahaha. Sure don't miss them days. Well maybe a little

@Dcowboy88 3 года назад

I've dug those holes before...lol

@SATX_09 3 года назад

Those days.... 🙄 I really don't miss them but I do appreciate them .... I sure would not be doing all this crap to a poor generator

@chrisgraham2904 4 года назад

Thanks for your example. Yes! it would have been nice to hear it run before and after. I always wondered if this was possible since my truck's 5.7 Ltr. Hemi just purrrs quietly like a kitten but every two and four stroke small engine will break your ear drums. Everyone seems to think that the back pressure of an automotive muffler will strangle a small engine. I'm sure there are also some auto mufflers that will tone down the volume better than the "cherry bomb" will.

@raylovett9187 8 лет назад

You're almost there... replace the flex tube with 3 ninety degree bends and some straight tube and it will improve the decibels even lower... Solid piping is WAY quieter than flex.. Nice job bro!!

@addiumuppicus5738 6 лет назад

Ray Lovett Hello Ray, I put a small Isuzu muffler on my WH7500E Generator that has a knock off Honda clone 12 HP single on it. Was better than most but still way to much noise. The Isuzu muffler made a world of difference but when I replaced the air cleaner with a Toro 322D canister air intake I can actually say it's quiet. My point don't overlook the intake on these small engines when trying to quiet them down. Be we'll.

@user-neo71665 3 года назад

A muffler that doesn't have a straight threw design will actually make it quiet. People don't put glasspacks on things for silence.

@garykish8951 3 года назад

@@addiumuppicus5738 People forget how much sound is intake generated. Auto companies do that with air boxes. They are usually cold air which is good but most can and do choke the air in someway. Only to pass the Fcuking EPA drive by sound test. Open up the airbox of every car you have and start cutting away at any plastic that is blocking airflow. Just Smooth everything out. Smooth is the magic word of the day. You can go crazy and start using sound waves to do other things and get very exotic but just cut all the fcukwad out of the air flow and you'll pick up some hp and improve your mpg. Sounds better too.

@Steve9031 13 лет назад

Thanks for posting the video. When the state built a new Conway Hospital in Monroe the walls and ceiling in the mechanical rooms on each floor were covered with perforated sheet metal. It was amazing how much quieter it made those rooms. Very little sound could be heard out in the hallway. I'm thinking of trying to make a "muffler box" using pegboard. I've picked up some ideas watching your video that I'm going to incorporate in my project.

@bctruck 11 лет назад

Thanks! Im looking for a bigger muffler now. ill see if i can make it even quieter and this time ill show it running before and after.

@genesloan3175 4 года назад

Well I watched waiting for the sound decibels difference, and got nothing ...

@bctruck 4 года назад

Nothing! Bupkiss!! Nada!!

@bigman55434 10 лет назад

When we used a similar generator at the race track, we built a plywood box to set around it, with the roof open for ventilation, and we stapled scraps of plush carpet to the inside of the box to absorb some of the noise. This made a huge difference in noise.

@thomasschwarting5108 3 года назад

I did what you said about putting it into a small shed. I had an exhaust fan in it with the muffler pipe coming out the box and the generator quit working on me anyway. After all that and that one was my 2nd generator, I went and bought a generac home standby unit. Put it in myself and very few problems since. Solar wouldn't work well at my house, have too many trees and wouldn't change a thing. Love the shade. Yes LOTS of leaves but well worth it.

@jabman549 10 лет назад

LOL, just got to your part about the shed.....awesome.

@williamkeyser1977 5 лет назад

Make sure you build that generator shed big enough. I tried that one time but I made the shed just a little bit bigger than the generator and even though I vented it real well and put a cooling fan on it it's still overheated

@klydekool8668 10 лет назад

aim your exhaust strait up high as possible twelve feet or more will help! above ear level

@NH4NO3CH3NO2 11 лет назад

Just the answer I was looking for. Thank you very much!

