[Chuck v]

This has been posted for quite a while so I'll add my 2 cents:

My 2007 has this same mechanical hour meter at the driver's station and I admit it is loud. There is another digital meter in the hallway control panel with the level meters and charge indicator, etc, with a second gen start switch and that hour meter makes no noise at all when the reading increments.

I would think that cutting a thick foam cover to fit over the front meter when the generator is in use might attenuate the noise a bit if you are bothered by it... In my coach I use the inverter more than the generator since I do not dry camp and have a residential refrigerator. The inverter keeps it cold when under way.

Chuck