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Don't ignore these tiny sounds from your washing machine

A washing machine that hums when idle usually has a control board issue. The board is sending signals to the pump when ...
The New Zealand Herald

Family’s battle with council over noisy heat pump reaches Environment Court

Patrick Smith took a battle with the Christchurch City Council over his heat pump to the Environment Court. Patrick Smith and his family just wanted to stay warm at night, but it proved to be a battle ...
Yahoo Finance

A New Era for Breastfeeding: Willow Unveils Willow Wave, the First Wearable Manual Breast Pump

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Willow Innovations, Inc. (Willow), the Femtech leader and inventor of the first fully in-bra wearable breast pump, is once again revolutionizing the ...
GlobalSpec

Soundcheck! Practical fixes for hydraulic and pneumatic noise pollution

Studies of noisy hydraulic or pneumatic-powered operations don’t typically linger on operator discomfort, on wincing or ear-covering gestures. It’s not that plant managers aren’t sensitive to the ...
This is Money

Will we see 'noisy heat pump' rows as Ed Miliband lets homeowners put them right next to neighbours?

Homeowners no longer need to get planning permission to install a heat pump less than one metre away from a neighbour's property, the government has said. As Labour battles to boost the number of heat ...
PC World

I made one small tweak to my gaming PC. The payoff has been huge

When it comes to PC cooling, there are two important factors to keep in mind: cooling performance and noise levels. Is it worth shedding a few extra degrees on your CPU just to drown yourself in fan ...
BBC

What are heat pumps and how much do they cost?

A planning restriction that prevented heat pumps being installed within a metre of a neighbour's property has been removed. The government hopes the move will encourage more people to install the ...
CBC.ca

All quiet in Oak Bay: Vancouver Island community limits how loud heat pumps can be

If you're hoping get away from all the world's noise, B.C.'s Oak Bay may have what you're looking for. The southern Vancouver Island community, home to about 18,000 people, has been phasing out noisy ...
theScore

Nuggets' Adelman claims Clippers pump in fake crowd noise

Denver Nuggets interim head coach David Adelman has some suspicions about the acoustics at the Los Angeles Clippers' new arena. Adelman, who took over for Mike Malone earlier this month, accused the ...
The Daily Dot

‘Now the folks across the street can see you put $2 in’: Man demands answers after seeing the new gas pumps at Shell

A Shell customer was surprised to see new gas pumps at one of the chain’s locations. Rioo (@riootwotimes) documented his surprise at seeing the new fueling fixtures in a viral TikTok that’s accrued ...
Car and Driver

How Does an Automatic Transmission Work?

According to Meineke, most automobiles use a form of automatic transmission called a hydraulic planetary automatic transmission, which is also used in a scaled-up version in some industrial and ...