Loud Loud LOUD!

[ellebelle]

My whole system is stupidly loud. Help me.

I put some thick rubber matting under the pump and that IMMEDIATELY decreased the pump noise by over 50%. However, there is still this extremely annoying buzzing sound from the sump area - I think it's being caused by the actual sump resonating with the vibrating boards where my pump is. thoughts on how I might fix this?

Also, one of my dursos continually slurps. Please, please help me.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Lissa,

The durso slurping could mean you're pushing to much water through it. Do you have a picture? Also the hole in the durso for air to go in could be too small. If thats the case get a john guest fitting that has a valve, and a little piece of tubing and just place it in the hole and you can adjust the amount of air. It worked for me .

-Kris

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Is your pump external and using rigid piping? If so, change to a soft PVC. Sometimes, rigid PVC will hump.

 

[nycmat]

its hard pipe. not flex.

 

[ellebelle]

Okay, durso still sounds like a toilet flushing. I've tried closing the ball valves on my drain a bit and that decreases the toilet sound. However, for some reason, that makes my pump suck in air. How do I fix this? Raise the water level in the sump a bit and close down the ball valves?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Drill a vent hole at the top of the overflow pipe

 

[reefman]

what type of pump u have? some pumps r noisey no matter what u do.
if the durso is slurping, it is sucking in faster than there is water. sticking the air tube further down.

 

[ellebelle]

B, I did drill holes. Still noisy.

I don't think the pump is too strong - right now, I've got it split 3 ways - 1 going to return, 1 going to skimmer, and one releasing water straight back into the sump to relieve head pressue.

 

[bad coffee]

get rid of the second durso. put a piece of pipe in so it's a safety drain.

the plywood is acting like a sound board on a musical instrument. You either need heavier wood, or to make the board that the pump is on smaller so it has less surface area to vibrate.

Try padding between the board and the metal stand. if that doesn't work try screwing another piece of wood to the bottom of the current piece.

B

 

[ellebelle]

I fixed the humming problem with some heavy duty matting. I need some more for under my sump, but it's down to a reasonable level now (pump noise).

What do you mean, "stick a pipe in it"? How?

 

[Wes]

i used yoga mat underneath the sump, it's really quiet

 

[thirty5]

What type of noise is thepump making, It is just your basic hum? or does it sound like very fast clicking. I had a problem with one pump that there was a slight amount of pressure on the pump from the plumbing. A shim did the job under the pump, lifted the pump to get the plumbing all level.

 

[inline6]

Dense soft rubber foam is what I use to line the entire inners of my stand.
Also you might want to try turning your pump on and off, that seems to alleviate some of the noise.

 

[ellebelle]

Thanks for all of the advice. I fixed the pump noise (as stated previously).

I'm currently working on the noisy durso.

 

[leoskee]

You never stated what type of pump you are using or whether its internal or external.

 

[bad coffee]

Lissa,
Take the internal elbow off one of the dursos, or just swivel it up so the opening is above the other durso. two dursos will fight with each other and slurp quite a bit.

My overflow holes are on the bottom of my box, so i just have a piece of pipe in the bulkhead. since your dursos are internal, you can jsut swivel the elbow.