How To - Carbon Filter

[Tokudai]

Great how-to and parts list!

You can use different sized Caps if you need a larger filter (ie 8" cap and 8-6 reducer), and I fill mine with the crystal-type kitty litter - cheaper than activated carbon and works just as good!

[Bodom Children Of]

Omfg, this is a really good tut? I gotta build one . How many plants do one of these thing's filter?

Check out my grows, I use it with one rubbermaid growbox. I LST so its a bigass plant, yeilded 80g. Could be used otherways of course. :smokin:

Very nice instructions, Thanks!

Shov

Welcome! :stoned:

Great how-to and parts list!

You can use different sized Caps if you need a larger filter (ie 8" cap and 8-6 reducer), and I fill mine with the crystal-type kitty litter - cheaper than activated carbon and works just as good!

This is very true also. If you had a large room you can upsize it all. I'm going to have to try that type of kitty litter.
See you Tokudai at the mini pool 3 table.

[wildchick]

On this filter do you still need to hook a FAN to it for it to work and if so what size fan do u use and best type to get for it and where to get a fan for it if needed???

Jamie

[Bodom Children Of]

any 4 inch fan preferable inline duct fan or something of the like. canfan, vortex, etc. Try to get a fan with highest possible cfms for your use.

[mellogold]

iono if its just cause im stoned or what, but the end without a endcap the 6-4" reducer part, how do you keep the carbon from spilling out into your ducting and how do you seal the inner screen in the reducer so that you get the most suction through the carbon....?if you could post a pick looking down the reducer that would clear this up for me...thx man


edit, ok looking more closly i can see how you made the seal, but the reducers i get at the depot dont have a lip on the inside were i would clamp the 4" sreen to, do you put in a 4" collar into the reducer to get this lip?

[Cornelius]

can you use this as an in-line filter? or what? how are you supposed to hook this up?
I love it, i've been looking for a how to build one of these for a while, and now i know.

[Bodom Children Of]

iono if its just cause im stoned or what, but the end without a endcap the 6-4" reducer part, how do you keep the carbon from spilling out into your ducting and how do you seal the inner screen in the reducer so that you get the most suction through the carbon....?if you could post a pick looking down the reducer that would clear this up for me...thx man


edit, ok looking more closly i can see how you made the seal, but the reducers i get at the depot dont have a lip on the inside were i would clamp the 4" sreen to, do you put in a 4" collar into the reducer to get this lip?

I was wondering this also. I made this so long ago that I forgot. It looks like I put the lip in there because there is tape all around it. I would assume yes i put a lip in the reducer.

can you use this as an in-line filter? or what? how are you supposed to hook this up?
I love it, i've been looking for a how to build one of these for a while, and now i know.

Yeah i have mine hook up to an inline fan with ducting.
It won't let me post pics right now or i would show you.

[Cornelius]

Yeah i have mine hook up to an inline fan with ducting.
It won't let me post pics right now or i would show you.

I'm about to build a cool tube for my hps, and I want to build one of these filters for the system.

[Bodom Children Of]

I'm about to build a cool tube for my hps, and I want to build one of these filters for the system.

Should work very well, remember you can upgrade the sizes to make a bigger filter for a bigger room. :stoned:

[Cornelius]

Should work very well, remember you can upgrade the sizes to make a bigger filter for a bigger room. :stoned:

yeah. i'm still curious tho how to stick this in line. It looks like theres a cap on one end, so how would air flow thru?