Ok, I already found a flaw so I thought I'd post it. The star fin crap at the base allows air to escape, so I need to get a coupling that does not have that on there. I saw plenty and will get one tomorrow.
Assuming this setup could work, would it also work if I attached a mesh screen at the end instead of an "end cap", or is the point of the end cap to force the air to circulate through the carbon before it gets toe scape? My ducting is such that I would like to attach the filter to my ducting right before it exits through the exhaust. So, rather than attaching the filter to the end of outtake port like most people, due to its location and tight fit, it would work better for me to attach the ducting that comes from my light to the filter, and then attach the filter to a SMALL piece of ducting which would then go to my exhaust.
Would the filter work just as well if I left the end open with a screen instead of closed? Would the air rush through the carbon too quickly and not be effective if I did that?
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