Sunday, March 1, 2015

Quiet, or not?

With all the "noise" about loud furnaces, I thought I'd check on mine in the new Oliver.

First, a measure with nothing on.  Very quiet at 34 dB.
Next I measured with the gas furnace running and the electric heat-strip in the air conditioner blowing.  The blower overhead makes a fair bit of noise, but not horrible at 56.9 dB.
And finally, with just the gas furnace on.  A lot more reasonable 50.4 dB.
In my view, all these readings are acceptable and lower than typical in new RVs.   Certainly can live with these levels.  As a comparison, in my Travato, the ambient noise level was 50, the level with the generator running inside was over 60 inside and 79 outside.  It's furnace reads well over 60 too.

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful trailer. Is there a generator option? Can the coach batteries be charged by the auto's engine? or can they only be charged by shore power/solar?

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    1. There is no generator option. You can get a power connector on the front of the trailer to connect to a generator in the back of your pickup.

      The 7 pin trailer connector has a charging circuit to recharge the 12v system while you are driving. Of course the solar system has it's own controller to charge the batteries, and the shore power connects thru a 110v charger.

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