<p>I have had my Ender 3 v2 for just over two months and have had a blast working with it. I have printed some mods to personalize it.</p>
<p>One of the things that I have done to help mitigate the vibrational noise is to place my Ender 3 on a concrete paver that sits on top of 3 inches of upholstery foam. This has made a huge difference.</p>
<p>With the vibration noise down, now I can hear the fan on the extruder like never before.</p>
<p>Both fans are listed as &quot;brushless&quot; EFS-04D24L; of course, they look different in the pictures below:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3xxsc.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3xxsc.jpg" alt="Fans label side" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDnem.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDnem.jpg" alt="Fans back side" /></a></p>
<p>What options are there to help reduce the fan noise? I wasn't sure if a baffle or enclosure would help. Or would it be easier to replace the fans with quieter ones?</p>

[{'answer_id': 15746, 'author': 'Greenonline', 'author_id': 4762, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/4762', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Fans driven by brushless (BLDC or BL) motors<sup>1</sup> are the quieter option (when compared to cheaper brushed motors).</p>\n<p>Mounting the fans using rubber anti-vibration standoffs/mounts<sup>2</sup>, instead of bolts, would also reduce vibration (and hence noise).</p>\n<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rRS7h.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Rubber anti-vibration mounts"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rRS7h.jpg" alt="Rubber anti-vibration mounts" title="Rubber anti-vibration mounts" /></a></p>\n<p>Or, failing that, if using bolts, at least use rubber washers/grommets, between the fan case and the frame/mount (maybe on both sides - frame side and bolt head side).</p>\n<p>A baffle or enclosure <em>would</em> reduce the noise, but would also reduce airflow, which may not be desirable, and even detrimental to the cooling, and longevity of the electronics (assuming your fans are cooling a RAMPS board, or whatever).</p>\n<p>Alternatively (and I don\'t necessarily recommend these courses of action):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put up with the noise. After a while, you\'ll get used to it, or become sufficiently deaf, so as not to hear it so much;</li>\n<li>Try to reduce the <em>number</em> of fans somehow. Maybe use passive cooling more - using larger heatsinks on active electronic devices maybe remove the requirement for a fan altogether.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr />\n<h3>Footnotes</h3>\n<p><sup>1</sup> Also known as electronically commutated (EC) motor  and synchronous DC motors. Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushless_DC_electric_motor" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a></p>\n<p><sup>2</sup> Also known as pin, rivet, nipple, peg, etc.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 15750, 'author': 'Perry Webb', 'author_id': 15075, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/15075', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>There are companies making fans with blade design based on owl wings to make the blades quieter. Here\'s an example <a href="https://www.moduflow.co.uk/owlet-fans/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.moduflow.co.uk/owlet-fans/</a> and I\'ve seen other designs.  I don\'t know which design ended up being the quietest.  First, you would need to find out who makes these fans the right size and flow rate for you, then try to find out which is quietest.</p>\n<p>Here is another example: <a href="https://www.bequiet.com/en/casefans/718" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bequiet.com/en/casefans/718</a></p>\n'}]
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