Quiet. The Neighbors Can Hear You (Sound Control Thread)

[MiKron]

One question. is your light tube capped off at the end?

 

[trailerparkboy]

no theres no tube its just a bulb and reflector

 

[MiKron]

My friend has the same setup 4'x4'x6.7' tent. We just took 10$ bedding foam that's flat on one side and has cones on the other and zip tied and duct taped the cone side around the fan.

Hes running 1000watt bulb thru an air cooled tube with a 210cfm scrubber and a 220 cfm can fan. His avg temps are 26*C... Highest 27*C lowest 14*C. Also has a 4" 170 cfm vortex for intake that's also wrapped in foam the same way. works pretty well, insulated ducting works nicely too for the turns and long runs.

 

[trailerparkboy]

ive added some ducting to the intake and that helped some but i may give the foam a try if im not happy with the noise level thanks

 

[GANJGUY420]

The guy at the hydro store told me to check this out and I'm gald he did. Thanx for the great innovation. Plus repp!! One love

 

[spike142]

GREAT thread, I live in a town house and will be setting up shop in the months to come. How do you like your HPS? I cannot decide between an LED or HPS, being that Infrared Heat Signatures are the DEA's favorite tool I cannot decide if it is worth the risk..

Also to add: http://www.foamorder.com/acoustic.html
For Acoustic Foam I used it in my studio, neighb's can't hear shit through my walls during late night beat sessions!

 

[TheInsider]

I just use an LED panel and I don't have to worry about fans/exhausts and all that stuff that comes with them. Depends how big your operation is, but I've not once had to worry about odour or air flow - I just crack a window and use a plug-in room air freshener. That's growing both autoflowers and standards in a 60x60x120cm tent, with a top quality 180w LED. Prevention is better than cure.

 

[sworth]

You are probably being paranoid, but sometimes a little bit of paranoia is a good thing, as it keeps us in check.

1% risk is enough for my attention! Aim for perfection all ways and always...just don't beat yourself up when you never achieve it

 

[SgtStadanko]

The fans I use are $32 for an 8" fan that puts out 420cfm. I have read that they are not meant to push against resistance and are not as efficient as a squirrel fan, they more than serve my purpose, prob the same fan hydro store is selling for $100. I could put the carbon pre fan and honestly it would make changing the filter easier. I like to sit a $1 cone air freshner in the duct to cover up anything the carbon doesn't get. Oh last time I was at home depot I saw they had an adjustable temp cut off for the fans for $30, might be something to play with. Lowe's doesn't carry the fans.

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[Lady Ash]

I'm running air through a carbon filter->inline fan->ducting->out a window , like this...

I need to reduce my exhaust noise blowing out the window, as I can hear it from halfway around the side of the house. It's not bad when I have the fan turned down, but with my t5s on it heats up and I need it full on. I had come across a diy page one day for a muffler made of egg crates and a box pretty much. Anyone know where I can find that or something similar?

 

[TheInsider]

I need to reduce my exhaust noise blowing out the window, as I can hear it from halfway around the side of the house. It's not bad when I have the fan turned down, but with my t5s on it heats up and I need it full on.

Oh really? A friend advised me that T5s wouldn't be that hot and add much to my tent. I'm just on LED at the moment so don't need to bother with any air fans/ventilation for cooling reasons. This is slightly worrying if you've experienced the need for such things, but perhaps your environment is not as open plan as mine? I have pretty good air flow throughout my flat.

 

[Lady Ash]

Oh really? A friend advised me that T5s wouldn't be that hot and add much to my tent. I'm just on LED at the moment so don't need to bother with any air fans/ventilation for cooling reasons. This is slightly worrying if you've experienced the need for such things, but perhaps your environment is not as open plan as mine? I have pretty good air flow throughout my flat.

The guy at my local hydro store told me the t5s wouldn't throw much heat at all, I'm finding out that they throw waaay less heat than hps or mh, but still enough to raise the temperature 10*F or so. With an 8", 6" and 4" fan going plus 2 humidifiers i can maintain a pretty solid 80*F with lights on. As far as air flow goes, I have my grow-lab tent in it's own room upstairs in my house. The intake air is from whatever is in the room, I have to keep the door closed and rely on the air coming in from the central air duct.

 

[Nitegazer]

The guy at my local hydro store told me the t5s wouldn't throw much heat at all, I'm finding out that they throw waaay less heat than hps or mh, but still enough to raise the temperature 10*F or so. With an 8", 6" and 4" fan going plus 2 humidifiers i can maintain a pretty solid 80*F with lights on. As far as air flow goes, I have my grow-lab tent in it's own room upstairs in my house. The intake air is from whatever is in the room, I have to keep the door closed and rely on the air coming in from the central air duct.

This is a thread regarding noise, so my apologies for going off-topic for a sec, but please note that it is a myth that t5s produce less heat. Heat is a result of a light's inefficiency, and t5s produce less lumens per watt than HPS. Inefficiency ends up as heat, so T5s lighting systems produce more heat than HPS lighting systems-- however, that heat is more broadly dispersed than it is in HPS (ballast and long tubes), so HPS gives the impression of being hotter. So, although HPS is more likely to burn the tops of plants, t5s will feed more heat into your tent given the same amount of lumens or watts.

 

[Shadeslay]

A ton of good info on this thread.

 

[WeeGogs]

I'm running air through a carbon filter->inline fan->ducting->out a window , like this...
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I need to reduce my exhaust noise blowing out the window, as I can hear it from halfway around the side of the house. It's not bad when I have the fan turned down, but with my t5s on it heats up and I need it full on. I had come across a diy page one day for a muffler made of egg crates and a box pretty much. Anyone know where I can find that or something similar?

double the size of your fan bore, always go with a high volume fan, you can turn it down to a whisper.

 

[Detroit J420]

I got 2 tents in my basement both with panasonic wisperline fans 340 cfm and 440 cfm both with exhuast mufflers not the quitest but u cant hear shit upstairs right above grow in a condo so dont wanna bother neighbors either

 

[lsmartman1982]

Good thing my neighbors are at least an acre away from me

 

[lsmartman1982]

I dont use exhaust tips to quite my fans, I have 2 12 inch hurricanes on carbon filters that run all day, and the AC runs all night and you still cannot hear anything right outside of my home.

 

[thatsme]

I had the same problem in my apt. I bought a 6 inch muffler and a fan speed control.. Solved my noise problem completely.

 

[DoctorSmoke]

lol reduce the sound by 200%. from that alone i know u are talking out ur ass.