I plan to build a box to muffle the sound. As for the lights - none at night.
Last month I lost electrical power for a couple of days in an icestorm.
First thing I did was run out and buy a generator ahead of the crowd, and hook it up.
First night, I shut it off and closed it up in the garage.
Second night, I decided to leave it running to keep the furnace going, because the house was cooling down too much overnight otherwise.
It was fairly loud; I couldn’t do anything about that, but I did make a point of shutting-off any light that could be seen by someone driving by on the road.
“I have a generator, but I am now thinking that this would attract too much attention.”
“I plan to build a box to muffle the sound. As for the lights - none at night.”
First, I like men a lot. However, men tend to think big when it comes to prepping. You will run out of fuel for your generator as well as make noise. I elected for less money spending and no noise and it will last almost forever.
I have a certain solar panel that was not expensive when compared to a generator. (Plus, I am a girl and would probably blow myself up with fuel required for a generator.) A good charger came with the solar panel that will charge any size battery rather quickly (that was another requirement - didn’t want to take days to charge batteries).
I have rechargeable batteries of the sizes I need that will recharge 1,500 times and I have plenty of them. They will give me light for years and I studied so I got the best battery/lantern light (with LED bulbs) to light a whole room with no dark places in the room - can read a book with that light. Got the best flashlights with LED bulbs that will stand up so it’s a lamp in a bedroom or bathroom and has bright setting and punch a button for less bright and click a button and you get a night light. Those batteries also run my fans which give me cooling.
I also have special lanterns that use solar power by themselves to give light. These lanterns are made by a company that sells them to our agencies that work overseas in third world countries. Set them in the sun during the day and they will run all night. These are much more powerful than yard solar lights that are placed around flower beds some people buy to use them indoors and they cost less than those yard ones. I keep one in the window in my bedroom and can just click the button and have plenty of light. I also got a special one by this company that gathers solar during the day and it’s got a magnifier so the light is pin pointed to give extreme light for something you need to do that requires concentrated light.
Maybe your generator can keep your fridge going - I can’t do that but again your fuel is going to run out and my food recipes do not use anything that requires refrigeration. I have powdered milk, egg substitute, etc., so I don’t need anything that requires refrigeration. I would cook amounts of food that would be used in one day so it would not need refrigeration.
I also have black shades made to cut out all light so no light is seen from the outside. These shades are accordion so you use the accordion feature to raise them in the morning and use the clips provided to keep them up. At night, take off the clips, the shade drops down and the light cannot be seen from the outside.