@kmac1959 9 лет назад

great idea. I had a buddy do something like this and in the end he ran the exhaust down into a chamber below the ground so the dirt muffled much of the noise.

@ImRamro 8 лет назад

I just got a generator today and it is LOUD! Well look who I find with the great idea. I better get back to watching the video....

@bctruck 8 лет назад

I don't know why I just now saw this comment. If I had to do this again, I would have gone to a junk yard and pulled the muffler off a small car.

@the74rrhotline 7 лет назад

I have two generators. 1 - Onin gasoline, and one generac portable gas on wheels. Both about 7KW. The 8 year old generac has a similarly tiny muffler. BS muffler like most gensets. obnoxiously loud. The Onin gas genset is 35 years old. It is in A trailer. The Muffler is - external - looks like a small car muffler.. The one end of the muffler rotted out so most of the exhaust does not go through the muffler. This OLD Onin is STILL slightly, but notticably quieter.

@oilsmokejones3452 6 лет назад

I used a stainless muffler from a KIA...works great and my junk man gave it to me..

@oilsmokejones3452 6 лет назад

I used a stainless muff from a KIA..works great and my junk man gave it to me..

@brucewylie7186 6 лет назад

BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose 🔨

@brianbass8574 6 лет назад

If you want to make it way quieter than it is with the new muffler you may also reduce the outlet size on the end of your set up it will act as a baffle and quieten it tremendously also get a 6 foot pipe and clamp on the end of that muffler as a tailpipe the longer pipe will quieten it a lot also especially if you coil it up the longer the pipe the quieter it is

@wjdzwar 10 лет назад

Hi mate, just wanted to say thank you for the video. Im in the process of doing something very similar and will throw my generator into an enclosure too.

@bctruck 10 лет назад

Still havent made an enclosure for mine. Im waiting for a cheap little tool shed to show up on craigslist.

@99jeepxjguy97 3 года назад

I have the same old generator. It is GAWDAWFUL noisy. Great idea. Thanks

@frederickw1655 8 лет назад

Trying to get this out to every one, Auto trick. Exhaust. The longer the pipe after the muffler the quieter the system. Luxury cars muffler up front, muscle cars it is in back. Use this knowledge and pass it on.

@batvette 7 лет назад

Frederick w didnt know that but have owned enough cars to observe that is true. 2nd and 3rd gen trans ams, c4 corvette, 240z, all had mufflers with short tips. more sedate cars and trucks had mufflers upstream. the effect might be noisier but are we sure they didnt do it for fitment/packaging reasons? the cars were so low the mufflers wouldnt fit mid chassis.

@BRUTALLEGENDD 7 лет назад

not for my big V8 Mercedes Benz, muffler in the back.

@nohand322 3 года назад

Man, that was sure the Quietest generator I've ever heard. 👍

@bctruck 3 года назад

shhhhhhhhh, youll wake it up.

@michaelparanormal 2 года назад

Ive just bought a Petrol Generator 6500w Bohmer Electric - 8HP 3.4KVA Quiet Camping Power ,its said to be the quietest generator at 66db and its possible to get it even quieter with a Webasto diesel heater exhaust and muffler pipe and connecting it to the unit, it’s made it over 25% quieter and also doesn’t effect efficiency or the engine idol

@ericmiranda9841 7 лет назад

Living in the Caribbean hurricane ally, almost everyone's knows this trick. Nice work....

@TheNecromancer71 11 лет назад

i have an old honda generator that we take fishin and camping during the winter to run our camper, and its funny cause ive always joked around with my pops about "mounting a car muffler on it". hahah im glad to see someone else thought so to!

@SaddleCat1 8 лет назад

The only thing about genset noise aint so much the exhaust, but 3600 RPM of rotating and reciprocating mass. After adding the cherry Bomb, a 10 dBa reduction (95 to 85 dBa) is still less that 1/2 the noise of the original setup, though...

@batvette 7 лет назад

Bill McKinney yep! I would suspect that is what motivates honda (class leading for quiet) to use the plastic ohv components in the EU2000. Some people complain of predicted durability issues but they must have a reason.

