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Mal420xl
04-08-2013, 12:35 PM
while ive been playing with my attempt a starting a small hydro set up, like most i noticed no matter how quiet your pump may be they all vibrate enough to still be noisy.
i tried a few different things to see what was less like to amply or transfer the vibration. i didnt have much that worked.
so i took a chunk of window screen and wrapped it around the body of the pump and made a sling for it. it also acts a bit of a prefilter for the intake.
i hung that from one of the roof pole in my tent and no more vibration or noise. its only a tiny one outlet but i cant hear it all anymore all i can hear are my fans from the lights and thats
with the tent open. i have larger 8 outlet on the way i am going to do the same thing with. it will be a little louder because it puts out a lot more air but it wont be near as bad as if it were sitting on some
sort of surface.

low_rdr
04-08-2013, 09:55 PM
You know the non slip cabinet and drawer liners? That's what I use. They're a light weight rubber and absorb it pretty well. No real vibrations or humming anymore.

Mal420xl
04-08-2013, 11:10 PM
i was wondering what you ended up using. you mean like the thin rubber sheet type or the the kind that comes on a roll? i just got my bigger pump. it seems they ran out of the ones i ordered so they sent the commercial version for the same money.
this thing isnt a pump its a compressor, what a beast. 30 lpm higher output. we'll see what that sounds like once i get it all set up. maybe ill try it out on my little bubbler.