A backup generator doesn’t have to create a racket. Find out what happened when we tested models advertised as being quiet.

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"There's one outstanding issue and that's this section G, which reads, 'No vendor shall operate a generator which exceeds decibel levels of 70 dB,'" Councilman Bill Hollander said.

The Health and Safety Commission put together an Info sheet for understanding how sound works. I think it is very handy to know how dBs add up when you are trying to build a quite (quiter) system ...

The generators can still be heard inside the residences of the community, McCartney said, however, the decibel levels were recorded in the range of 52 to 63.

A sine wave generator that achieves a THD of better than 130 dB below the fundamental output offering both simplicity and performance.