How To Silence Your Noisey Air Pump, Once And For All!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Showing you what it looks like inside the air pump, and how to fix most aquarium air pumps!
Silencing your air pump is a must!!
Had 2 of these that were not working from brand new, decided to investigate and found out it is an easy fix!
Its not just tetra whisper air pumps, but most pumps on the market.
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Thanks for watching!
Just love a product that requires repair immediately upon delivery.
That's basically every one unless you want to pay hundreds of bucks!
China made. Crap out of the package.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 yea I agree
After a slight drop, my Ecoair 2 got noisy. Internals are almost identical to the one in the video. Fixed it in five minutes and learned how these things work. Great tutorial!! Thanks!!!
Thank you! I just got this pump today and was about to return it. The reviews said it could be fixed so here I am.
Glad I could help!!
Thanks, I opened my brother's noisy airpump because he was already planning to throw it away anyways and he already bought a new one for his aquarium, didn't find anything wrong with it in my initial inspection. I looked up online to see what might be the problem, saw your video, tried increasing the clearance of the electromagnet creating the oscillations for the bellow as you suggested, it's now a lot quieter now! got rid of the annoying rattling noise! Now he has a spare air pump!
Awesome! Glad it helped!
This was so helpful I just got an air pump off of Amazon and was super loud. This help fix the loud noise! Thanks
I'm glad it helped!
Thanks mate i was about to buy a different pump, it’s now quiet 🤘🏼
Awesome!!
Dead set mate, your a champion 🏆 cheers for sharing this hack with the hobby!
No prob, glad it helped!
I've had one running for a few years, suddenly got loud.
Found the little rubber hinge that the arm is attached to had become deformed where the arm rested on it, making the arm far more loose than it should be.
Pulled arm out, rotated the little rubber sleeve, put it back in, and now it's quiet again.
Thanks for this video, it wasn't my exact problem but it gave me the confidence to poke around in there.
Good to hear it helped!!
Thank you! I saw this video, but mine was not hitting the metal, came here looking for additional advice in the comments and your comment helped me! I realized the handle was loose where it's attached, had a bit of a crack there in the plastic, so I put some superglue on it and it fixed the buzz (for now haha) :) Thanks so much!
This really works, great! I also have a Tetra APS 400 but both sides are fine and loose already and added a pice of fome in the middle and sound is gone!
I have one that was not noisy but just this morning was making a loud ticking sound. Thank you for this tutorial!!
No problem!
Thank you so much Bob! It's as helpful as intructive!
Glad to hear it!
Quick tip,
-Get the pumping arm and rubber caps try to change the angle of the arm
-Try add tissue paper to reduce any minor movements due to vibration. Place it to the thing that holds the arm that is surrounded by rubber try touching parts that dangle or move fix it
-Try to hang the pump mid-air so it doesn't vibrate to any surface.
It solved the 100% issue in mine
Sounds like brand new now and doesn't annoy me
Great video. Thank you for sharing. How can I get 2 replacement diaframs?
Omg!! I have 2 - 40's and theyre loud as HELL. I am SO glad I found this. Im actually looking for an inexpensive diapraghm pump to do water changes. My apartment went low flo so my aqueon isnt pulling like it should.
But THIS, way better. .😂😂😂
Thanks Bob. I was looking for a different fix, but it's all grist to the mill!
Good luck, thanks for watching
Hi, it’s quiet now and thanks to you 👍😄
That's great to hear!
Thanks for the tips! Mine needed adjusted because one of the magnets was hitting the large white piece. I also slightly loosened the nut holding the arm to the diaphragm and that seemed to help get that magnet back fat enough to stop the contact.
That said I'll probably won't be buying one of these again. There's nothing worse than spending money on something that's only a hobby and the items coming in damaged.
I've always wanted to silence my aerator because the full power is so loud and i don't want to disturb anyone but this helps so much
Thanks for checking it out! Glad I could help.
thank u bob i fixed mine it so much better now
Good to hear!
Tried it & it worked like a charm!! Thanks!!
Glad to hear!
That screwdriver you were using can be used as a 1/4" and 5/16" nut driver, "wrench", for nuts and hex head screws. Pluck out the double sided bit and see if it fits whatever nut\screw you run across. Good for many duct screws, AC condenser fan shroud, household electrical.
This one is only 1 size on both ends
Thank you very much for your video after watching your video I fixed my new pump by just doing everything you said to do new subscriber.
Thanks Bud!
Glad it worked!
Nice video Bob. Anyone that has the Tetra Whisper 100 should find this useful if their Tetra Whisper 100 becomes noisier.
Thanks!
Thanks for posting this!
No prob, hope it helps!
Thank you so much! I have a soma pump and it was doing the same thing!
I fixed it! :D
Thanks bud very effective
Good video thanks.
No problem!
idk man its still pretty loud after the fix, i even bough acoustic foam pads and made a little anti noise chamber but it sounds like the noise is going up the tube and idk what to do about that. Its actually driving me nuts.
marks shrimp tanks has a video where he hangs the pump inside a glass jar, seems very effective. Also some people pack some filter floss in the empty airspaces within the pump.
Thank you!
Mine is too loud. Wifey said : "me or your noisy airpump in our livingroom" :D lol
Just wanted to see how or if you fixed your pump?
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 i divorced :*(
LOL its a joke ! Hahaha :D
I pur the airpump over a normal sponge taken from wifei's bathroom :D
The pump is no longer noisy and the fishes are very happy and healthy.
@@taipeinova101 hahah, you got me on that one! Lol
Could probably use some folded over paper or a thin piece of plastic cut from some random packaging or disposable bottle as a feeler gage to set the gap. Seems like a stupidly easy fix. I wonder if the misalignment was a QA issue or if those things got dropped hard in shipping at some point?
Thanks this helped me 😊
No problem! Glad I could help out!
Does it work as efficiently as it did before you changed it ?
Yes! Obviously in the case of this one, it wasnt working at all on one side.
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GREAT!!
Hello, how tight should the diaphram's screws to the rod that vibrate?
Tight enough that they stay put!
Nice man 🙉😎👍
This fix didn't seem to do much for my 60 sadly
I guess maybe I'm asking to too much when I want complete silence but what can be done? haha
I'm just gonna fill the damn thing with foam n stuff and give it less chambers to vibrate
I think foam would be a bad idea, these things get pretty hot inside!
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 you’re never gonna believe this but I finally figured it out. It’s not my air pump, it’s my filter touching the aquarium that’s making that insane buzzing sound :^|
Glad to hear you figured it out!
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How o silence once for all?
This applies to vibratory air pumps, it helps align the parts inside.
My air pump are so noisy like that.
This is not the way for all pumps. You won't silence Hydor Ario Color or Hydor Bubble Maker this way. XD
Feel free to post a video showing how to silence those!
YOU NEED TO PUT A WASHER UNDER THE NUT!
It probably should have a lock washer for sure! Good point!
Great help, but the loudest pump in this video is the one on your face. That heavy nose breathing is insanely distracting for future reference.
Feel free to keep scrolling then.
It sounds just as loud 🙄
This is click bait. The fixed pump is not "silent" at all.... buzzing, humming, vibration. Definitely NOT quiet.
Ok, sure.