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Return pump drone

Wfd138

Wfd138

So i don’t know if anyone else has this problem, but i have the constant drone coming from my return pump, im guessing its vibrating on the floor of my sump. Has anyone ever put a pad under their return to silence it? Just looking for safe ideas in terms of materials to muffle it a little bit


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Mrx7899x

Mrx7899x

Wfd138 said:
Whole tank is hard plumbed with pvc


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If you but a few inches of silicone tubing from the pump to the PVC it will eliminate alot of the noise. Like this
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Wfd138

Wfd138

When my tank was first setup, i had flex tubing like that. It was on such a bend because of how the sump sits in my stand that not only did i have friction loss it was also loud. So when i moved home i hard plumbed everything. I have a ball valve in it to control the return rate and a whole bunch of other measures to have it be as Efficient as possible. No matter what i do, the mag 10 i have for a return vibrates. I was thinking some sort of pad like silicone or something to just get the bottom of the pump off of the plexy glass of the sump


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Trio91

Trio91

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Some thick, coarse filter sponge will work. You can cut a trench into it and set the pump, almost like a cradle
 
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