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

[Star Dog]

A chap on the fishing forum was looking to mount a fan, a member suggested cutting a rubber matt, I suggested the sorbothene feet but he went the rubber mat route, I couldn't mention that I'd had years of experience in keeping fans quite but I knew he was wasting his time with dense rubber mats the sorbothene is purpose built to lose vibration, it's great stuff widely used in the audiophile world to kill resonance/vibration.

You can buy them from ebay/amazon under sorbothene feet.

 

[calvin.m16]

Buy quality fans & use mufflers on inline fans OR long ducting. You're welcome.

 

[Delikatessen]

This might be waay out of line, but I wanted to know if anyone that has used a "turn-key" system could give some feedback on their sound levels. i.e. "bloombox", "producer", "Caddy".

They are useless!!! For real. They make fan noise like a PC working overtime. Just dont buy these scams.

 

[BallsackSal]

Anyone have good luck with the AC Infinity CloudlineT6 Quiet fan?

 

[evergreengardener]

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[Ladiesonly]

Anyone have good luck with the AC Infinity CloudlineT6 Quiet fan?

I run a T6 and T8, I also have a terra bloom. Yes the adjustment temp work, but you don't set max you set when they kick in.

I leave my fans on static in flower, if not humidity rises too high with lights off. I have a terra bloom I love it has a remote control.

I leave it in a lung room is hard to get to and adjust its a 10scrubber

 

[Slyclyde1991]

My downstairs neighbor who is also our landlord, asked the other day what was vibrating up here, it was the air pump for my dwc grow, I told him it was a humidifier that was missing one of the rubber feet so was louder than usually lol he bought it. But it's a 2 outlet and I was only using one, I realized when I covered the one i wasnt using it was significantly quieter! Y'all might know that already but hey lol

 

[Horselover fat]

My downstairs neighbor who is also our landlord, asked the other day what was vibrating up here, it was the air pump for my dwc grow, I told him it was a humidifier that was missing one of the rubber feet so was louder than usually lol he bought it. But it's a 2 outlet and I was only using one, I realized when I covered the one i wasnt using it was significantly quieter! Y'all might know that already but hey lol

Dwc can be rather loud. The pump makes a lot of noise, but it's relatively easy to dampen it somewhat. I'm finding it more difficult to quiet down the buckets! The airstone vibrates and the whole bucket vibrates. I can feel my floor vibrate when I stand in the room... What helped a lot was standing the buckets on two strips of wood and raising the strips a bit off the floor from the ends. That way the strips of wood vibrate killing some of the energy.

 

[Horselover fat]

Dwc can be rather loud. The pump makes a lot of noise, but it's relatively easy to dampen it somewhat. I'm finding it more difficult to quiet down the buckets! The airstone vibrates and the whole bucket vibrates. I can feel my floor vibrate when I stand in the room... What helped a lot was standing the buckets on two strips of wood and raising the strips a bit off the floor from the ends. That way the strips of wood vibrate killing some of the energy.

And then I added bitumen to the sides of my buckets. This brought down the sound level in the room by 3db.

 

[Celts are here]

I have 2 tents in my bedroom there is a big of a buzz from lights and fans I live on the top floor,my new neighbors that live below me have 2 dogs that bark all day and night
So fuck them,my dogs are trained not to bark
But I run my tents 12-12 because I mostly grow autos these days

 

[Horselover fat]

I have 2 tents in my bedroom there is a big of a buzz from lights and fans I live on the top floor,my new neighbors that live below me have 2 dogs that bark all day and night
So fuck them,my dogs are trained not to bark
But I run my tents 12-12 because I mostly grow autos these days

Cool story

 

[Altoids98]

This is random but might help some future stealth growers.. If you need to run some oscillating hurricane fans, you can clip em on the side of a bucket. Throw a dead ballast or some water in there for the weight, and thatll stop the vibrating on the walls. Ive got one hanging with bungie and a toggle bolt from the ceiling and one on my dehu

 

[calvin.m16]

This is random but might help some future stealth growers.. If you need to run some oscillating hurricane fans, you can clip em on the side of a bucket. Throw a dead ballast or some water in there for the weight, and thatll stop the vibrating on the walls. Ive got one hanging with bungie and a toggle bolt from the ceiling and one on my dehu

Unless your fan is going bad or you got a bad unit you shouldn't get that vibration when the fan is properly installed to the wall. I've gotten a few Hurricane Supreme 16" osscilating wall fans that were defective and made a buzzing/humming sound from being wall mounted, it ended up being a problem my grow shop said Hurricane wasn't resolving. he switched out the "Supreme" fans for Classic ones and since I haven't had an issue. I keep my air super clean and always clean my fans and oil the pivot points so they tend to last me at least 2 years before needing replacement on High 24/7/365.

