Quiet pump mounting???...

MadDogMe · 09-05-2002, 09:54 AM

What kinda lenghts have you gone to, to keep your pump(1250) quiet?. I've been thinking of making a sort of 'cradle'and suspending it with elastic. what do you think?.

Make it so there's two kinda |_| shaped metal(ALu) brackets (viewed end on), bolted/screwed to the case floor,with fairly strong round elastic holding it at the four corners of the pump,(so it hangs in the middle of the |_| ). the original mounting holes would be good for this!!.

Good/Bad idea?. gimme yours!!

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aabtek · 09-05-2002, 12:14 PM

just buy the rubberfeet thingy's for the eheims:
http://www.oc-card.de/pd-1772426845.htm

works perfectly for my 1048 ....

gmat · 09-05-2002, 12:19 PM

Suspension (your idea) is the best method overall, if you want to go that way. Otherwise rubber feet / silent blocks are enough but not as good.

airspirit · 09-05-2002, 12:43 PM

Suspension is better than rubber feet. Just run a few lengths of package string/twine in loops from something in your cage and make a ghetto cradle. If that doesn't work, try some packing foam ... the swiss cheese looking open cell foam, not styrofoam ... like what your motherboard was lying on in its box. Wrap your pump up in that loosely and throw it back in your case. Viola, noise is reduced for $1 at Mail Boxes Etc.

Triton · 09-05-2002, 02:09 PM

I just placed my pump on two layers of fire retardent foam sheets that were cut to size. I originally had the pump bolted down on rubber feet. But that made it difficult to get to components. So unless you're going to carry your water cooling rig around. Just lay it on some foam.

imatation · 09-05-2002, 02:23 PM

Ive got my 1250 mounted on a cut up mousepad. It works fine, it makes no noise but there is still a little vibration. Im interested in those rubber feet. Is there any where in america to get them?

jtroutma · 09-05-2002, 03:30 PM

I just use velcro. Works great at keeping the pump in one place while the case is moving yet easy enough to get the pump out when servicing. The velcro also acks as a vibration dampener becuase of the felt that it uses to keep its grip. Works wonders for me................

redleader · 09-07-2002, 02:13 AM

Suspension worked OK. I hung a 1250 with intertubes from a bike. The strechy rubber worked quite well, but not ideally.

Best bet is thick foam. Like the stuff they pack disk drives with. 3 inches thick = silence. The air pockets absorb all the vibration far better then rubber.

MadDogMe · 09-07-2002, 07:40 AM

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Im interested in those rubber feet. Is there any where in america to get them?

Should be able to get some 'Grommets' to fit from an auto parts store.
if I was going that direction I'd drill holes in the case floor, mount grommets into the holes, mount grommets into the pump slots/holes, and use a rubber 'spacer' between the two~ to stop the little metal 'tube inserts' you get in the grommets, (if you get the good ones that is

) from touching. then run a bolt through them...

I don't think rubber feet are as effective though. might be OK for a 1048, but a 1250 or 1060 needs foam or suspending I think...

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I thought about mounting an oblong shaped peice of 'mouse~mat' type stuff on some raised rubber grommets,(so it's suspended about 1CM off the case floor) then fixing the pump to the mousemat. should be quite effective and not too ghetto

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007 · 09-07-2002, 08:32 AM

I did it like this (don't know if u have the space for this solution)

Kevin · 09-07-2002, 02:45 PM

Mounting it on foam keeps it nice and quiet for me.
-Kevin

ambient · 09-07-2002, 05:14 PM

that looks pretty nice. pretty quite?

007 · 09-08-2002, 02:11 AM

Totally quiet - have to put a finger on it, if i want to check if it's running... but pretty space-consuming! ;-)

KawA · 09-09-2002, 03:57 AM

I've mounted my Eheim 1250 on silentblocks and the pump is pretty quiet now.

g.l.amour · 09-09-2002, 04:32 AM

io, its the kawa meister, if your new or modified setup is finished, be sure to bless us with some pics will ya?

KawA · 09-09-2002, 04:48 AM

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Originally posted by g.l.amour
io, its the kawa meister, if your new or modified setup is finished, be sure to bless us with some pics will ya?

Hi gl.amour!
My watercooling setup is almost done. I still have to mount some things as my ccfl lights, blue lcd and a blue hdd vu-meter.
But I'll surely post some pics when it's finished!

g.l.amour · 09-09-2002, 05:55 AM

what did u do with the old case btw?

KawA · 09-09-2002, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by g.l.amour
what did u do with the old case btw?

My server(P3 700@933) is now in that case, but I'm planning to sell it because it's a bit too big for my room.

g.l.amour · 09-09-2002, 06:12 AM

okay, back on topic. if u guys compare an eheim 1250 to a 1048. does it produce alot more noise? the only time i can hear the 1048 is when my pc is shut off, the hdd's make more noise than anything in my setup now.

dreamie · 09-09-2002, 08:50 AM

I attached some 3M Bumpon at the base of the pump and its practically silent.