@isettech 3 года назад

Air cooled without an enclosure is loud, even with a good muffler. An enclosure designed to properly guide the cooling airflow will do more to reduce noise. A water cooled engine is quieter than an air cooled engine. I picked up a 6kW 3 cylinder enclosed diesel and it sounds more like a car at fast idle, which I use for small concerts to power the stage.

@patrickmcmurray9446 8 лет назад

Great ingenuity. Most gen noise'll make ya deaf. Honda's are an exception but lottsa money. Thanks for the vid.

@sunshinedayz2172 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing!

@CrazyGpaw 4 года назад

No before or after. Wasted time watching

@jabman549 10 лет назад

I've actually thought about building a mini-house/shed for mine with sound proofed "walls".

@Physco219 2 года назад

Did you? If so bet it worked better than this hack job.

@jabman549 2 года назад

@@Physco219 i did, but still loud

@bctruck 2 года назад

Hack job?? My feelings you hurt! Mean you are!

@r.d.ontheroad-1094 9 лет назад

Great job, I like that, thanks, RD

@arinrobinson 9 лет назад

Thanks for sharing. I just moved where we are renovating a huge shed to make it habitable. The power is already there but I would like to run the window units on a generator. I also thought about a sound proof environment to keep it from ticking off the neighborhood. I would like to know how your generator sound proof structure works out. I like the idea of adding a muffling system to it and pointing it straight up to deter pinpointing its placement.

@KJBPSkipper 11 лет назад

LMAO,I thought I was the only one who did bizarre things like this...I was hoping for a before and after sound clip..oh well.

@frederickw1655 10 лет назад

I have owned cars that the muffler is mounted to the body of the car. flex pipe is used to aloud the engine to move while the mufflers do not. My first XKE Jag, was like that, as many others. With the flex pipe you could mount the muffler to the frame. Trust me my gen-set has run out in the barn for 3years with no problem. Just FYI, for a buddy .

@MokenaBob 6 лет назад

Great video, thanks for the tip

@maxwellthepig4419 4 года назад

Cool video. Thank you. I made my Generac 7500 4db quieter just by using Royal Purple oil. It is still loud at 86db, but not bad for just using good oil.

@bctruck 4 года назад

That is amazing that oil would have that much difference.

@mastertek383 8 лет назад

You have the right idea but i think it would be much quiter with a stock muffler from somethin like a honda civic or similar.

@bctruck 8 лет назад

+Will Hammer It was I had at the time. I was also concerned about slowing the exit of the exhaust. If I come across a free muffler from a small car,ill try it.

@EGGINFOOLS 6 лет назад

Nomad Wizard No you won't. Did you see the exit pipe from the head to the muffler? It's maybe an inch....maybe. A 2 inch muffler isn't going to create back pressure. Also exhaust velocity is what is lost and causes power drop. Back pressure is not.

@rockystelone21 7 лет назад

how fast does that thing go in the 1/4 mile?.

@adrianblanco6994 6 лет назад

LMAO

@bosshoss1952 6 лет назад

Probably 5500 watts an hour

@Silkk32483 5 лет назад

LMAO

@exoticcreature3059 4 года назад

@Timothy Mckee No no, it has a parachute. It's a requirement when you go too fast.

@glenncater1 4 года назад

i threw mine off my roof and it beat a shelby !!!

@sjjenkins11 13 лет назад

thank you very much. you just answered a ton of questions for me. great video

@grene1955 11 лет назад

Brilliant! I've been wanting to do the same thing and now I know how. Coincidentally, my generator was stolen last week. The exact same model as yours...but I live in Washington so I'm not too suspicious. : >) When I get my new one I will do like you did...AND anchor it to the concrete foundation in my shed!

@BaybrookEnterprises 9 лет назад

I think that's a great idea. - but why use a cherry bomb ? They are made for minimal muffling & more noise. Wouldn't you have had more muffling success with a standard tractor tube muffler like for a farmall cub?

