That long summer was 1958 "The Long Hot Summer" with Paul Newman and Joan Woodward. A really hot summer could seem really long.
I have heard about sound insulating boxes but never built one for our old Champion 4000 ( cheap and loud but not to bad but adjustments were necessary fairly often or voltage was way off) and the newer ones are far better I've read. Got curious and just googled this and there are instructions on building a sound insulating box at
How to Soundproof a Noisy Generator | eHow
This is a triple box and might be fine for home use but a bit much for an RV setup
Had an Onan propane 2.5 kW on previous 5th wheel. Older son is alternative energy designer/contractor and he installed it. He contacted the primary Onan dealer in NM to determine which size to purchase and was asked by Onan "what are your power requirements? One or two a/c?" Upon being told only one a/c, Cary was told, "then just get the 2.5 kW and use power management, don't run MW and a/c simultaneously, costs less, weighs a lot less and uses less propane when just charging batteries." This is a dealer to trust. They noted that the larger ones would be required for 2 a/c units but the 5.6 kW weighed 2.5 times as much.
As noted in other posts, we have gone autonomous solar with a 1 kW Honda as emergency backup for: long storms, heavy snows and camping with to much shade.
Reed and Elaine
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