Will the generator be loud enough to bother my neighbors?

Modern Generac and Kohler standby units run between 55 and 65 decibels. That’s roughly dishwasher volume. Kohler is consistently a few decibels quieter, which can matter in River Oaks, West University, or any HOA with a strict decibel limit. Cummins is closer to Generac. The weekly self test is 5 to 10 minutes. During an actual outage, the whole neighborhood is dark anyway, and the generator running next door is the least of anyone’s concerns.