How To - Carbon Filter

[Tokudai]

I run one with 10" and 6" caps, and hook it right into a 6" fan. This way it has 2 inches of filter media to pull through on every side, plus its about ~ 3 feet tall. I use kitty litter in mine and no-one can smell a thing

The whole room is vented through it like this (Scrubber)(Inline Fan)(Ducting) (LIGHT) (Exit Port), so its sucking through the filter and blowing de-stinkified air across the light. My friend doesn't air cool his light, so the filter is hanging right above the light fixture connected to a fan blowing out, and sucks heat/stink out from right above the light.

They work awesome, I wouldn't even think of not using a scrubber of some kind in any grow. Even the nice smell of a full room in bloom can get a little old after years

[Tokudai]

heres a pic of the kitty litter after 4 months in my filter. So change about 3x a year for 6-8$ a change. Way cheaper than carbon and works great

[Bodom Children Of]

wow, I'm gunna go buy some kitty litter now.

[Borde in Space]

i think that im gonna try this with a 55 gal plastic drum. will be fun to get thru i think that a drill will work. and im gonna make a cabnit for it so it will be stealth (i think that if my landlord caught me then he would ask for a cut!! he he)

[canuck grower]

Now I just have to go to the store and buy some pantyhose. I'm sure I'll get some weird looks.:rasta:

Yeah I'm not looking forward to that either. I think I'll just tell them that it's for a robbery I'm doing later. I'm going to put one of these filters together over the next few days or week in a cab I'm planning out.

I'm going to try out the crystal kitty litter at first. In case I need it, there's a grow shop here that sells activated carbon for $5/lb. Is that too much? It seems like a lot, but maybe that's why Tokudai uses the kitty litter.

-canuck :jointsmile:

[Tokudai]

Yeah I'm not looking forward to that either. I think I'll just tell them that it's for a robbery I'm doing later.

LOL from my last time buying pantyhose for this project.
Talk about wierd looks

Go to Lane Bryant, or Catherines, or any local "Plus Size" womans shop, and get the biggest pair of pantyhose they have Size F (5'3"-5'9", 400-450 lb)
.. (Hehe the lady looked at me when I asked and said "Sir, these would be way too big on you!")

[doco]

heres a pic of the kitty litter after 4 months in my filter. So change about 3x a year for 6-8$ a change. Way cheaper than carbon and works great

Thats an awesome pic showing the results of scrubbing. What is that brand of kitty litter? I guess Ive never seen the blue stuff before...

[canuck grower]

doco: I found some at the grocery store, silica gel kitty litter. I've never seen it before, but I've never had a cat so that makes sense. When I get my cool tube and the cab's closed all day it'll be a true test, but so far at night it seems to work.

I just got some pantyhose from the drug store. I didn't think about getting bigger ones, but man it would've been so much easier if I had. I didn't even know they had sizes! Ah well, live and learn. I got a strange look from the dude at the shop buying some nylons and a Twix. You story takes the cake though Tokudai! lol

-canuck :jointsmile:

[Tokudai]

Thats an awesome pic showing the results of scrubbing. What is that brand of kitty litter? I guess Ive never seen the blue stuff before...

Fresh Step Crystals


http://www.freshstep.com/img/products/crystalsfoto2.jpg

[Zandor]

Thanks for the thread I hope you don't mind I made it into an FAQ for others to find easer.

Props dude