How I isolated my Danner

Giblet Plus! · Jun 1, 2003

My Danner Mag 5 was getting a little noisy, and making my whole case vibrate. I had it mounted with the included mounting plate, some nuts and bolts, and a couple rubber washer things.

I decided to build this:

and now it's substantially quieter. I can barely hear it with the computer off.

GoingH2o · Jun 1, 2003

Hey Giblet is that Danner bigger than the eheim1250 cuz that idea of mounting it horizontally is gr8

Excelsior · Jun 1, 2003

Niiice. I may have to look into doing the same for my pumps.

penquissciguy · Jun 1, 2003

Nice clean solution to your problem. Pump looks great.

May I ask what the notch in the bottom of your case is/was for?

Caeberos · Jun 1, 2003

Looks like the notch was his way of getting the plug out of the case

Giblet Plus! · Jun 1, 2003

The notch is there because, uh, I . .

I was trying to get the pump to fit better in a different spot before, and I made the notch to help clear it. You can't see it with the window on.

I'm not sure how well mounting an Eheim vertically on the bottom of a case would work. They're a lot longer than Danners.

wannaoc · Jun 1, 2003

Please explain the "string multiple runs", do you mean you just wrapped normal string around it multiple times? That seems real ghetto compared to the rest, which in my opinion is good quality.

Giblet Plus! · Jun 2, 2003

Yeah. It's string wrapped around the edges of the pump. I didn't want to cut through the pump in order to bolt it to the aluminum piece.

There's a black zip tie on there as a backup, too.

Maxvla · Jun 2, 2003

the string.. if it breaks your pump will vibrate out of position since there's nothing else holding it.

not the way i'd do it.

i like the rest of it. i'll use something similar on my danner 3 but i'll use the base like its supposed to be used.

anvil82 · Jun 2, 2003

Why not just use the included mounting piece that is included?

Maybe use the mounting piece with the mouse pad?

Maxvla · Jun 2, 2003

thats what i'm going to do. i suppose he wanted it mounted on its back to get the different tubing angles.

briman1000 · Jun 2, 2003

I got that big thick 2 inch wide velcro and attached mine to the bottom of my case. The velcro helps with the vibration and I can easily move it when I need to. I also have the danner 5

anvil82 · Jun 2, 2003

Maxvla said:
thats what i'm going to do. i suppose he wanted it mounted on its back to get the different tubing angles.

But you can just unscrew the 4 screws on the pump, and rotate it whatever way you want.

Maxvla · Jun 2, 2003

yes. no idea really. just throwing out ideas.

Giblet Plus! · Jun 2, 2003

anvil82 said:
But you can just unscrew the 4 screws on the pump, and rotate it whatever way you want.

Not every way you want.

You can't see it, but there's zip ties on there too. It's not going anywhere.

wannaoc · Jun 2, 2003

Very cool idea, by the way on the danner which end is the out flow?

Maxvla · Jun 2, 2003

metal fastners > plastic and string

whatever you are comfortable with though.

Maxvla · Jun 2, 2003

wannaoc said:
Very cool idea, by the way on the danner which end is the out flow?

the side pointing right in the pics. (horizontal)

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