How to make fan less noisy?

Post Reply New Topic

I haz a fan, but it's very powerful, even in position #1 (lowest), it is very windy/noisy!

How can I rewire it so it is less powerful/noisy?

thx

i dont think u can. u need to buy a less powerful fan.

Get a new fan. Newer fans are usually quieter and more efficient at cooling... not only are older models of fan less efficient, fans also get less efficient and noisier as they age...

The thing is, it's a recent model!

There are also other four fans in the house, ALL of them are very noisy/powerful!

...The newer one is the noisier one BTW... :\

*sigh*

oh wait, we're talking like real house fans? I thought that because this was computers/technology and what not, you were talking about computer fans. With that, it probably depends on the manufacturer. Personally, I like a good 50+ decibels of fan noise; I find it quite soothing to be honest...

haha!

yes, house fans!

you find an airplane engine soothing?

It gets on my nerves, it's very hot right now and I don't want to turn it on

actually yes I find the airplane engine soothing (part of the reason i'm calm on a crowded airplane)

Pretty much any moving air is soothing for me, as well as rain water impacting on sheet metal (such as car roofs or the roofs that cover entire building complexes like they have in the south in some places)

So get a misting squirt bottle and fold a paper fan for yourself. Or get an air conditioner. They're more expensive, but rumored to be just as effective. (I also thought you were talking about computer fans btw.)

I, too, assumed this thread was going to be about a computer fan and I was ready to tell you to blow it out with compressed air (which is what I do every month or so, and it keeps my computer way quiet).

Personally, I find nothing more relaxing in the summer than laying in bed with the fan on...though the ceiling fan I use now has some weird sounds sometimes. I figured out that the glass piece covering the light bulb comes loose sometimes, and makes a loud vibrating sound. Don't know if you were talking about a ceiling fan, but if you were, you could try tightening those screws.

<sarcasm> Maybe a fan from an old power supply can help. </sarcasm>

Or a bit of graphite lubricant.

being new is definitely not going to guarantee it will be quieter than old one,am have a big tall one [it stands on its own and is probably as tall as am] have had it for years,but can quite easily cope with it on first setting unlike other fans,it is quietest one have ever seen.
in fact,having tried newer fans over the years,have never been able to find one that could cope with the noise of.


maybe look for a decent old fan instead if cant find a new one can cope with.

Bigger fans are quieter.

UPDATE: well, everything is fine, I got used to it (I hope so)

Now I hope that when it gets hotter in here I'll get used to the air conditioner