Quiet. The Neighbors Can Hear You (Sound Control Thread)

[Sativied]

My plants stretched a little more than expected so I had to make some room to raise the lamp. I moved the exhaust into a diy softbox and attached it to the outside of my grow closet (which is why one side is left open).

All material I had lying around, not necessarily a recommendation. The exhaust is hanging on rubbers inside the box. The box itself also hangs on rubbers. This is to prevent vibration/buzzing sound to enter neighboring apartments. Again the insulated ducting, on both sides of the exhaust, makes a huge difference. The longer (especial 'after' the exhaust) the better.


(the dark foam is a left over from previous situation, covered with foil, but see previous posts in this thread for old situation)

 

[Sincerely420]

My plants stretched a little more than expected so I had to make some room to raise the lamp. I moved the exhaust into a diy softbox and attached it to the outside of my grow closet (which is why one side is left open).

All material I had lying around, not necessarily a recommendation. The exhaust is hanging on rubbers inside the box. The box itself also hangs on rubbers. This is to prevent vibration/buzzing sound to enter neighboring apartments. Again the insulated ducting, on both sides of the exhaust, makes a huge difference. The longer (especial 'after' the exhaust) the better.

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(the dark foam is a left over from previous situation, covered with foil, but see previous posts in this thread for old situation)

Nice bossman! Thanks for point me here.
I was subbed up but I left a while back so I've missed a lot of whats gone on, but I think if we wanna buy anything similar pre-made in the states, it's gonna be the duct muffler that bro was talking about from above.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_7/191-9885630-0658647?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=duct%20muffler&sprefix=duct+mu%2Caps%2C187&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aduct%20muffler&sepatfbtf=true&tc=1367604553384

I was looking into getting one before and I'm DEF. gonna get one now, since I'll have to cool a couple HPSs with the next run. I'd love to build a box, but I don't have the resources to get it done ATM. And it's funny that you're setup looks like the studio that I had setup at the last place lol, rather than the grow room! I'm about to see if I can find a pic of it for ya!

Def. gonna have to sound proof the walls as well. I'm thinking I'll just reflect the sound around the room with foam, rather than doing anything to the walls..
Hmmm...I wonder if I can find someone one craigslist that can cut and build the box for me lol...
Maybe....just maybeeee...

Gotta love the high mind and the random ideas haha.
Or maybe I should check Angie lists..that's like our equivalent of maarktplaats ..

Will def update here agin tho, with what I decide!

 

[Sativied]

it's gonna be the duct muffler that bro was talking about from above.

I wonder if it does much more than let's say 2 yards of insulated ducting (10inch more or less already makes a noticeable difference). Probably great for the larger exhausts. They do sell'm on this side of the big pond as well but I rarely see them.

For soundproofing walls of a room, plates of that same rockwool-ish insulation material that's inside that ducting works better than the foam I used on the inside of the softbox but that's partly because it's usually also thicker (so costs more space as well).

I had all the resources and tools I needed but if I had to buy the wood, foam, rubbers, saw, drill, screws, clamps, etc, etc, it would cost me about the same as buying one from a grow shop.

 

[Bleezyboy1990]

im sorry if somebody has already asked this question and got an answer, but im rollin balls with my girl mollly lol. im going to get a 600 with a cooltube and using a 6in fan and filter. i plan on having this set up filter==fan==light=== exit tent. when i do that and i plan on hanging everything with bungee cords besides the light and im just wondering if thats gonna be a good noise damper? idk if my tent will support the fan box that is on the first page here or not. is there any way i can make that without using the wood? maybe cardboard or something lighter weight than that? or would adding extra ducting outside of the tent be good enough? sorry if im rambling! thank you to anyone who can help!

 

[Rrog]

Soundproofing = heavy. Sound waves are like bullets in some respects. You need mass to stop it.

Insulation does little, except at high frequencies. This is why guys use heavier MDF to build boxes. It's one of the denser building panels readily available.

 

[Commander Strax]

• rollin balls with my girl mollly lol ???
  
  
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[Javadog]

im sorry if somebody has already asked this question and got an answer, but im rollin balls with my girl mollly lol. im going to get a 600 with a cooltube and using a 6in fan and filter. i plan on having this set up filter==fan==light=== exit tent. when i do that and i plan on hanging everything with bungee cords besides the light and im just wondering if thats gonna be a good noise damper? idk if my tent will support the fan box that is on the first page here or not. is there any way i can make that without using the wood? maybe cardboard or something lighter weight than that? or would adding extra ducting outside of the tent be good enough? sorry if im rambling! thank you to anyone who can help!

While they are a fair bit more expensive, either a Panasonic Whisperline
or a Soler & Palau fan will operate as quietly as you could hope for.

