Wash out carbon scrubber?

[YASoob]

I remember reading somewhere in this forum or another forum that you can clean out your NEW carbon scrubber so that you can eliminate all the dirt or something like that. So should i do it? any problem will occur?

[babystarbud]

you cant clean it, you have to replace the carbon with fresh stuff once the filter starts losing effectiveness.

and you dont need to clean a new one, it should be supplied in a sealed plastic bag to prevent the carbon absorbing any particles untill you need to use it.

[YASoob]

thats what i thought. The one i had before (which was new) didn't smell so great. I think it was because of the dust, idk. I think it would be more reasonable to take out the carbon and clean it off then hosing it down. what u thing?