@bctruck 9 лет назад

I used what I had and what I could afford at the time.

@BaybrookEnterprises 9 лет назад

BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose, I understand. Sorry if I sounded condescending, I was just wondering. Good idea nonetheless.

@immeohmyoh 7 лет назад

it might help keep the mice out

@mlang52 7 лет назад

I stuffed 4 wheeler mufflers with steel wool, like that. It worked really well!

@joequitanllla2291 6 лет назад

mlang52 hi Thanks

@donlew8222 4 года назад

Super quiet.

@bctruck 4 года назад

Since you used humor, I’m going to tell you why I uploaded the video without starting it when I finished the project, my plan was to take it outside and start it. However, it started sleeting out and I hate cold with a passion. I hate cold so much that I left my home in Connecticut at the age of 16 and went to Florida. My plan was to wait until it warmed up just a bit to start it, but it didn’t. At the time, I was a long haul trucker and had to leave for my 3 weeks tour. I decided to upload the video without starting it because I knew I would be gone for 3 weeks and had nothing else to upload. Now, all these years later, I’m retired and living on social security. My Adsense money from youtube fills in the cracks where my SS doesn’t. This is one of my highest viewed videos and I leave it up for three reasons. One, the view count helps my channel rise in the youtube stats they use to determine your worth to potential advertisers. Second, this video alone generates about 1200 a year for me in additional income and third, based on some of its comments, it has truly been a window into the mass consciousness of a spoiled narcissist and self centered world. Have a nice day and thank you for making your point using humor. I understand it’s a disappointment to not hear it run, but now you know why.

@renek2050 4 года назад

Super quiet Das kann ich mir nicht vorstellen. Ohne Motor Schalldämpfung.

@bctruck 4 года назад

@@renek2050 er scherzte, weil ich es nicht angefangen habe. Es wird Sarkasmus genannt.

@The2012waiting 9 лет назад

I made a steel cable with loop ends. I leave my gen outside garage and run the cable thru it and lock the other end to the garage door rails inside. They cant just come up and grab it for sure. Great idea with the muffler :)

@danthemans 6 лет назад

Yeah, and the club on my 70 grand F350 was nothing for a battery powered grinder.... tell me where you live for a free generator...

@DAwNzy7 10 лет назад

I'm impressed.

@promaster185 6 лет назад

would like to have heard it run!!!

@gweedomurray9923 2 года назад

Yeah, what a gyp !

@Texas_Made6990 3 года назад

Would have been better if u let us hear difference and crank it

@3apples10001 6 лет назад

Nice work thanks

@sandasturner9529 3 года назад

Found another way to annoy my neighbors. Thanks for the idea, mate.

@MrGwrider 7 лет назад

By the way...by far one of the best videos I've seen! Thanks for your expertise and time telling all of how to do your generator sound modification. Really helpful!

@tommyfmu 10 лет назад

I was also curious about the backpressure created by adding an additional muffling system. Did you look into any alternative mufflers that might have been quieter without restricting exhaust flow? I have a 5kw Briggs that's about 76 db, and would like to get it down to the mid 50 db range, but as you pointed out, such a restricting muffler might encroach on flow. Thanks Tom.

@commonconservative7551 2 года назад

that sure does not look like it restricts flow, quite the opposite, in fact how about using 2 inline?

@richardjerrybest 6 лет назад

Nice to hear the before and after sound from your generator.

@bctruck 6 лет назад

Glad I could accommodate you!

@richardjerrybest 6 лет назад

I was being sarcastic. You didn't notice that you never once started the engine in the video?

@anyshitt 10 лет назад

wow..great stuff!

@Wewaswampboy 10 лет назад

I do believe IF you will point the exh. tube straight up above the roof of your shed, it will make it much quieter. Because the sound goes up up up and the ears hears it much less. We did this at a Military base many years ago. Let us know if you do it, and if it helps. Thanks for for your RU-vids.