I have the former, and the push-fan in the window on the man-cave makes
the fan inside my tent inaudible.

Good luck,

JD

 

[Commander Strax]

I have the s&p TD100x it is great

 

[mrhydroman]

great thread,cant understand why it only got a couple of replies, iv just got my new 6' inline and it sounds like a fucking jet , thought i had every angle covered but this noise could fuck my grow op , i need to sort the noise as me and the gf sleep right next to the room....

lucky you, i have a 2x2x2m tent in my bedroom which is 2.5mx6mx2.5m with 12" an broke atm to change my fan box to a 7" is annoying lucky the time we go to bed i change from a fan box to a second inline fan (hung reversed to take the air out)

still back to the point, dont have alot of room

 

[BeastGrow]

i had problems with air pumps.. i found using multiple small pumps made less vibrations and noise than using 1 large pump. id say get 1 or 2 small pumps for each plant. Also hang them from bungie cables.

 

[BeastGrow]

im sorry if somebody has already asked this question and got an answer, but im rollin balls with my girl mollly lol. im going to get a 600 with a cooltube and using a 6in fan and filter. i plan on having this set up filter==fan==light=== exit tent. when i do that and i plan on hanging everything with bungee cords besides the light and im just wondering if thats gonna be a good noise damper? idk if my tent will support the fan box that is on the first page here or not. is there any way i can make that without using the wood? maybe cardboard or something lighter weight than that? or would adding extra ducting outside of the tent be good enough? sorry if im rambling! thank you to anyone who can help!

the filter should be the last thing the air goes through as it leaves your tent.

 

[skunkd0c]

dunno if anyone has mentioned this before big thread , not quite a sound issue but related
i recently discovered that the large kind of bubble wrap works very well to absorb vibrations !!

i recently put my fan that is already inside a metal box (bought that way), inside another box because it was still too loud
i filled the box with some old rockwool i had laying around and am using silenced ducting too
the noise has reduced a great deal i am happy, but the box was vibrating quite badly not making noise but putting alot of vibrations through the floor and building lol

there was no place practical for me to hang it with cords i tried using different things to absorb the vibrations which were going through the floor
pretty badly like some kind of sub-bass speaker my fan is 270w i think that has something to do with it, for a 6inch fan it is a beast
just a few layers of bubble wrap did the trick, i am happy now

peace

 

[Javadog]

the filter should be the last thing the air goes through as it leaves your tent.

I have gotten the impression that filters do a better job of
sucking air through a filter than they do of pushing air through
a filter.

Usually the train starts with the filter, going to the lamp, then
the fan, and then out of the tent.

onward and upward,

JD

 

[skunkd0c]

I have gotten the impression that filters do a better job of
sucking air through a filter than they do of pushing air through
a filter.

Usually the train starts with the filter, going to the lamp, then
the fan, and then out of the tent.

onward and upward,

JD

some folk do it that way to save space in the tent, it does work, but you have to make sure you seal everything
overall its not really a good idea, the smell can leak out of the fan casing etc as smelly air is pulled through the fan before reaching the filter

 

[Javadog]

Right. Good stuff. Thanks!

...and nice cupcakes! :0)

JD

 

[RedRick]

dunno if anyone has mentioned this before big thread , not quite a sound issue but related
i recently discovered that the large kind of bubble wrap works very well to absorb vibrations !!

i recently put my fan that is already inside a metal box (bought that way), inside another box because it was still too loud
i filled the box with some old rockwool i had laying around and am using silenced ducting too
the noise has reduced a great deal i am happy, but the box was vibrating quite badly not making noise but putting alot of vibrations through the floor and building lol

there was no place practical for me to hang it with cords i tried using different things to absorb the vibrations which were going through the floor
pretty badly like some kind of sub-bass speaker my fan is 270w i think that has something to do with it, for a 6inch fan it is a beast
just a few layers of bubble wrap did the trick, i am happy now

peace

Never thought with this before and it's so simple really. Nice idea, thanks. Oh yeah, and (as has been stated before) nice cup cakes.

 

[sworth]

I've been looking for a new air pump and stumbled upon this video

[video=youtube;4BaTCe8VqdE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BaTCe8VqdE[/video]

I paid good money for my last one, expecting less noise, wish I'd seen this cos I think mine vibrated itself to death lol.

Top tip, that's new on me anyway

 

[newbuder420]

i have a 10x10 room and am seting up a 400w hps light in it and putting 2 plants under it is this going to work i dont have money to buy things to make a great room just yet

 

[Javadog]

Well 400W will not fill that room, but you know this.

It could do a few plants, positioned under it's sweet spot.

Good luck,

JD

 

[iFreeSki420]

Is it quieter to get an 8" fan or 6" fan? Either way I plan to get a bigger one than necessary and run it on half speed.