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Carbon fan too loud on lowest setting

Allesgut
Allesgutstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hello I'm looking for some advice as I don't have much experience growing. My carbon filter is quite loud, I have a 5" inch fan and have looked at fan controllers, just wondering if anyone has experience with them and do they reduce noise considerably? cheers
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Growladyeastmidlands
Growladyeastmidlandsanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi im having similar problems with my intake fan I have a twin fan controller but still quite noisy so doubt that help much however I wouldn't grow without a fan controller has gets the perfect temperature control
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Allesgut
Allesgutanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi guys I've not been able to verify my email for some reason but wanted to thank you for input. I have come across the silencers online along with the fan controllers. I'll make up my mind in the coming days which of the two to get, worst case a silencer and a controller. Once I've gotten ventilation sorted I'm good to go, I hope or il most likely be seeking advice on here :). Thanks again to everyone who commented.
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Skinnytalls420
Skinnytalls420answered grow question 3 years ago
U can buy a silencer that u fit onto it for about 50£
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Hazeydays
Hazeydaysanswered grow question 3 years ago
You can build a box to put the fan in, hang it in the box on rubber bands and put an old blanket in there for noise reduction. This will greatly reduce the noise, it works great!
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KushGANG
KushGANGanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hello fan controller will just reduce the speed not the noise . for the noise there is insonorize sheath and you can add a insonorize box for your extraction too. There is silencer also. Good luck.
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3 years ago
Controllers can only control the speed of the fan. A noisy fan is always going to be a noisy fan but running it slower does quiet them a bit but you are loosing airflow I use AC Infinity Cloudline fans and they are super quiet. In North America they are available under the AC Infinity brand name but in Europe I think they are imported by Mars Hydro and you can find them on the Mars Hydro EU website under the "grow kits" tab.
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Motaybongs
Motaybongsanswered grow question 3 years ago
You could add a second carbon filter to your setup. There will be less noise but, a silent in-line fan would be the best option
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 3 years ago
I use smart controller inline 4 inch fans one from Mars and one from spider farmer. Same fan different colored. Anyway they are great for having a max high temp, and humidity. Noise wise I can hear them when in same room most levels. Can only hear it if it's running max power in next room. I also have 4 grow areas going and 2 are inlines 2 are bathroom exhaust fans on timers for on and off. Hopefully this helps and happy growing 🌱
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Hempy_The_Kid
Hempy_The_Kidanswered grow question 3 years ago
I use an AC Infinity T6. I cannot hear it run unless it's on high power and even then I can't hear it in another room.
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