turning air pump off???

hi guys just got my dwc setup my question is can i turn the air pump off at night its driving me mad my grows in a tent in corner ov my bedroom and noise from pump is driving me mad no way i can sleep or and suggestions to lower the noise manythanks

plain answer....NO!! either get a quieter pump or deal with it....sorry bro!! maybe sum soft rubber booties for the bottom of the pump may qiuet her down a bit !!

ahhh dam it thanks m8 for ur quick repky

might try and turn on a radio a lil bit and see if thast helps the annoyin mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

The best way to supress the vibrations is to hang it from some nylon cord or string that is strong enough. It may vibrate the tent frame so see if there is a way to hang something from the ceiling instead from butterfly hook or plant hanger, the long string usually absorbs the vibrations and you can still hear it when close but normally not when your a bit away from it as most of the sound is the vibration not the actual motor. Try rigging something along this thinking, normally covering with shit or burying in padding will smother the air pump and it DOES need to breathe, if you completely smother the motor will burn up and it may be hazard

NO! Not with a DWC setup. If you were to go to a top feed drip systems with rockwool or some other media then yes,.. but NEVER in a DWC setup. NFT setups and DWC setups are great so long as there are no interruptions in power, but the moment there is, you're fucked.

sorted now drilled a fucking hole in the ceiling and put pump in the attic and feed the air lines down to my grow tent its pure silent manythanks for the ideas safe

That's one way to do it!!!

ckckck said:

sorted now drilled a fucking hole in the ceiling and put pump in the attic and feed the air lines down to my grow tent its pure silent manythanks for the ideas safe

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good man that's exactly what i've got in mind as like you, it's getting on my tits a little too (although i'm using pumps made by Tetra, and they're reallllly quiet, until they sldie 1cm and vibrate against a pot or something)

its easy m8 just put a towel in a box place the pump on the towel and close the box cut a few holes in it so the air pumps can breathe job done i have 2 outlets on my pump each with 5 metres ov airline on each work perfect with no loss ov pressure

I had my pumps mounted in a cement block they were silent, my grow was found cuz a fan didn't turn off!!

thizz13 said:

I had my pumps mounted in a cement block they were silent, my grow was found cuz a fan didn't turn off!!

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i hear that! until i sort out silent running (my cirulation fan is the last issue really) i can't even have friends in my room without the computer running, let alone have a girl waking up to rrrrrrrrrrrrr-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I live in a place where the exhaust window is right next to the next house. However i got good odor control but I do have an 8 inch fan. I put a fountain outside my window in my yard and this is the perfect white noise blanket! I highly recomend. Also i companion plant for smell. Lots of pink jasmine and gardenia. Lol.