[mark shannon]

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

[*paul_moss]

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.

[Mike Halliday]

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

[mark shannon]

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

[Mike Halliday]

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

car exhaust are 'orrible

[Shaun_Ashmore]

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

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

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

[Ken Wainwright]

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 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

[mark shannon]

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.

[des]

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

[Ken Wainwright]

No
Ken