I'm looking for a cheap and easy carbon filter solution, and I think I may have built something that will work.Let me know what you think. As I've never used let alone built a carbon filter, I based this design off of what Ive seen other people build, so I may be way off base or (hopefully) somewhere in the ballpark.

I took a basic duct coupling with a finned circular base (sorry, I don't know the technical or actual terms for these things, but here is a pic):

I then took about a foot long piece of tubular ducting, not the flimsy type of the sturdier, more rigid type, that I had laying around and attached that to the coupling. I wrapped the base several times in duct tape, and then wrapped a layer of duct tape around the body to give it some more rigidness. I capped off the end with yet more layers of duct tape. As I ran out of duct tape and can;t pick up more until tomorrow, it's not complete, but you get the idea:



Once I have more duct tape, I plan to give it a few more layers of skin, and a thicker end cap. I'll then stuff a piece of carbon filter (the sheets that you can buy as replacement filters) down towards the end cap (maybe ill stuff a few), and fill the chamber up with activated carbon that I got at walmart. Perhaps I'll layer it....carbon sheet, carbon, carbon sheet, carbon, etc. Anyway, I'll plug it at the base with some more carbon sheeting, and then I'll poke some small holes all around the body (the duct tape skin) which is where the air will escape from once it's filtered. Once it has holes, I'll wrap the body in a layer of carbon filter sheet, and there you have it.
Ok, again: total noob here, never built or used a carbon filter, and I tried to build what I've seen others build from home made designs (more or less). This should attach to my vent which extends outside of a wall.

Will this work?
Thepurplem0nkey Reviewed by Thepurplem0nkey on . Home made carbon filter: yay or nay? I'm looking for a cheap and easy carbon filter solution, and I think I may have built something that will work.Let me know what you think. As I've never used let alone built a carbon filter, I based this design off of what Ive seen other people build, so I may be way off base or (hopefully) somewhere in the ballpark. I took a basic duct coupling with a finned circular base (sorry, I don't know the technical or actual terms for these things, but here is a pic): Rating: 5