ventilation fan vibration isolation help needed


I will be putting two exhaust and one injection fan in my cabinet to properly move air. Two will be mounted horizontally and one veritically. The trick is that I work so hard to get the cabinet isolated from vibrations that by adding a fan, I'm added micro vibs to the cabinet. The fans are 4" radio shack fans running at 6 volts instead of 12volts in order to slow them down and reduce noise yet still move air. I was planning on using placing a sorbothane grammet (if I can find some) around the screw that is screwed into the cabinet and it would hold the fan about 2mm off the cabinet. Any other suggestions. I want to keept it simple but yet very effective. Thanks Troy
troy_noel

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One simple solution is to glue a sheet of Dynamat on the cabinet wall, cut a hole big enough for the fan, and mount the fan on the dynamat. You can also glue Dynamat on any cabinet surface to damp its vibration, very effective. Take a look at their web site www.dynamat.com for more details.

BTW, Some Dynamat products are heavily discounted at Amazon.com.