Opinions and any experience with these fans?

berulakide

berulakide

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Hey everyone, I am going to recieve my atmosphere vortex s-line 6" fan and filter by friday. I read what I could find but it wasn't alot. What there was is mostly good, but I am looking for a good quality fan as quiet as I could get.
I have also read about building boxes and silencers and much more. I am just looking for opinions and any first hand experience would be great, any links to grows or people's pages who use them?
Thanks guys.
 
Slyness41

Slyness41

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I used dynamat on the fan, brackets, etc. That quieted it down a lot, vibration makes mucho noise! And also use INSULATED pipe, without it the air rushing sound will be REALLY annoying!! A box will render it silent, but lots if sound deadener and insulation goes a long way.
Just remember vibration if hard mounted will generate an unbelievable amount of radiated noise.
 
Slyness41

Slyness41

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Slyness41 said:
I used dynamat on the fan, brackets, etc. That quieted it down a lot, vibration makes mucho noise! And also use INSULATED pipe, without it the air rushing sound will be REALLY annoying!! A box will render it silent, but lots if sound deadener and insulation goes a long way.
Just remember vibration if hard mounted will generate an unbelievable amount of radiated noise.
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My fan is loose mounted on long screws as to avoid the vibration noise.
 
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upnsmoke13

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Could also hang the fan by strings. May consider buying a fan, bigger than needed, with a speed controller & slowing it to your needs.
 
Slyness41

Slyness41

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upnsmoke13 said:
Could also hang the fan by strings. May consider buying a fan, bigger than needed, with a speed controller & slowing it to your needs.
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A lot of guys use short bungy cords, string would have to be heavy thickness, they are slightly heavy, and vibration could break it. Rubber on bungy should kill a lot of noise. The actual fan HOUSING is gonna need soundproofing also either way, abd again, insulated duct pipe. Small investment for the difference in sound!
 
berulakide

berulakide

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Make sure it is for your type of fan or it may not work well or make a whining noise from the fan. Brushed and brushless controls are different.
I got the fan and filter and I used a thick rubber bungee and took the hooks off and used heavy string, twine we call it and it holds a couple hundred pounds. I ran it through holes and hung it by the twine.
I also used insulated ducting like for an h-vac. I hung the filter on one side at top and put a piece of ducting from that to the fan, then used the rest to go out the tent.
It is pretty quiet and I am running it between half and three quarters.
 
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