Air Scrubbing

[DaDuck]

I am in the 6th week of flowering on my first grow. I live in a one bedroom apartment and the smell is getting pretty strong. The plants are in a walk in closet in my bedroom, but it's to the point now where I can smell them all the way over by the front door. I like the smell, but I doubt the apartment people would. If the maitenance guys came in here for some reason I'd be fucked. I have a small grow tent, but my plants got too big for it. I don't really want to buy a bigger tent though. I am trying to find a way to eliminate the smell. I've googled it and researched it a bit and obviously I need a carbon filter. I want some sort of open air filtration system though. I don't want one of those little inline filters you use for a cabinet or a tent since it's unlikely I'll buy a bigger tent. I looked through some different units, but I have no idea which ones would work better than others. Do any of you have any experience with this kind of thing? I need somebody to suggest a particular open air filtration system or a certain brand. Anything to point me in the right direction would be very helpful. thanks

DaDuck Reviewed by DaDuck on 03-31-2010. Air Scrubbing I am in the 6th week of flowering on my first grow. I live in a one bedroom apartment and the smell is getting pretty strong. The plants are in a walk in closet in my bedroom, but it's to the point now where I can smell them all the way over by the front door. I like the smell, but I doubt the apartment people would. If the maitenance guys came in here for some reason I'd be fucked. I have a small grow tent, but my plants got too big for it. I don't really want to buy a bigger tent though. I am Rating: 5

[Charbud]

You should buy a small ozone generator. They dont cover up smells they turn oxygen into ozone, in the process all odour and bacteria is eliminated. You can buy small units which simply plug into the wall and look like a small air freshener. The ozone smells like air after a thunder storm, quite hard to explain but if you get one you will know what i mean ! Units are around $50 and work great in small areas and are very safe. If i were you i would leave it near the entrance and it will freshen all the air leaving your apartment

Charbud

[redtails]

Check out Ona products, cheap solution to smell. Ionizers and ozone generators work well for open air systems as well.

[DaDuck]

Can any of you guys tell me which one I need to get. I linked three of them I looked at. The first one is small. I can't imagine that being enough to completely eliminate the smell even if I put it in the closet with the plants. I only have four plants, but they are putting off quite a bit of stank right now. The second two units are a little bigger. I would think they could handle the job.
I have a couple questions about how these work too. All of them seem to have timers. Don't you want one that is going to pretty much stay on continously? Are all of them the same at filtering odors or are some going to work better than others? I know some of the use different methods of removing the smell than others. Here are the links to a few I looked at.

CAP OZN-JR Ozone Generator Odor Control Hydroponics HPS - eBay (item 280210964781 end time Apr-10-10 05:42:04 PDT)


Hydroempire, Organic Hydroponic Nutrients, Indoor Grow Lights and Supplies - Uvonair Ozone Generator - 1000 cu.ft [AACOUV1000] - $179.95

NEW COMMERCIAL OZONE GENERATOR MACHINE AIR PURIFIER - eBay (item 260578338377 end time Apr-01-10 06:08:41 PDT)

[stra8outtaWeed]

hey duck...the second one is what i have and use it when i need to clean out the odors form my house....which i s only if the kids are coming over...other wise it is my favorite air freshener and i enjoy the odor of freshly trimmed OG SFV Kush in the house....hmmmmmm tastey!

i got mine at Aqua Serene in Ashland...not sure where you are in Oregon but they hsve store in Eugene also:thumbsup:

[bigtopsfinn]

You can always get some of those odor-killing CFL's for everywhere outside the growroomhttp://boards.cannabis.com/growroom-...cfls-work.html

For the bedroom/closet you can make a DIY carbon filter. Just buy a few pounds of active carbon and make a box with a shelf (for the carbon) and a few computer fans so that the air is circulating through the box and through the carbon. Intake hole(s) on the bottom, carbon shelf in the middle, and computer fans on the top pulling air out the box. It'll cut down your smell without having to buy expensive pre-manufactured filters and inline fans :twocents:

[DaDuck]

I'm still searching for the best way to rid my apartment of the blatant marijuana smell coming from the plants in my closet. I ordered a fan and carbon filter setup the other day that should be here wednesday, but I don't know if that will be enough. I have been looking at ozone generators a lot and noticed that a lot of people say that they aren't safe. Especially if you use a bigger unit in a small area like an apartment. Is that true? I don't want to be like those jackasses that run a generator in the house and kill everybody. I'm sure that an ozone generator wouldn't kill me, but why do they say it isn't healthy.

[redtails]

It's because ozone (O3) isn't all that stable compared to oxygen, that's how it can attatch to odor particles easily and cause them to drop to the floor. I'd assume that high concentrations would lead to lack of O2, just like added CO2 or any other gas really, and prolonged exposure to this could result in cancer to Californians or something .

[bigsby]

Hi DaDuck,

I'm not sure if this will help but let me walk you through my situation and how I am going to tackle it. Odor is of particular concern to me. Note that in my situation it is going to be quite difficult for me to vent externally. In this regards I believe our situations are similar. I'm willing to spend a little money on this if needed. However, my grow room will be enclosed such that I will be able to vent and scrub which is different than your situation.

My solution involves redundancy and dual technologies - I will cap the 6" intake duct with a carbon scrubber and I will deploy an ozonator in the vent room to deal with anything that gets past the carbon filter. I'm going to start with the carbon scrubber. If it is not able to keep pace with the odor then I'll deploy the ozonator. Thoughts appreciated. Will the carbon scrubber alone do the job? Are there better options?

I've looked at the odor boxes (ONA and that stuff) but seems to me that that is just a mask and nor really applicable to my situation except as perhaps triple redundancy. I want the odor killed. DaDuck, you many want to also look at an odor mask like the ONA stuff. You could situate it close to the front of the house thereby providing a first line of defense. There are a bunch of DIY kits you can pull together yourself.

[Bongojaz]

i vent my hood out of the grow area, but i scrub the air in my room. i just put an in-line fan on top of my carbon filter and put it on a repeat cycle timer. it blows up to the ceiling, i.e. scrubber, and also helps a bit in circulating air around the plants.