Ez-Clone too loud... let's reinvent it!

[SensiBC]

The noise created by aero sprayers is too much for my friends current situation, yet they'd rather not scrap their EZ-clone 120 if they can help it.

They were thinking of possibly grabbing a cool mist humidifier, plumbing the humidifiers output into the Ez-clone, then using the drain on the Ez-clone reservoir to return water to the humidifiers own reservoir. Maybe a heat mat underneath the Ez-clone too, if necessary. They have no idea if this would be effective or not, but they're thinking it has potential.

If the above is not an option, then they may look further into those foggers some of the TAG guys have referenced in the past. They're not familiar enough with them to know if they'll be quieter or what they require to operate, but they do recall a few of the drawbacks mentioned by those who attempted full grows with them in the past (ie: salt buildup clogging them, small puffy root systems, etc) and they don't see those issues as being problematic in a cloner situation running straight h20.

Anyone have any thoughts? They suck at life when it comes to peat pucks, rockwool, trays and domes, so they would like to explore their options.

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

dude my e z cloner aint any louder then my fans or ballasts..... (sorry i didnt offer any help)

 

[Me2]

Running tag just for cloning seems an expensive option.
If you have good water pressure straight from the tap then its worthwhile as you don`t need to buy a pump. You will still get some noise but nothing as noticeable as a mag drive in a bucket...something like "click, pssst, click" lasting about 3 seconds every 3 minutes.

 

[growshower]

that would be an interesting project with the humidifier and the ezcloner, tell your friend he should have saved alot of money and checked out the ezcloner you can build for almost nothing in the icmag diy link-o-rama.....

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=40637&highlight=link-o-rama

 

[Teeg420]

yea ill second the poop tea if your ez is a problem with noise, than maybe your flower room isnt ready/set up for the 100+ clones. I understand everyone sitch. is different, maybe all you do is clone, but none the less if your gonna flower in the same enviro or house you should recondiser what your doing?

use rapid rooters, heatmat, and a flouro if its too loud.

good luck.

 

[SensiBC]

Their veg and bloom areas are already setup, functional, and stealthy. The problem is, they're also full and there is no room for the 2'x4' Ez-clone. This means that the Ez-clone will have to be located out of sight, but in the living area somewhat near an open window on the ground floor where unassuming friends and neighbors are always hanging around. That is why the need for silence is so pressing; a 950gph pump and 32 aero sprayers cycling on and off every 15 minutes isn't exactly something you want sitting in the living room next to the tv.

As far as the cost of the cloner, they got the Ez-clone 120 reservoir and lid used for $40 from a local shop, ordered the replacement sprayers and neoprene pucks online, made their own pvc manifold, and used a mag drive 950 that they already had laying around. Dirt cheap, and it worked awesome in the past... just too loud for their current application.

They are quite interested in pursuing the humidifier option but are curious about what others think of the ideas potential.

 

[globel]

you can run it with more water and ditch the water pump for air. Put a few bubble strips in there with a good amount of air. it should be some what quieter and easy. you can run the air hose threw one of the neoprene collars. make it a bubble cloner.


I saw a demo of this done in a hydro store with tomatoes. They had the clear ez .

 

[little wing]

Some foam insulation did the trick for me.

 

[alphaguru]

globel

the cloners already have airstones and a hole for jst that

 

[Organic-Dank]

i have 2 running at all time 120s and they aren't too laud... maybe building a special box with styrofoam?

 

[Organic-Dank]

keep temps 72 on water and 75 in room and they should rock out