@TheChrismsanchez1 6 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣" I have a decibel meter on my wife's phone." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 There's an app for that?!

@ladychicfashion1961 2 года назад

Another great idea!👏

@bernieclement3373 10 месяцев назад

omg i have been watching youre stuff for over 12 years ago!

@bctruck 10 месяцев назад

Dang! We got old!!

@lees.4084 10 лет назад

Also, using a stock muffler from a small car would likely quiet it down even more without causing any increase in restriction.

@peterbour3112 10 лет назад

Imagine a sports exhaust on that. XD

@integr8er66 5 лет назад

The sound DOES NOT COME FROM THE EXHAUST! Mufflers WON'T do it

@AZflatlander97 11 лет назад

this guy reminds me of hank from king of the hill

@JTsCrappieCave 5 лет назад

This was a very helpful video, new Subscriber here from Two Family Homestead

@wrxboxy 9 лет назад

I have this exact Coleman generator w/ the Subaru Robin engine. You're right; it's a good unit for the price, but it's very loud. I'm building a shed for it now and was wondering how to route exhaust out of the shed and quiet it and happened upon your video. Love the cherry bomb exhaust. Only way I could see improving on your design is to make it dual exhaust. Like the Cosby 200 MPH skit w/ Carroll Shelby. "Everything dual." And paint "Type R" on the side. Thanks for the inspiration. Good luck w/ your shed.

@__WJK__ 8 лет назад

Great video... one might also consider digging a dedicated generator hole, which would yield much, much lower decibel levels! Plus the hole would provide better theft prevention, as the hole could be disguised with a small, fake dog house or a decorative mini, wooden wishing well (or whatever else one's imagination can think of)! If going the stealth/below ground route... I would strongly recommend adding a wireless remote start, as well as some type of wireless remote car alarm that comes with a remote pager or an alarm than can alert back to a cell phone! Remote starts and remote pager/cell phone alarms are fairly inexpensive and listed all over popular online auction sites these days =)

@scottanderson5290 5 лет назад

Freezing weather in north Louisiana? So the temperature dropped to what 65 degrees.

@davidfrank6666 3 года назад

that is funny, while i sit in wisconsin.

@damienwalden1464 6 лет назад

Excellent video and great advice. This id what I'm gonna try. One of my idea but nice seeing it work first! I really don't know why so many thumb down. And interesting about the ghetto tactics in hurricane area--Louisiana..

@523panda 11 лет назад

I like your video . I await to see what you are building for it and to see it run and see the difference in sound. Good work .

@hazmatops 10 лет назад

Great video, very good advice on stealing a generator with a lawn mower, pure damn evil.

@heathschwab 6 лет назад

hazmatops lol

@michaelengen3511 4 года назад

Nice design, but it would have been nice to "actually" hear it running rather than just a statement of 85db.

@bctruck 4 года назад

Yes it would. If I could go back in time, I would have waited until the next day to upload the video after I cranked it. It is what it is.

@Kimishibai100 11 лет назад

Thank you for the great video. I have been wanting to do this for years, but just haven't seen it demonstrated well enough to give me the confidence to get started. I looked really hard on your channel to try to find a video of the generator running but I couldn't find it. Man, you make a lot of videos. I too have made a couple of videos and it disturbs me the people out there that throw hate around like it is nothing. We produce videos to try to help people and they just crap on us.

@wallysgonzalez3451 4 года назад

Its a good idea! Hope someday you crank it up! God bless you and your family

@bctruck 4 года назад

I used it in lots of subsequent videos to run my welder.

@rogerwilco2 9 лет назад

85 dB is still very loud.

@noneya8100 3 года назад

A dB reduction of 10 means 1/1k of the sound. 10 times for each 3.2 dB. So a total of 1000 reduction. And inside of an enclosure, it would be legal to operate in Residential Areas in most locations.

