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    This document provides information on adding and subtracting decibel levels. It gives tables of corrections for adding or subtracting noises between 0-15 dB apart. For addition, the correction is added to the higher noise level. For subtraction, the correction is subtracted from the higher total noise level. An example of each is provided. Adding two noises 5 dB apart requires adding a 1.2 dB correction to the higher level. Subtracting a background noise 7 dB lower requires subtracting a 1 dB correction from the total noise level.

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    This document provides information on adding and subtracting decibel levels. It gives tables of corrections for adding or subtracting noises between 0-15 dB apart. For addition, the correction is added to the higher noise level. For subtraction, the correction is subtracted from the higher total noise level. An example of each is provided. Adding two noises 5 dB apart requires adding a 1.2 dB correction to the higher level. Subtracting a background noise 7 dB lower requires subtracting a 1 dB correction from the total noise level.

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    This document provides information on adding and subtracting decibel levels. It gives tables of corrections for adding or subtracting noises between 0-15 dB apart. For addition, the correction is added to the higher noise level. For subtraction, the correction is subtracted from the higher total noise level. An example of each is provided. Adding two noises 5 dB apart requires adding a 1.2 dB correction to the higher level. Subtracting a background noise 7 dB lower requires subtracting a 1 dB correction from the total noise level.

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    Noise DB

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    This document provides information on adding and subtracting decibel levels. It gives tables of corrections for adding or subtracting noises between 0-15 dB apart. For addition, the correction is added to the higher noise level. For subtraction, the correction is subtracted from the higher total noise level. An example of each is provided. Adding two noises 5 dB apart requires adding a 1.2 dB correction to the higher level. Subtracting a background noise 7 dB lower requires subtracting a 1 dB correction from the total noise level.

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    CASELLA USA

    TRAINING INFORMATION
    DECIBEL ADDITION & SUBTRACTION
    Casella USA page 1 of 2
    (800) 366-2966
    info@CasellaUSA.com

    Adding and Subtracting decibels
    Adding decibels
    You can either use logarithmic calculators to add together two decibel values or you can
    use this table of corrections as described below. For noises that are more than 10 dB
    apart the addition of the lower level to the higher one will have a negligible effect on the
    resultant level so can be ignored. Corrections are shown for two noises up to 15 dB
    apart in the table below.

    Difference
    between the two
    noise levels
    (dB)
    Add this
    correction to the
    higher noise level
    (dB)
    0 3.0
    1 2.5
    2 2.1
    3 1.8
    4 1.5
    5 1.2
    6 1.0
    7 0.8
    8 0.6
    9 0.5
    10 0.4
    11 0.3
    12 0.3
    13 0.2
    14 0.2
    15 0.1
    Example
    One machine on its own measures 84 dB(A) at a certain position. At the same position
    a second machine measures 79 dB on its own. What will the effect be of measuring
    both noises at the same time?
    Method
    Difference between the two noise levels is 5 dB so the correction from the table above
    is 1.2 dB. Add this to the higher noise level so the overall measured level for both
    machines running at the same time will be 85.2 dB.
    CASELLA USA
    TRAINING INFORMATION
    DECIBEL ADDITION & SUBTRACTION
    Casella USA page 2 of 2
    (800) 366-2966
    info@CasellaUSA.com


    Subtracting decibels

    You can either use logarithmic calculators to subtract two noise levels or you can use
    the following table of corrections. The table below shows the corrections for differences
    between noise levels up to 15 dB apart.

    Difference between
    two noise levels
    (dB)
    Correction to be
    subtracted from
    higher of the levels
    (dB)
    0 At least 10
    1 6.9
    2 4.3
    3 3.0
    4 2.2
    5 1.7
    6 1.3
    7 1.0
    8 0.7
    9 0.6
    10 0.5
    11 0.4
    12 0.3
    13 0.2
    14 0.2
    15 0.1
    Example
    When trying to establish what the level is of a piece of noisy equipment it is difficult to
    measure it without all the background being present. A solution is to measure the noise
    levels with the background only and then with the background and the noise source
    switched on and running. Subtracting the background level from the total level will give
    the level of the noisy piece of equipment on its own. Total noise level is 85 dB and the
    background alone is 78 dB.
    Method
    The difference between the total noise level and the background noise level alone is 7
    dB. Therefore, the difference to be subtracted from the higher total noise is 1 dB, which
    makes the true noise of the equipment to be 84 dB on its own.

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