Why leaf blowers so dam loud?

[Pantisocrat]

We have communal janitorial service where I live and there's this one ahole leafblower that insists on going around my house for 45 minutes every Tuesday and Thursday at 8am every morning. I don't understand why a machine with such basic functioning can't be made quieter???

 

[bigbjorn]

I recognize that this question was rhetorical, but it's an internal combustion engine connected via the crankcase to a powerful fan that forces air through a tube. Sort of like a gas-powered trombonist. The best way to make it quieter would be to replace the i/c engine with a hand-crank and expand the diameter of the tube, accepting that this could potentially impede function.

 

[cioni2k]

Originally Posted by bigbjorn

I recognize that this question was rhetorical, but it's an internal combustion engine connected via the crankcase to a powerful fan that forces air through a tube. Sort of like a gas-powered trombonist. The best way to make it quieter would be to replace the i/c engine with a hand-crank and expand the diameter of the tube, accepting that this could potentially impede function.

Solid answer. Funny visual of a hand-cranked leaf blower with a really large diameter blower

 

[howbah]

the great thing about leaf blowers is that they're heavier, noisier, smellier, and more expensive than a rake or a broom, but they do the same job just about as well!

 

[bigbjorn]

Unless the job is drying off a wet tennis court.

 

[ChicagoMediaMan]

this threak sucks

 

[CouttsClient]

Originally Posted by ChicagoMediaMan

this threak blows

ftfy

 

[Harold falcon]

I hate leafblowers and the people who use them.

Leafblowers, lawnmowers, and other loud implements shouldn't be in use before 9AM.