BTW< is it true that if u have more loops that kill flowrates in your setup, your pump will vibrate lesser?

09-05-2002, 09:54 AM	#1
MadDogMe Thermophile Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Just shut up ;) ... Posts: 1,068	Quiet pump mounting???... What kinda lenghts have you gone to, to keep your pump(1250) quiet?. I've been thinking of making a sort of 'cradle'and suspending it with elastic. what do you think?. Make it so there's two kinda \|_\| shaped metal(ALu) brackets (viewed end on), bolted/screwed to the case floor,with fairly strong round elastic holding it at the four corners of the pump,(so it hangs in the middle of the \|_\| ). the original mounting holes would be good for this!!. Good/Bad idea?. gimme yours!! ...

09-05-2002, 02:09 PM	#5
Triton Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Union City, CA Posts: 78	I just placed my pump on two layers of fire retardent foam sheets that were cut to size. I originally had the pump bolted down on rubber feet. But that made it difficult to get to components. So unless you're going to carry your water cooling rig around. Just lay it on some foam. __________________ XP1800+ Gigabyte GA-7DX 512mb Crucial 2100 watercooled with Danger Den, Eheim, 1/2" silicone tubing, and Black Ice Xtreme radiator. Liteon 24x10x40x CDRW WD80gb +30gb hard drives Liteon FS020 case and much more at http://www.jakeandkelly.com/customcomputer/index.htm

09-05-2002, 03:30 PM	#7
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	I just use velcro. Works great at keeping the pump in one place while the case is moving yet easy enough to get the pump out when servicing. The velcro also acks as a vibration dampener becuase of the felt that it uses to keep its grip. Works wonders for me................ __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

09-07-2002, 02:45 PM	#11
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Mounting it on foam keeps it nice and quiet for me. -Kevin __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

09-07-2002, 05:14 PM	#12
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	that looks pretty nice. pretty quite? __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

09-05-2002, 12:14 PM	#2
aabtek Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: aalborg.dk Posts: 19	just buy the rubberfeet thingy's for the eheims: http://www.oc-card.de/pd-1772426845.htm works perfectly for my 1048 ....

09-05-2002, 12:19 PM	#3
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Suspension (your idea) is the best method overall, if you want to go that way. Otherwise rubber feet / silent blocks are enough but not as good.

09-05-2002, 12:43 PM	#4
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Suspension is better than rubber feet. Just run a few lengths of package string/twine in loops from something in your cage and make a ghetto cradle. If that doesn't work, try some packing foam ... the swiss cheese looking open cell foam, not styrofoam ... like what your motherboard was lying on in its box. Wrap your pump up in that loosely and throw it back in your case. Viola, noise is reduced for $1 at Mail Boxes Etc.

09-05-2002, 02:23 PM	#6
imatation Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: SC Posts: 68	Ive got my 1250 mounted on a cut up mousepad. It works fine, it makes no noise but there is still a little vibration. Im interested in those rubber feet. Is there any where in america to get them?

09-07-2002, 02:13 AM	#8
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	Suspension worked OK. I hung a 1250 with intertubes from a bike. The strechy rubber worked quite well, but not ideally. Best bet is thick foam. Like the stuff they pack disk drives with. 3 inches thick = silence. The air pockets absorb all the vibration far better then rubber.

09-08-2002, 02:11 AM	#13
007 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 31	Totally quiet - have to put a finger on it, if i want to check if it's running... but pretty space-consuming! ;-) __________________ AMD XP1700@2400MHz (1.925Vcore (11x200), 1.5GB DDR3200, Epox 8RDA3+, Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB, Seagate 7200.2 120GB, Seagate 7200.2 160GB, WW ClearTop (CPU) Twinplex GF4 (GPU) w/ 2x120mm on heatercore from Accord '92 and Eheim 1048. To be further upgraded! (RAID 5, HD/PSU/NB cooling etc.)

09-09-2002, 03:57 AM	#14
KawA Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 4	I've mounted my Eheim 1250 on silentblocks and the pump is pretty quiet now.

09-09-2002, 04:32 AM	#15
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	io, its the kawa meister, if your new or modified setup is finished, be sure to bless us with some pics will ya?

09-09-2002, 05:55 AM	#17
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	what did u do with the old case btw?

09-09-2002, 06:12 AM	#19
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	okay, back on topic. if u guys compare an eheim 1250 to a 1048. does it produce alot more noise? the only time i can hear the 1048 is when my pc is shut off, the hdd's make more noise than anything in my setup now.

09-09-2002, 08:50 AM	#20
dreamie Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 62	I attached some 3M Bumpon at the base of the pump and its practically silent. BTW< is it true that if u have more loops that kill flowrates in your setup, your pump will vibrate lesser?

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