Grow Mediums Air pump ?

[striving4greatness]

I know, I know GET MORE AIR!is neccessary, but does anybody have any suggestions on a stronger yet quieter commercial air pump? or possibly a way to silence my current ElementalO2 1157 gph commercial pump?

 

[Anasazi]

Hanging the pump in the air works. You could also try making some type of box to dampen the sound and put it inside that.

 

[striving4greatness]

Hanging the pump in the air works. You could also try making some type of box to dampen the sound and put it inside that.

Ok, I'll try hanging...I've looked into the box idea but didn't feel 100% comfortable that it wouldn't cause a heating issue. Jus wanted to know if anybody faced the same dilemma and figured out a solution

 

[Wile e Peyote]

hey dude are you sure its not your air stones making the noise I grow in my loft and no matter what pump I tried I could still hear it so I changed to diffusers

and I run one of these its in the tent sitting on about 4 layers of dense packing foam

it is quite as long as the airline is attached

and you cant hear a thing now (that the wife stopped naggin about the noise) hope that helps

 

[striving4greatness]

hey dude are you sure its not your air stones making the noise I grow in my loft and no matter what pump I tried I could still hear it so I changed to diffusers

and I run one of these its in the tent sitting on about 4 layers of dense packing foam

it is quite as long as the airline is attached

and you cant hear a thing now (that the wife stopped naggin about the noise) hope that helps

Thanks will be looking into this

 

[striving4greatness]

I'm in the same boat don't know what's worst the hum of the pump or the growl of the Mrs.,....lol

 

[derek420colorado]

I know the answer is a little late but you should try and get 50LPM into each site with proper air diffuser

 

[striving4greatness]

I appreciate the advice, I definitely feel like I benefitted from following your advice about getting as much air physically possible to my buckets. I had (1) 1157gph pump and bought a second but I can't run them atm because they're too loud...I have noise parameters now that I didn't have before...bummed out because you definitely telling everybody to get more air is A+ advice, but hopefully these little pumps will finish the run suffuciently enough

 

[derek420colorado]

Yeah, you are definitely not going to not be able to grow if you use less than 50, I mean 50LPM is a LOT for each site. So do what you can for sure and first and foremost be safe in growing your ganj especially if you are in an apartment, some of the most stressful growing I have ever done was in an apartment in Texas. You might want to try sound proofing your bigger pumps, build a little box and insulate the shit out of it and see if it gets it down to an acceptable decibel level