@RChero1010 10 лет назад

Cinder blocks, all stacked inline, so you have hollow holes running vertically. Fill the tubes with sand and pack it down, maybe add a little mortar between the blocks, but that is optional... totally soundproof.

@bctruck 10 лет назад

That sounds like the easiest way to go.

@RChero1010 10 лет назад

BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose used the same method to make a recording studio for music. I went from around 90 db inside, and with minimal dampening foam, to 0 outside.

@lmdetect 6 лет назад

There has to be air flow genius, or the motor will overheat.

@alcantrell5340 5 лет назад

lmdetect yep, If you build a sound proof building, then you’re gonna have to have a fan blowing on the engine to keep it cool as it’s air cooled. Otherwise it burns up.

@WerkToday 3 года назад

They start a lawn mover as cover...brilliant

@21April853BC 10 лет назад

It looks like you have lots of fun building stuff.

@wahiawabound808 9 лет назад

That's a super good idea I think I'm gonna copy this but it is a bit ugly I wanted to enter mine in a generator show its like a car show but with generators

@bctruck 9 лет назад

Well you would certainly want to go with the chrome pipe and bejeweled muffler.

@wahiawabound808 9 лет назад

BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose I certainly will do that great video by the way I got a powermate 3250 and that darn thing is super loud I'll definitely copy you're idea thanks alot

@ioccatonyz1 8 лет назад

+wahiawabound808 I won the 2002 show with my spinner wheels that fans and cools as well as looking groovy.

@wahiawabound808 8 лет назад

Tony Iocca Wow cool Tony with spinners that's even more cool ha ha ha good job man

@iclausius7881 9 лет назад

can you put the second muffler in series with the first - that is, just attach it onto the end of existing muffler? Or is that too much back pressure?

@HawgNSonsTV2 9 лет назад

lol ... must be run parallel or the ohms will drop!

@ve5psl 9 лет назад

HawgNSonsTV2 if you run it in parallel, the ohms will drop dramatically. gotta run in series.

@imfcalif4nia543 5 лет назад

woww thats super quiet!! im amaze by your invention!!!

@bctruck 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@user-wj9xq7ig2v Год назад

10db difference is about 1 tenth as loud. Logs and stuff. Nicely done.

@justgivemethetruth 10 лет назад

That sounds like you did pretty good ... Weakest sound heard.................... 0dB Whisper Quiet Library at 6'............ 30dB Normal conversation at 3'.............. 60-65dB Telephone dial tone ....................... 80dB City Traffic (inside car) .................. 85dB Train whistle at 500', Truck Traffic ... 90dB Jackhammer at 50' .......................... 95dB

@JohnTRalstonJr 9 лет назад

Why don't these companies make a better noise reduction system for these generators. Put them on as a standard equipment.

@bugs181 9 лет назад

My guess is cost. They couldn't make as much money that way. ;)

@sailingsolar 9 лет назад

bugs181 What they could do is sell an accessary kit that does the same thing. That would be an extra sale for a quieter unit.

@elCaminaTor 9 лет назад

John T. Ralston Jr. why not just charge extra, and make more money i'd pay it. I mean fuck these things are loud.

@bugs181 8 лет назад

Mike Miller Surprisingly no-name manufactures are very cost-effective. You can buy those mini four wheelers that are manufactured in Honda/Yamaha factories, but without the brand label for a fraction of the cost. They average around the $500 USD amount, however a Honda of the same would be multi-thousand dollar. Same motors and everything. Parts from either work as OEM replacements for one another. I own one of each and they are identical.

@inspectyerbooty 8 лет назад

+John T. Ralston Jr. ... the more quiet something is the closer you will allow it to be to you for a longer period of time... weird sort of safety thing having loud generator that you must put far away and fumes and risk of electrocution are lessened ... bet they had the corporate lawyers chime in on that one ;-) plus like other people say, they can sell you an option and give you more safety recommendations in that "optional" box too LOL all in an effort to cut THEIR liability and reduce THEIR risk ... you gotta start thinking like a greedy capitalist to understand those fvckers. be well and have a great day my good friend.

