Sound Power - Table of Some Sound Sources

Table of Some Sound Sources

Situation
and
sound source		 sound power
Pac
watts		 sound power
level Lw
dB re 10−12 W
Rocket engine 1,000,000 W 180 dB
Turbojet engine 10,000 W 160 dB
Siren 1,000 W 150 dB
Heavy truck engine or
loudspeaker rock concert		 100 W 140 dB
Machine gun 10 W 130 dB
Jackhammer 1 W 120 dB
Excavator, trumpet 0.3 W 115 dB
Chain saw 0.1 W 110 dB
Helicopter 0.01 W 100 dB
Loud speech,
vivid children		 0.001 W 90 dB
Usual talking,
Typewriter		 10−5 W 70 dB
Refrigerator 10−7 W 50 dB

Usable music sound (trumpet) and noise sound (excavator) both have the same sound power of 0.3 watts, but will be judged psychoacoustically to be different levels.

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