Air Filter is vibrating the floor overhead.

You could try rope.

I actually thought a thick rubber bungie cord migth be the ticket.

Hoping someone else has already paved the way and solved this problem.

Balancing the squirell cage fan might be another approach.

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!

Use threaded rods and flat washer with an inch or so of rubber hose between the washers. Let it hang on the rods. You should be able to keep it as high as it is now. Double nut everything to keep the nuts jammed so they won’t come off and drop the filter on you.

Grandpa, how is the rubber hose on a threaded rod going to stop vibration?

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I’ve mounted fan units on rubber bungees with great success before. Make sure it’s the heavy black rubber ones and drill and screw through the rubber at the height you need.

Mike

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TopamaxSurvivor,
Rubber tends to stop vibrations. In studio or hi-fi applications specially designed rubber pads are put on the bottoms of monitors/speakers to prevent some vibration. The same principle is applied to using one rubber link between the eyelets on the air filter and the hook on the roof.

ssnvet,
If you do balance the fan please keep us informed on how it goes. My old Delta(Made in USA) air filter vibrates quite a bit.

-- Tyrone - Canada, BC

I am wondering how Grandpa is going to rig up his hose to do it?

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

I have a JDS hung on chains. It is audible but not a vibration
problem. Hard metal hanger would seem to me to be the
sensible thing to eliminate first. For me, chains are not a problem
and it makes sense that a soft material like rope would be even
less. Go crazy with rubber baby buggy bumpers if you that’s
what you like to do though.

TopamaxSurvivor,
My apologies, I did not see that earlier. Now that I read his post a third time I’m curious as to how it’ll stop vibration as well.

-- Tyrone - Canada, BC

I mounted mine on chains. Don’t have vibration issues. Strong enough rubber should work just fine, but make sure it can handle the load. Personally, I’d try chains first. Does someone make a rubber chain link?

You might consider hanging the air filter with springs such as;

http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware/h_d1/N-25ecodZ5yc1vZarnk/R-202045477/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=Springs&storeId=10051.

These may be overkill but if you used 4springs, each rated at at least half the weight of your filter you would never worry about spring fatigue.

Your jet probably weighs 55-60 lbs. so 4 springs, rated at 30 lbs. each, would be plenty.

Good luck.

-- Rick Gustafson - Lost Creek Ranch - Colorado County, Texas

Topamax, you mount the rods from the ceiling above. you slide the filter mounting hole up the rods and then slide the hose in place. install a flat washer and 2 nuts so you can jam them. Also jam the nuts on the top end. the filter box rests on the rubber hose and that dampens the vibration. difficult to explain on here.

http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/assemblysheets/CV1800MaxAssemblySheet.pdf

Go to this Clear Vue site and look at page 9. Follow those pics. They show this in use.

Thx Grandpa. I thought it would be suppended some how. Never thought about setting it on top of the rubber hose ;-)

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These are pretty quiet no vibration run it off the most secure place.hang and use rubber in between connections.