7 ms·
Good riddance. When I lived in Oakland the noise from these things was constant in my neighborhood. They were running every single day. It was intolerable.
by danaliv 6y ago
Good riddance. When I lived in Oakland the noise from these things was constant in my neighborhood. They were running every single day. It was intolerable.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- jlmorton 6y agoAgreed, good riddance, but the noise is not going to go away, it's going to become a high-pitched scream, rather than a lower-pitched buzz.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoThe higher the sound frequency, the easier it is to muffle it.
- finnh 6y agoThat high-frequency sound doesn't carry as far, at least
- acdha 6y agoThat doesn’t fit any electric blower I’ve ever heard. The overall volume is notably lower and the frequency isn’t too different - slightly higher but even a hair drier with a smaller diameter isn’t a “high-pitched scream”.
- sokoloff 6y agoIt's notably quieter, because it's notably less powerful. In the best case, you hear the noise for a multiple of the time because the work is done more slowly and/or by more people using blowers together to move debris.
- bluGill 6y agoBattery powered blowers exist and are just as powerful. A cord (as others have noted) can't deliver enough power for the job and so they have to run it longer. However a battery can deliver just as much power as an engine, for only a little more weight.
- sokoloff 6y agoI looked for a 2500+W battery blower before buying my Echo gas blower. (I'd tried two different corded ones that were underpowered and went looking for something that would actually work.) I couldn't find one (at the time, probably 4 years ago). Most everything I could find was 1/4 of the equivalent power.
- bluGill 6y agoLook again. Battery powered equipment is advancing very quick right now. The market of 2 years ago was different from 4 years ago, which is different from today. Though I will admit to not being sure exactly what you will find.
- sokoloff 6y agoI will look out of an engineer’s curiosity, but as a customer, I already have one; I have no need nor want for a second one. In 5 minutes of googling for "commercial battery leaf blower" and "backpack battery leaf blower", it looks like they're mostly still in the 500-600W (2/3 HP) range with a couple hitting around 1000W, even for the backpack units.
- zdragnar 6y agoMost 80v battery powered leaf blowers are in the 5-600 CFM range, same as a 3hp gas blower.
- sokoloff 6y agoMy gas blower is 1100 cfm @ 220mph. I can't readily find the HP rating, but it's the 5-6 years ago equivalent of the current 79.9cc Echo. Mine is on the mid-range of the commercial blower range.
- oasisbob 6y agoWhy would that be the case? With battery powered chainsaws, the noise signature is much better and quieter. 2 stroke engines just have a way of screaming in their power band.
- binarymax 6y agoThe noise from a blower only partially comes from the engine. The rush of air through the nozzle produces lots of noise as well.
- arp242 6y agoHigh-pitched screams are less carrying though? They used to clean this parking lot next to my house and this one guy always spent an entire hour with his damn leaf blower (doing bugger all most of the time, blowing 6 leaves with it, I always suspected he just used it to avoid having to do actual work), and the noise was so pervasive in the entire apartment that I just had to leave and go get groceries or something because I found it completely unbearable and ear plugs don't block out low-frequency noises all that well.
- asdff 6y agoDon't hold your breath. I've found out in this thread that they've been banned in LA already for some time now. The landscapers do not care and neither does the LAPD.