Pressurized water alternative during outages!

[ApS]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Black pipe with an elbow into a 5 gallon bucket of water. Cheap, simple and works great!! Dan

My BIL simply threads a thin-wall pipe from the exhaust port, and extends it about 8-feet straight upwards. No muffler, and the noise simply disappears into the atmosphere.

This was necessary, as the generator is mounted within an RV, and some discriminating campgrounds can be very fussy about noise.



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[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by ApS

My BIL simply threads a thin-wall pipe from the exhaust port, and extends it about 8-feet straight upwards. No muffler, and the noise simply disappears into the atmosphere.

This was necessary, as the generator is mounted within an RV, and some discriminating campgrounds can be very fussy about noise.



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I would recommend some type of bend at the top or a flapper to keep water out when not in use.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by ApS

My BIL simply threads a thin-wall pipe from the exhaust port, and extends it about 8-feet straight upwards. No muffler, and the noise simply disappears into the atmosphere.

This was necessary, as the generator is mounted within an RV, and some discriminating campgrounds can be very fussy about noise.



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What you are describing is a “Gen-Turi” pipe, pretty standard equipment with most serious RV’ers. While it may help a little with noise, it is primarily made to get the exhaust above the roof of your RV so as not to poison your neighbors while in close quarters. Anyone who has ever been to the NASCAR races with their RV’s uses these.

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping...t-system/14041

Dan

[geordie]

You can get a 6kW split phase inverter on Amazon for around $1250 that will switch seamlessly to battery when the grid goes down and then recharge when the grid comes back. It will do 18kW for 20 seconds, which should start most well pumps.

The ranch near Willits CA where we have a similar system still has the generator house from its weed growing days. The three big diesels exhausted into a water chest fed by the stream behind it. The idea was to cool, clean and silence the exhaust. But the DEA spotted the plants from their aircraft. The old diesels are out of commission, but the owner bought a 10kW and a 60kW diesel set on GovPlanet for a couple of thousand bucks. He uses those as backup for the solar/battery system.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

What you are describing is a “Gen-Turi” pipe, pretty standard equipment with most serious RV’ers. While it may help a little with noise, it is primarily made to get the exhaust above the roof of your RV so as not to poison your neighbors while in close quarters. Anyone who has ever been to the NASCAR races with their RV’s uses these. http://www.campingworld.com/shopping...t-system/14041 Dan

Perhaps to make it more expensive, the $129 "Gen-Turi" ("system") has a one-inch gap in the pipe. My BIL's simple pipe has a straight run, and is astonishingly effective.

As for rain, a "T" installed at the bottom would collect any rainwater that might find its way down the narrow pipe. I'd have to ask if he made a little cap on a stick to cover the opening when the generator's not in use.

Flappers send out metallic "pings" at low operating speeds; also, I would think all designs would need to be cut off "square" at the top in order to be effective against noise.

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[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by ApS

Perhaps to make it more expensive, the $129 "Gen-Turi" ("system") has a one-inch gap in the pipe. My BIL's simple pipe has a straight run, and is astonishingly effective.

As for rain, a "T" installed at the bottom would collect any rainwater that might find its way down the narrow pipe. I'd have to ask if he made a little cap on a stick to cover the opening when the generator's not in use.

Flappers send out metallic "pings" at low operating speeds; also, I would think all designs would need to be cut off "square" at the top in order to be effective against noise.

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True about the flapper, my old Farmall clanks while idling, but at working speed (it is the backup power for our PTO generator) it is quiet.