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In Reply to: Preferred circuit breaker panels posted by MVA on March 5, 2006 at 21:32:51:
The main panel is normally found in the garage, attached opposite the exterior throw switch (it is outside so the fire department can shut down the house before the get it wet, reducing the risk of electrocution).... and you notice that garages aren't that heavily constructed ? If you are in a position to spec, or you can find a contractor to do a little spec work for you, or if you're handy with a drywall saw and a screwgun, see if you can attach a layer of Homosote (a dense recycled paper/binder resonance control board) first, then put your sheetrock layer over that. An untreated steel stud and 5/8 rock standard construction rings like a bell and sounds nasty as all get out. If you want to go a little more, stuff your wall cavities with fiberglass insulation, put the studs on 14" centers insead of 16" centers, and do a triple wall of 5/8 rock, then 5/8 Homosote, then a final 5/8 rock..... why bother ? Well, because, go into any run o' the mill builder grade house and hit the wall with the side of your fist, sounds basically like a cardboard box, right ? Hit a typical garage wall and it sounds like a cheap gong. That boardy-gongy sound will become a tone characteristic of your entire downstrean circuitry, and that will suck. Really suck...and here you are paying all thet money for fancy dan anti-resonant equipment furniture ? Hellloooooo....OK, what if the wall's already up and you're not in the mood to erect a second wall over the first one, or the box is in and that's that... you're second best move is to go buy a couple of gallons of specialty acoustic paint, it's thick mineral loaded water base that will take you a good long afternoon to paint up the wall, two coats much better... a lot easier than a construction project.... this will reduce considerable mechanical noise in the humm'n'buzz range...
QuietCoat is a good product to consider.
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- The surface the panel will be mounted on is critical - tonemaniac 07:47:18 03/08/06 (0)
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