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  • #16
    Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

    Originally posted by Mal link=1180576817/0#14 date=1180679187
    I made a little sound-deadening booth from a suitable size cardboard box that I lined with sound absorbent material.

    Mal.
    Mal,

    Ive heard of "closet" coffee drinkers....

    But you must be the first closet coffee grinder...

    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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    • #17
      Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

      Originally posted by JavaB link=1180576817/15#15 date=1180680597
      Mal,

      Ive heard of "closet" coffee drinkers....

      But you must be the first closet coffee grinder...

      ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
      LOL ;D , dont know about that JB (pretty small closet :P) but desperate situations call for desperate and creative solutions when ones significant other is making threats along the lines of shoving the grinder where the "sun dont shine" . The box I used was a bit larger than a shoe-box and opened up from the small ends, fitted over the Lux perfectly.

      Mal.

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      • #18
        Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

        Maybe the 3 year old wants a coffee.

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        • #19
          Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

          Originally posted by Thundergod link=1180576817/15#17 date=1180703309
          Maybe the 3 year old wants a coffee.
          yep - that is exactly the issue
          she comes downstair to the kitchen and ask: "do you make coffee?" while still rubbing her eyes.

          Just to set things straight, no one actually complains, just she wakes up earlier than she would if the grinder is not on.
          Thanks for all the suggestions including trading in the 3yr old, but thats too extreme

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          • #20
            Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

            You could sell the Iberital and switch to a Rancilio Rocky.... but you wouldnt be able to eliminate the noise.

            The Rancilio motor hums so silently when there are no beans in the hopper that Ive forgotten to turn it off a few times. But if there are beans there, it does make a small racket, although probably not as aural as the Iberital. Something to do with the burr set design, as the conical burrs are noiser than the flat burr sets, apparently.

            Lawrance

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            • #21
              Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

              Originally posted by tempestv8 link=1180576817/15#19 date=1181187719
              Something to do with the burr set design, as the conical burrs are noiser than the flat burr sets, apparently.
              Its the reduction gearbox that makes most of the noise,

              Mal.

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              • #22
                Re: making Iberital Challenge quieter??

                You can try putting earplaugs in his ears.

                My kids would (and always have) sleep through a bomb going off.

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