Comparison Noises:
0 dB Normal human hearing range starts here
10 dB Normal breathing
20 dB Whispering at 5 feet
30 dB Soft whisper
40 dB Quiet office, library, quiet residential area
54-60 dB Kipor Generators
55 dB Coffee makers
60 dB Normal conversation, sewing machine
60+ dB Most new Honda and Yamaha Generators
70 dB Freeway traffic
74+ dB Coleman Generators
(Recent models only. Older units are louder)
74+ dB Most open frame Generators
(Older units are even louder)
80 dB Machines and small power tools
90 dB Trucks, tractors, shouting
100 dB Snowmobiles, school dance, boom box,
factory machinery, woodworking tools
110 dB Symphony concert, shouting in ear
130 dB Rock concert
What exactly is the status of our electricity crisis?