Anyone have a link to an air line silencer?

[jason the filter freak]

I need a link to a good DIY for an air line silencer. Try to keep the peace in the house. All help appreciated!

[kngfisher]

I need a link to a good DIY for an air line silencer. Try to keep the peace in the house. All help appreciated!

 

are you trying to quite down a skimmer?

[jason the filter freak]

An over flow actually, though an air line silencer is an airline silencer.

[wreck]

I don't have a link to a DIY but I read about people making airline silencers using a few inches of PVC pipe and stuffing it with filter floss to act as a muffler.

[extreme_tooth_decay]

I've noticed in the past that if I just make the air line longer it gets quieter (like 1-2 foot).

 

tim

[Gadgets]

Try this.

 

http://silentstandpipes.com/index.html

[dandy7200]

Take a 3" piece of pvc with 2 caps. Drill one cap with 2ea 3/16" holes. Insert a 1" piece of 3/16" rigid airline tube into one of the holes. Insert a 3" piece of rigid airline tube into the other hole but leave a 1/2" or so hanging out the end of the hole. Put your tubing that you are trying to silence on that second "barb" coming out of your "silencer".

[jason the filter freak]

Should i stuff the inside of the thing with floss?

[gastone]

If you want to. I don't and it works just fine.

 

G.

[jason the filter freak]

Is this what I'm trying to make?

[rioreef]

I've noticed in the past that if I just make the air line longer it gets quieter (like 1-2 foot).

 

tim

 

 

Same here, on my skimmer I added two feet of line and the noise is gone. I have check repeatedly and there is no difference in bubble production in the skimmer, with or without it.

 

It works great.

[jason the filter freak]

I think I'm going to do this but drill a bigger hose and run slightly larger diameter tubing than air line. I added airline tubing and the water level in the over flow went down like .5" which causes a barely perceptable increase in sound caused by falling water.

[dandy7200]

Is this what I'm trying to make?

 

 

yup

 

adjust your tubing size as needed, no floss required.