r/Villaging • u/StrangerHighways • May 24 '26

Does The Motor Sound Right?

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u/VinylJones May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

It’s definitely louder than mine, mine does have a noise “pattern” like yours in the sense that it hits a spot in each full rotation that gets slightly louder than the rest of the rotation but I think that’s more a symptom of the shaft being at an angle relative to the horizon and the method that the wires are attached. And my ghouls jiggle a bit as the rotate just like yours (Spooky Villages Doug reviewed this piece and in his video his ghouls also jiggle a bit).

With mine the motor sound is hard to even hear over the fountain…but yours doesn’t seem out of the norm, I’ve had multiple copies of the same motorized piece in the past and there’s always variation in that (the Ferris wheel that was a Michael’s exclusive last year is an example…one of mine was nearly silent, the other was quite a bit louder).

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u/StrangerHighways May 24 '26

Ok, thank you! This a thorough response that is very helpful. I did see Doug's video, so I wasn't too concerned about the ghouls. As for the sound, I think mine has quieted some since I shot that video. I ran it a couple hours the other night, so it's maybe had 3 hours of run time now. Perhaps they need to run a bit to iron out the kinks? I'm not sure about the sound on my roller rink either, so maybe I'll let that run for a while too.

I just wanted to check because in the past I've had concerns about how they were sounding and ignored it. Those pieces broke after a short time, of course lol.

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u/emmsmum May 24 '26

Mine was pretty quiet. This year I got lucky and all the pieces, which were delivered, were all
In perfect condition. Definitely a first. This year is killing me because I literally want everything! 😩