Building a medium, active carbon filter

OK, I’ve gotten into flowering my first set of plants and the smell is getting very noticeable.

Here’s the problem:; 4 plants, small grow room, venting in subbasement (works for attics too)

Supplies:
6" to 8" duct reducer, stiff wire mesh of some sort, duct tape, wire cutters and 2 universal air filters (at least 16.5"x48"), and about 30 min (plus other stuff i forgot to list)


Size everything up and cut away!



get it to look like this with some tape, and wrapping extra wire from your cuts to hold the frame together


If you want to use some material for pre filters cut it now, but not more than 10 inches or so, we want a good overlap


Wrap it up, this brand comes with Velcro which made it super easy


tape the ends of the filters to the metal (other options avalible too, bungies or claps or what ever)

now you have a nice 28" long, 8" round active carbon exhaust filter!



Pre filters? too easy, use the extra material to pre filter in the grow room, here’s how i did mine :

Fold cut, cut again where the bulb holder is


Attach (I used bungie cords)


Pre filter hang,.. I used bungies again (so useful) it doesn’t really make it any quieter, I may do something about that later.


Here's a shot of it installed on the fan


Should be enough filter for what im working with & last the duration of my flowering

Later I'll try to bake the filters in the oven at 350 or so for an hour to "re activate" the filters and see if i can use them again or just get new filters for my next grow

 

the black material is a carbon filter. just run the air through that and it scrubbs out the bad smells!

 

crist.. i thought this was supose to do the trick.. i have another filter i can fit inside for it to run through i supose

 

So I did it the right way, Here's some pictures of how i made this filter work.


Supplies:



I'm going to take the filter i made above, shrink it abit, fill it with active carbon and put it inline with my dryer vent to vent out side.

This will ensure the air from the grow room doesnt get into my dryer











I striped the cage filter i made and cut it in half to make a "box" filter



Wraped some sheet metal around it so it could be an "in line" filter





I cut the filters and lined the cage with them, then filled it with my carbon and put another piece of filter material on top crammed in to hold the carbon in place



Here's my dryer vent exiting the house, Its 4" so i had to get a converter


Here's my contraption installed




I also stuck my ozne generator INSIDE the pipe, so it runs through this carbon filter, hits my ozone generator, then goes into my dryer ducting and exits the house

Honestly I can still smell a bit of "weedy" smell coming out, but its very muted and i cant smell it unless i walk right up to the dryer exhaust.

my house smells perfect now, no more walking in and getting slapped in the face with plant smell

Venting out side is a must IMO, figure out a way to do it and enjoy!

 

my fan also cools my "cool tubes" so i need a bit of air velocity to keep the lights / room cool... I supose i could try to turn my fan down and let my air flow slower through the filter.. but honestly i'm pretty happy with how it is now, you can only smell a hint of "weed" if you stick your nose right near the exhaust out side.. thats good enough for me!

though it does blow into my dryer a little.. hehe guess my flap design needs a reveamp..