Fan Mounting Gasket
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Wal-Mart has 8.5x11 sheets of 2mm thick foam dirt cheap in the crafts department, both glue-backed and plain in like 10 colors. Easy to cut to shape, fold/layer. A little too compressible. The only thing I worry about is deterioration over time.
Also bought 3 of the Directron 120mm octagonal fan frame grommets/isolators with my last Panaflo 120mm order. The molded "silicone" (silicone rubber?) is pretty hard to compress, not too much give at all, but probably will do OK. The trouble is that it extends a little (2-3mm) into the airflow path. The "silicone" may be cuttable without fraying, I'll try soon.
Radio Shack sell pretty cheap baggies of assorted screw grommets, by the way
Also bought 3 of the Directron 120mm octagonal fan frame grommets/isolators with my last Panaflo 120mm order. The molded "silicone" (silicone rubber?) is pretty hard to compress, not too much give at all, but probably will do OK. The trouble is that it extends a little (2-3mm) into the airflow path. The "silicone" may be cuttable without fraying, I'll try soon.
Radio Shack sell pretty cheap baggies of assorted screw grommets, by the way
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Mr_Smartepants
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For mounting heavy items like PSU, or fans hunt around the studio
acoustic soundproofing suppliers for offcuts or pieces of sound barrier mat.
It's a rubber sheet about 2-3mm thick, 5kg/m^2 (very heavy).
o Mass - so eliminates resonance & low frequencies
o Isolation - by compliant-enough rubber base
o Gasket - durometer is low enough to get a good seal
It's cheap stuff, about 15$/15ukp for 2-square-metres,
but much more effective as a gasket than the feeble foam.
Dynomat is very poor in terms of gasket capability and is
frankly too overpriced for this application.
If really desperate:
o Cork material cut into a gasket - long used in vibration isolation
o Vinyoleum, altho that is getting desperate - works tho
A poor mans resonance dampening for cases/enclosures is normal
"Treadair" ribbed rubber closed-cell foam-underlay. Not that cheap,
but very effective at dampening noise & vibration of even big servers.
The problem is finding a contact adhesive strong enough - most are not.
Rubber grommets will not work satisfactory, and may introduce a short
circuit path for air reducing the effectiveness of case cooling considerably.
Foam alone will only absorb high frequencies, mass is needed on thin
sheet panels to prevent resonance. Treatig causation is still the best route.
acoustic soundproofing suppliers for offcuts or pieces of sound barrier mat.
It's a rubber sheet about 2-3mm thick, 5kg/m^2 (very heavy).
o Mass - so eliminates resonance & low frequencies
o Isolation - by compliant-enough rubber base
o Gasket - durometer is low enough to get a good seal
It's cheap stuff, about 15$/15ukp for 2-square-metres,
but much more effective as a gasket than the feeble foam.
Dynomat is very poor in terms of gasket capability and is
frankly too overpriced for this application.
If really desperate:
o Cork material cut into a gasket - long used in vibration isolation
o Vinyoleum, altho that is getting desperate - works tho
A poor mans resonance dampening for cases/enclosures is normal
"Treadair" ribbed rubber closed-cell foam-underlay. Not that cheap,
but very effective at dampening noise & vibration of even big servers.
The problem is finding a contact adhesive strong enough - most are not.
Rubber grommets will not work satisfactory, and may introduce a short
circuit path for air reducing the effectiveness of case cooling considerably.
Foam alone will only absorb high frequencies, mass is needed on thin
sheet panels to prevent resonance. Treatig causation is still the best route.