Ideas for reducing noise on fresh water pumps
I know I have seen this subject before, however I have not had any luck with the "search" feature on this forum. I installed a new water pump today and it is just as noisy or worst than the previo...
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On our last 5er, I made a tee on the exp. tank with a 3/8 tube inside the tee that extends to about 1/8" from the tank bladder and that's the inlet water. The oultet is the branch of the tee. The pulsing of the pump is absorbed by the bladder. 100% of the water flow has to go thru my tee and deaden the pulsing before going anywhere else. I also got rid of the 90 and put a straight fitting on the pump outlet with 1/2" plastic hose that goes into my farmboy engineered tee. You can't make these 3 chamber pumps 100% silent but mine sounded just like a cat purring even when the basement door was open and my ear was 2' away. Absolutely no pex tubing rattling anywhere and I didn't need to insulate or tie it up anywhere. The first time I heard it, I thought the pump was still running dry/unprimed or else something broke inside it but it was actually pumping up the tank. I just did the same thing to our new-to-us 5er and I'll know of it works after next weekend. Craig
