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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mark shannon on January 02, 2008, 08:48:32 pm

Title: Silencers
Post by: mark shannon on January 02, 2008, 08:48:32 pm

Anyone have any ideas of how to make a DIY silencer for a porty?.
I have a Recoil triple vac sounds like a 747 especially on the rare occasion i take it indoors. Great machine but way to noisy

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: *paul_moss on January 02, 2008, 09:05:07 pm

John Bolton is the guy to ask on this one.
Why do you want less noise? one of the differences I noticed going to truck from porty was the amount of noise, more people tend to look whats going on and I get more jobs now because its noisier, if that makes sense.
Defo keep the machine at the door and just pipe through the house.

Let it rip. I would not quiet it down.

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 02, 2008, 09:20:44 pm

you need to find out where the noise is coming from, don't assume its contained within the exhausted vacuum air,  to quieten this noise is easy. just get a foot of vac hose, fit a motorbike blow-through exhaust, then connect to  vacuum exit point)

Mike

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: mark shannon on January 02, 2008, 09:30:35 pm

Mike would a motorcycle exhaust restrict the exhaust of the vac?
Paul you are right but it would be nice to have the choice with fussy customers on all day jobs

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 02, 2008, 09:49:20 pm

that's why I say use a blow-through exhaust it will create no resistance at all just baffle the sound.  I say use a motor bike exhaust and not a car exhaust because motorbikes are stainless steel and very shiny so would look really cool and brill ;D

car exhaust are 'orrible ;)

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on January 02, 2008, 10:48:29 pm

Mike did you find out what size motor are on those driers of yours?

Shaun

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: Mike Halliday on January 02, 2008, 10:50:29 pm

they are the blue drieaz ones they are no the cheap crappy ones every sells. I wou;ld think they are the high powered ones

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: Ken Wainwright on January 03, 2008, 04:42:09 pm

The earlier Recoil 3 that I saw is without doubt the noisiest portable machine I have ever heard, and noisier than most T/M's too :o The Scorpion is MUCH quieter.

There are small silencers available for the Scorpion, but Nick V-W has designed a simple silencer box too which is very effective at making the Scorpion almost whisper quiet. Give the Cornish Piskie a ring.

Safe and happy cleaning (quietly) :)
Ken

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: mark shannon on January 03, 2008, 06:08:17 pm

Thanks Ken it is hard to explain just how noisy the recoil is. I have an OK silencer but just wondered if anyone had any better ideas.

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: des on January 03, 2008, 08:47:34 pm

Do you know how much the silencers are from solution 's

Title: Re: Silencers
Post by: Ken Wainwright on January 05, 2008, 12:49:43 pm

No
Ken