what is a 'sone' - the bath fan sound measurement

Subject: what is a 'sone' - the bath fan sound measurement

Date: Sun Feb 18 10:01:22 2001
Posted by mark
Grade level: 4-6 School: fair oaks
City: pleasant hill State/Province: ca Country: usa
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 982508482.Eg

Message:


We have a project going about how noisey equipment is.  Our bath fan is 
rated 
in "sones" but we can't find out just what that means.  Like what's the 
difference in decibels between a 1 sone fan and a 3 sone fan?  Thnaks
thie first request had my wrong email.

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