Hi All, I have a 10" Centrifugal fan that will be venting my 600W artic sun hood. The problem is I just discovered after plugging in the fan for the first time how powerful and loud the fan is. It will be mounted inside of my box which is made of 7/16" plywood. Im curious if anyone has any suggestions as how to dampen the sound. Fortunately the fan is in a location where I can pack things in around it and its not exposed to the light so packing foam or something else around it is an option if that would help. -CA
Hang it with bungees is an easy fix. Or put foam around the edges wherever you mount it. Hope this helps.
You can also get a duct muffler to lower the noise. Here is one from Discount Hydroponics - Duct Mufflers Good Luck
10" fan for a 600 watt? Sounds pretty big. You could get a $20 fan speed controller to dial down the cfm's which makes a big difference in fan noise.
Thanks guys, I had seen that muffler though I wasnt exactly excited to pay 90 bucks for something like that when i feel like I could whip something up with 20 bucks at home depot. johnk- Im tending to agree with you that this fan might be overkill but it came at the recommendation of my local hydro store so I went along with it. I get the feeling he may be stocking it mainly to cater to people running 1k lights so a fan controller may be the way to go for my purposes. I would imaging that a controller would allow more control over ambient box temperature as well which could be a bonus.