Dose anyone have any ideas or done any thing that works? other than by a bigger pump and put it in the attic or basement. Though thats about were i am heading at this point
ways to get rid of air pump humm?
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haynchinook334;4916861; said:
good idea.
I once designed something for this for a large air pump, i never needed to use it though, as my aquarium is four aquariums connected together by waterfalls, It ended up making enough noise anyway the humm dosent matter.
The idea was this:
basically, a box within a box. The interior box was lined with styrofoam, and suspended inside the bigger box with egg crate. As i'm in audio school, its pretty much the same design of an acoustic deadroom. Egg crate, because of its shape, dampens the sound. It seemed like it would work well, the only catch is making the hose come through without hitting the sides, but I'd assume you can do that with some kind of rubber o ring or something.
haynchinook334;4916861; said:
so far i wrapped it in a towel and stuck it in a box. the sound it went down but its in my room and i really just want to hear the bubbles.
dont hate i like bubbles
I have mine under 3 towels and I hear it above my Aquaclear 30, 70, 110, Eheim 2217 and Fluval FX5. I can't even hear the bubbles it makes, just the hum.....oh the hum...
cheap and very easy: stick it in a foam coozie, like a beer can coozie. most coozies have a little hole in the bottom you can run your air tube through. use some duck tape to make sure it doesn't vibrate itself out. you can then wrap it in a towel, etc.
if it doesn't work to your expectations you at least having something to keep your beers cold.
if it doesn't work to your expectations you at least having something to keep your beers cold.
If you pick it up and it becomes quiet, try suspending it from something. I wouldn't recommended smothering it because that's a good way to have it burn out.