Water pump noisy...
Quick question.... My water pump is located under my kitchen sink area and it is pretty loud when it's being used. Instead of spending money on getting a new quieter pump, has anyone used insulation ...
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Carrier wrote:
You think a 10 or 15 foot would be as effective?
westend wrote:
Yes, absolutely. The extra 15' in Soundguy's installation does act like a reservoir so he might get one less pump cycle/day.
You only need to isolate the pump's vibrations so one or two feet of 1/2" soft vinyl tubing would do the same. You want to make sure the tubing can handle the pressure.
I originally discovered how using a long length of pump output hose dampened vibration several years ago when I was experimenting with using one of these pumps as a water transfer pump. With the pump sitting on my workbench I had (for convenience) connected a 25' length of potable water hose to the pump output for my experiment and although it had nothing to do with my water transfer project I noticed that the hose vibrated like crazy where it connected to the pump but those vibrations diminished rapidly the further along the hose I looked. Yes, my recollection is that by 15' along the hose vibrations were noticeably dampened, I only ended up using a full 25' for my own situation because I had the hose and had the space to put it in. Considering this I'd have to disagree with the statement that "one or two feet of 1/2" soft vinyl tubing would do the same" ... I'd tried that solution several times previously, including using Shurflo's so-called "pump silencer kit" which consists of two 3' long braided hoses, and that resulted in just a minor improvement. Hose length is what makes all the difference.
