What have you done to reduce Noise?

[rbredding]

I was wondering, Charlie had a post today that I thought was a pretty good idea:

remove vibration noise/transfer from a powerhead to a surrounding surface by using silicone to adhere two lengths of tubing (I assume 1/4" or something small) to the bottom of the powerhead (creating a vibration isolator).

Durso (or gurglebuster) Standpipes are another example of a sound quietening device on our systems.

What ideas have you used to either reduce noise from vibration or otherwise dampen sound on your system?

(in the base cabinet, sump, overflows, etc...)

 

[lilrobb]

I am using foam insulation around my SCH40 pipes to eliminate the waterflow sounds.</em>

I also collected tons of old mousepads (the foamy ones) and put them under my pumps</em>

 

[llewella]

Put 5 kids in the same room. You don't even notice the noise from the tank

 

[tnyga]

llewella;465512 wrote: put 5 kids in the same room. You don't even notice the noise from the tank

+1

 

[smoothie]

Bioballs in the overflow box. Mouse pads for pump vibration

 

[justindville1987]

In my overbox I cut 4 v's in the pipe and now its much quiter

 

[mojo]

Put the sump and all supporting equipment in the basement.

 

[rbredding]

what about pump/sump connections... ?

 

[jjkeith]

Did a gatevalve mod on the asm skimmer so the water flows back into the sump instead of waterfalling back into the sump.

 

[drnecropolis]

Put the tank in the wall and all equipment in the room behind it.. LoL

 

[dakota9]

Use Tunze EVERYTHING!!!!

Very quiet equipment!

 

[weaglereefer]

Turn the TV up. What good is a few thousand watts of surround sound if I don't use it once in a while?


And I wonder why my power bill is so high...