Portable Power Station

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Makro have one on special at the mo, £42 notes, for a 850 W genny

Offer till the 10th May, i'm heading down there on Saturday

Jay

[Andy Zarse]

How could I have missed that one  

I'm not sure it's possible to build a spoon proof wooden badger, but I guess it would depend on the size of his spoon. Come on then Mr Zarse - how big is it?

I've gone off badgers now. Sorry.

I still like spoons though, so maybe you could make a big badge-proof wooden spoon instead. I admit it's not very practical for power generation purposes but it would certainly be a conversation piece if the talk dried up.

[jpchenet]

So you've given up on badger baiting Andy and you're now into spooning!!  

[Fran]

Mama Mia! a couple of days in Rome and JPC has gone all romantic..

Watch out for a phantom bottom pincher in the poo bar.....

F

[Steve Pyro]

Fran, there's certainly nothing Phantom about Mr Chenet (says me having shared a tent with him in Sebring and listening to the JPC snorathon  :' )

[jpchenet]

Fran, there's certainly nothing Phantom about Mr Chenet (says me having shared a tent with him in Sebring and listening to the JPC snorathon  :' )

Kettle - Pot - Black

I think you'll find it was that YOU snored SO loudly that you woke yourself up!!!!  

[jpchenet]

Mama Mia! a couple of days in Rome and JPC has gone all romantic..

Watch out for a phantom bottom pincher in the poo bar.....

F

Hmmm.....depends on how many females there are there this year.

I'll have to practice my accent!!  

[smokie]

Watch out for a phantom bottom pincher in the poo bar.....

F

He needs a new one - the old one has gone all saggy...  

[Robspot]

Makro have one on special at the mo, £42 notes, for a 850 W genny

Offer till the 10th May, i'm heading down there on Saturday

Jay

We've just bought one of those at work, says it's 68db on the back but it's bloody noisy. Apart from that you can't really go wrong for 42 quid. Runs a 300w drill all day on one tank.

[Ferrari Spider]

We've just bought one of those at work, says it's 68db on the back but it's bloody noisy. Apart from that you can't really go wrong for 42 quid. Runs a 300w drill all day on one tank.

68db is noisy have a look at this table, it stops at 65db, for every extra 3db the noise level doubles, its an expontential thing, you might want to shroud the genny and direct the noise up.  The table says that serious damge occurs at 65db, lets hope its not your campsite!!

Indirect damage

As well as this direct damage to hearing, constant unwanted noise is very stressful, even at lower levels, causing rises in blood pressure and heart rate, or disturbing sleep (even noise as low as 30 decibels can affect sleep if it is continuous).

Research has shown that:
- at 55-60 decibels (dB) noise creates annoyance
- at 60-65 dB annoyance increases considerably
- above 65 dB serious damage caused by noise arises

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

I think we are planning to dig a hole and drop it in, then cover it with a board or something.

Save annoying the neighbours.

[Robspot]

While we're on the subject does anyone have any experience with the silent camping generators, such as the Honda EU10i or a Kipor sinemaster. They are encased in plastic and claim to only produce 52 db at half load.

[Stu]

While we're on the subject does anyone have any experience with the silent camping generators, such as the Honda EU10i or a Kipor sinemaster. They are encased in plastic and claim to only produce 52 db at half load.

We've got a couple of the Hondas at work and they are whisper quiet. Just a bit out of my price league. Wife can't see the point in getting me a nice big 2KW genny for xmas so it'll be the cheapy 2 stroke one for me this year. One day though, one day................

[Chris (Liverpool Boys)]

Whats up Stu are they a bit big to stick under your tunic???  

[Lorry]

Research has shown that:
- at 55-60 decibels (dB) noise creates annoyance
- at 60-65 dB annoyance increases considerably
- above 65 dB serious damage caused by noise arises

There must be different scales.  MSA Noise tests for cars tend to be 98-108 dB, so my car should be lethal.  Background noise on my meter is usually 60-70 dB.  Nevertheless, 2 stroke gennies are very noisy, and the quiet ones are ten times the price.  Running a 2 stroke for few hours a day to charge up batteries isn't that helpful, as the wheelchair batteries found in powerpacks can only be trickle charged.  I've been trying to work out a way of running the fridge off batteries for years, but have given up and use gas