@brotherskeeper7 11 лет назад

Thank you, bctruck, I have this same Electric Generator, I will take your advice. I don't expect it to be as quite as a mouse, not as noisy is enough for me. Seeing your modification helps me a lot, thanks again. Bill, ease up, get some sleep, life is short, you went too far off the deep end on this, take it easy or don't modify your Coleman Electric generator.

@mohfiroz7700 3 года назад

Good job

@digitalmorgan 6 лет назад

dammit you owe me 6 minutes dude! NO DEMO??

@bctruck 6 лет назад

Ok! Ill pay you for 6 minutes! How much is 6 minutes of basement time on your moms computer worth?

@7628739 10 лет назад

you need welding tips and tricks

@juliogonzo2718 5 лет назад

Whatever, it's not really structural, I think he will be ok

@lewiemcneely9143 3 года назад

And remember as well as exhaust you have cooling air for the engine to contend with which is a BIG issue. Got to have a LOT of cooling air for running too. 3600 R's sucks a lot of air. But you've solved the problem, fried the generator or in the pen from keeping some jerk from running off with it.

@mikecappy6604 3 года назад

After listening to you talk for six minutes, you could’ve at least let us hear the machine run for 15 or 20 seconds. Can’t help but think that you’re not being truthful about the sound level.

@bctruck 3 года назад

alrighty then.

@josephkordinak1591 2 года назад

That's because it didn't do anything. Adding a muffler doesn't quiet it down any.

@bctruck 2 года назад

Does so.

@33rdlatitude49 4 года назад

So to make it quieter you add a Cherry Bomb muffler? WTF?

@DON-yq2op 4 года назад

Ya it was totally silent

@paulmallery6719 4 года назад

Bury a 45 gallon drum pipe it in

@jamesdumas6602 2 года назад

I did the same thing about 5 years ago using one of my two stock quiet mufflers I took off my Harley Davidson Electra Glide that have been sitting in the corner of my garage for about ten years. I used two 4 inch muffler clamps to clamp it to the frame of my 3500 watt Champion generator. My flex pipe was about an inch and a half in diameter. Then I zip-tied a 8-inch fan to the frame and plugged into the generators A/C outlet to blow air on the cylinder head.

@bctruck 2 года назад

I went another route with a much larger generator. Check out how quiet this is. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qpObcOM89t8.html

@ciapat81 3 года назад

YEAH, bits and pieces... It's workin 👍👍👍WOW❗❗❗

@bctruck 3 года назад

How precious. You thumbed up your own comment. Wow!!

@teerak4841 10 лет назад

we can produce endless amount of energy and clean water by electrolysis of sea water then take the hydrogen alone to high attitude where we combine it with atmospheric oxygen and drop the water on hydraulic generator from this high attitude as in dams

@bucki58 6 лет назад

Tee Rak Your a very smart person! I like what you have to say! Thanks for sharing!

@kellyparmer3683 6 лет назад

Tee Rak don't talk about it do it I want to see it make something I can put on the side of my house is going to make my whole house run off of it that's a good ideal

@bctruck 11 лет назад

i would love to have one but ill have to wait till my male modeling career takes off before i can afford one. ;)

@ejazsahib 9 лет назад

Wonderful !

@sloezpaul 11 лет назад

I did something like that I used a motorcycle muffler from an older rice rocket it cut my exhaust noise by almost 2 decibels I got a noise level meter since I'm hearing impaired to measure how loud it really is. It started at about 79 and I cut it to 62 without a shelter, I also directed the muffler straight up that lowered the sound level from the exhaust from about 68, thanks for the video

@jonteefey6827 9 лет назад

One word....Honda.