One HUGE flaw that Hurricane and other brands make in these wall fans is the motor for the osscilation itself is very weak and the motors are a bit undersized for the fan blades themselves in my opinion. Idk checkout a Schaeffer fan and look at the blade size and if you ever felt the airflow you'd never go back to wall fans.

HAF fans for the win, just gotta configure them properly so you almost have a cyclone effect in the room. Less moving parts and chance for failure. The best wind you can give your plants is "passive" where the wind itself is indirectly hitting plants or pulling them around. If you directly blast plants with wind they tend to stress out more easily to heat and intense lighting in my personal experience.

Worth a shot if you haven't tried aiming your fans away from the plants.

 

[V256.420]

I'm not sure if I ever replied to this thread over the year it has been here but I have mentioned this before in other threads and I have used multiple types of fans from various companies including the big names.

The Panasonic Whisperquiet fans are without doubt the BEST overall for stealth. I did a comparison test way back when I did my tent write up. These fans are awesome if you are worried about noise. I use a 6" in my closet and I sleep 10 feet away and can't hear it.

I saw a few threads about the endurance and strength of the fan. All for the bad side, but I went ahead and ordered one just to see for myself. I hooked it up in my attic back in April of '08 and have not turned it off since. So this proves the endurance. It keeps my tent 2 degrees above ambient cooling a 600 watt. So it has strength in distances under 10 feet.

I will agree that any run longer than 10 feet may have a problem tho. That's where the other fans are better. But you pay for that type of strength with a ton of noise.

The 8" would probably do a 15 foot run with a few turns in it. There are a few places to grab the specs on these before you order.

http://www.ntsupply.com/files/products/FV-40NLF1_Spec.pdf

This shows the drop off once you get passed the 1.0 static pressure mark. But who cares? You still get 200 cfm at 1 sp and it will be so quiet you can stand next to it and whisper to a friend. If you add insulated duct you would be able to make a baby sleep right next to it. No shit.

Love these fans

This Hotwired guy knows what's up. GG

 

[DogFacedDemon]

The Panasonic Whisperline fan? I ordered one because as far as what I have read it's the quietest extractor available. Anyone have many details on these mofos?

 

[V256.420]

The Panasonic Whisperline fan? I ordered one because as far as what I have read it's the quietest extractor available. Anyone have many details on these mofos?

I copied Hotwired's grow so I use them outside of my tents and place them right on top of my carbon filters. Saves a ton of room inside the tent.

This is the 8" 440 cfm fan. Very quiet and excellent for short runs. A bit expensive tho. It sits on a 750 cfm Phresh filter. I pull the top rivets out of the filter and the fan slides right in snugly. I then tape it to ensure no air leaks. Many other filters do not have rivets on the flange and it makes it easier to install, but they all suck with keeping smell out.




Make sure you buy a 120 volt grounded plug because they don't come with it. Also get one of these Strain Relief Cord Connector. These are good to protect the cord from rubbing along the metal box frame where you place your wires. Here is a pic of it installed. Makes the wire nice and safe.

 

[DogFacedDemon]

I copied Hotwired's grow so I use them outside of my tents and place them right on top of my carbon filters. Saves a ton of room inside the tent.

This is the 8" 440 cfm fan. Very quiet and excellent for short runs. A bit expensive tho. It sits on a 750 cfm Phresh filter. I pull the top rivets out of the filter and the fan slides right in snugly. I then tape it to ensure no air leaks. Many other filters do not have rivets on the flange and it makes it easier to install, but they all suck with keeping smell out.

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Make sure you buy a 120 volt grounded plug because they don't come with it. Also get one of these Strain Relief Cord Connector. These are good to protect the cord from rubbing along the metal box frame where you place your wires. Here is a pic of it installed. Makes the wire nice and safe.

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Looks like a really neat setup. So you have it pulling air into the tent trough the carbon filter, and have another outtake, or do I have that wrong. Can you vent air out of a carbon filter that way, pushing air through rather than pulling it in?

 

[V256.420]

Looks like a really neat setup. So you have it pulling air into the tent trough the carbon filter, and have another outtake, or do I have that wrong. Can you vent air out of a carbon filter that way, pushing air through rather than pulling it in?

I pull the air out of the tent and thru the filter into the room. That air then gets cooled and recirculated.

 

[DogFacedDemon]

I pull the air out of the tent and thru the filter into the room. That air then gets cooled and recirculated.

So the air is coming OUT of the carbon filter? Not going in? I didn't know you could that. That's a game-changer for me. I will try that out in the future as you have it but with a rubber mat under the carbon filter.

 

[Cigarz]

there are many threads about odor control but one thing that is often overlooked is sound control. sound from buzzing ballasts, inline fans, wall-mounted fans, hydro pumps and/or many other things could be a contributing factor to someone finding out about your secret garden. worst part is that you wouldnt even know that they know! so if anyone has any ideas for sound control post them on here...

Chances are if you have a big enough grow OP that your neighbors can hear it then you're probably gowing legal anyways.