I've been doing everything I could think of to quieten my system but I just couldn't quite get it. It was so loud that I was having trouble sleeping at night. You could hear it everywhere in my 2,500 square foot house. I couldn't take it and my wife wasn't being overly understanding about it. This tank is in the dining room so it needs to be quiet enough to have a conversation.
My obstacles were the wet/dry, the pipes, a reeflo dart and a reeflo blackfin 3600 pump. I kept getting it a little less loud but just couldn't get it to where I wanted it.
I got up this morning and removed the blackfin and removed the plastic mount that came with it and replaced it with three pieces of foam board. That alone made a huge difference.
Once I finished that I decided it was way too nice to keep working inside so I jumped on the ninja 1400 and took a nice ride. After I started feeling guilty for not working I returned home and traded the bike for the truck and headed to Lowes to pick up some goodies.
Once I returned home the first thing I did was cut out a section of pvc between the wet/dry and the reeflo dart. I then installed a rubber coupling. I think it helped a little but not nearly as much as I had hoped.
Next was the big job. I decided to insulate the entire stand. It only took about an hour but I have to say it made a huge difference. I have been checking the pumps every half hour or since I finished the job and so far there are no heat problems.
Here is the left side of the stand.
Here is the right side of the stand.
Here is the complete stand.
The few hours of work I did today made a huge difference. You can barely hear the pumps or the sump now. There is just a little hum that can barely be heard and a little bit of water noise from the overflow. I am very happy!
My obstacles were the wet/dry, the pipes, a reeflo dart and a reeflo blackfin 3600 pump. I kept getting it a little less loud but just couldn't get it to where I wanted it.
I got up this morning and removed the blackfin and removed the plastic mount that came with it and replaced it with three pieces of foam board. That alone made a huge difference.
Once I finished that I decided it was way too nice to keep working inside so I jumped on the ninja 1400 and took a nice ride. After I started feeling guilty for not working I returned home and traded the bike for the truck and headed to Lowes to pick up some goodies.
Once I returned home the first thing I did was cut out a section of pvc between the wet/dry and the reeflo dart. I then installed a rubber coupling. I think it helped a little but not nearly as much as I had hoped.
Next was the big job. I decided to insulate the entire stand. It only took about an hour but I have to say it made a huge difference. I have been checking the pumps every half hour or since I finished the job and so far there are no heat problems.
Here is the left side of the stand.
Here is the right side of the stand.
Here is the complete stand.
The few hours of work I did today made a huge difference. You can barely hear the pumps or the sump now. There is just a little hum that can barely be heard and a little bit of water noise from the overflow. I am very happy!
