TIP to silence a vibrating pump (pics inside)
My pump isn't loud, but it does vibrate some. If the pump vibrations get to the case, it will cause a loud hum and you can feel the case vibrating. Setting the pump on 2 thicknesses of old mousepad didn't help much. Suspending the pump with a small diameter elastic cord isolated the pump vibrations. The system is much quieter now. Notice the black bungie cord going up. This is a close-up shot of a Quiet One 1200 pump.
It is suspended from a wooden ruler on top of the power supply and floppy drive. There are probably more elegant and permanent ways, but it proved the suspension concept. The cardboard box is to keep the ruler level. This is one way to cap a T-line.
The Vantec Nexus also helps control noise. I'm not sure I'd recommend the Nexus controller, but I bought it so I use it. That is a hard drive mounted between the floppy drive and Nexus.
For pictures of the overall system, see here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=260250
This was before suspending the pump and adding the fan controller.
My pump isn't loud, but it does vibrate some. If the pump vibrations get to the case, it will cause a loud hum and you can feel the case vibrating. Setting the pump on 2 thicknesses of old mousepad didn't help much. Suspending the pump with a small diameter elastic cord isolated the pump vibrations. The system is much quieter now. Notice the black bungie cord going up. This is a close-up shot of a Quiet One 1200 pump.
It is suspended from a wooden ruler on top of the power supply and floppy drive. There are probably more elegant and permanent ways, but it proved the suspension concept. The cardboard box is to keep the ruler level. This is one way to cap a T-line.
The Vantec Nexus also helps control noise. I'm not sure I'd recommend the Nexus controller, but I bought it so I use it. That is a hard drive mounted between the floppy drive and Nexus.
For pictures of the overall system, see here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=260250
This was before suspending the pump and adding the fan controller.
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