@soylentgreen2065 9 лет назад

jon teefey two words: too muc$

@warrenclutts1070 6 лет назад

jon teefey one word ricer

@JD_Mortal 6 лет назад

Compared to modding one of these to be as quiet, and still not as powerful, reliable and efficient... The cost is marginal. Unless you never actually use it much, then buying any generator is a waste of money. You want cheap, go without power, you save 100% and reduce your hidden costs of toting around tons of powered devices and gas and packing, down to 0% extra costs. People lived without power for 315,000 years... I am sure we can all survive a weekend, or month, or year, without it... After all, we are more "advanced"... So advanced, that we can't live without everyone-else doing stuff for us... Giving us jobs, food, medical treatment, social-security, power, water, clothes... Ironic, we seem to be returning back to the point where ancestors from 315,000 years ago are smarter than us... Less then 0.01% of us know how to make fire... Back then, they all could make fire! Without lighters and gasoline! Just spend the extra money... It is totally worth it. You rarely see videos on how to fix them, or make them better, because they are already perfect. There is a reason why they sell 8000% more than all these other brands. There is a reason that all these other brands keep trying to copy them. (Key-word is TRYING, then failing, and having to offer them for less, because no-one would pay more for it.) But hey, if you got the time, the extra money and the skill to make fire without gas and lighters... Then go for it!

@wavytravy362 6 лет назад

+NoesisAndNoema ... What?!?! Just pay Honda $1,000 for 1800w when I can get 10,000+ watts for less. Reminds me when back in 1989 Lexus LS400 came out with a Mercedes beater for 30% less money. So now it's a matter of finding the diamond in the rough and there are a handful of good competitors, just do some research and get a good warranty. Honda makes great generators but their design is getting dated as now dual fuel is a good idea with the crappy ethanol infused gas getting bad in just a couple weeks. The closest ethanol free station is 30 miles round trip from me so propane is the way to go. Propane is the trend and until Honda steps up I'll put my money somewhere else.

@jacktracy4845 6 лет назад

I have a 8750 Watt Honda. It is ear-splitting loud. You must be thinking of their inverter generators, which are MUCH quieter, smaller, and horribly expensive. Their 2 -3 K will not be much help in a hurricane.

@theespjames4114 7 лет назад

Let me add a word of warning ! the exhaust is engineered to dump heat from combustion quickly ! by adding exhaust restriction you will cause a radical jump in engine temp..

@DavidS-xg7il 6 лет назад

TheEspJames nope

@rzarat1565 5 лет назад

Correct... if having a muffler to lower noise were the solution, manufacturers would build them with muffler included.

@jake-mv5oi 5 лет назад

I think he'll be fine. That tube he added is like 3x the diameter of the engine's exhaust

@bctruck 11 лет назад

i welded a flange onto the original muffler and added flex pipe to it and then the muffler. you are correct.

@jbncnow 11 лет назад

Very true,its pretty nice where i live in north carolina our neighbors really watch out for one another very religeous community dry county too but they caught some amish growing maijuanna on a farm in Yadkinville lol go figure,thanks for the story about the lawn mower ill have to share that story with my father.

@paulb3331 9 лет назад

that is extremely sloppy

@the74rrhotline 7 лет назад

38 to 4. We have a winner

@batvette 7 лет назад

Paul B Im not seein it if his goal was merely piping a muffler off it. You could say its not terribly effective or call it hillbilly engineering but for what it is I would say it looks tidy and will probably outlast the generator.

@mikewalker7752 6 лет назад

Ur mum is as well m8

@drchan5893 3 года назад

great video sir, if you want to make it a lot more quiet run the exhaust into a small drum of water, i did this to myn and it's super quiet. I used 32mm exhaust tube into a 2 stroke exhaust off a dirt bike then into the drum of water, and one 12v fan to keep it cool.

@huntersweapons2175 Год назад

Hi do you have any photos of the set up?

@drchan5893 Год назад

@@huntersweapons2175 hi, sorry but ihave sold the setup to a friend. I have seen a setp of one with a radiator out of a old Mazda, run the exhaust to the top inlet seal it with a hose and clamp, this setup was from a guy in Canada.

@huntersweapons2175 Год назад

@@drchan5893 ok thanks for responding