Originally Posted by
C'DaleRider
ka lok....nice setup you have. One suggestion, though. I'd really think about removing the gel pad from under your pump and replacing it with some foam blocks stuck to the underside of the pump.
You'd be quite surprised how much heat is dumped from the underside of Laing pumps and those gel pads, while isolating noise quite well, also insulate the pump into retaining its heat being generated. I was quite surprised to find out how hot my Laing DDC pump was running while sitting on one of those pads.
I since changed over to 3/4" square high density foam blocks--one stuck to each corner....they're 3/4" cubes, actually, and allows at least a bit of air movement under the pump. Made them out of the highest density foam door seal strips I could find at the local hardware store, a pair of scissors, and some double-sided tape.