My Carbon Filter Setup

I'm having a problem with the smell of my plants. I'm going to go buy the stuff I need to make my little filter setup and would like some opinions on what I should do.

I was going to go buy a small circular 9" fan and put it in a tube of some sort, like a round air duct tube. Then I was going to put a carbon filter on one or both ends of the tube with some aluminum screening.

Now in this setup there might be a little space around the edges of the fan and I was wondering if that would matter much? I will try to wrap tape around the fan and the tubing to try to seal the space in between them.

Think this would be okay for a filter system? I would like to keep the setup as simple as possible.

how about messing with an air purifier with ionizer, i know its a bodge but might work.best of british on your grow.

chances are, you could get away with something even simpler and cheaper.

describe your setup.

Actually your idea isnt half bad, but just know that a simple fan isnt rated to have backpressure and you will burn out the motor faster.

Homedepot does carry inline fans for $30 rated at 500 cfm.. There technically Duct Boosters.

Hmm I didn't think about the backpressure burning up my fans motor. Ok so I will get an inline fan instead.

My setup is just a circular metal duct tube with a fan in it and a carbon filter on one end or I could put filters on both ends with the fan in between the filters. The fan will be a few inches away from the filters so that the filters aren't right on top of the fan.

I was looking at some fans at Walmart today and they had some ionizer fans does anyone think that they would work to get ride of the smell?

Should I just get an ionizer fan instead and save myself the trouble? How long do they last? Or do you just wipe off the ionizer with a damp rag and put it back into the fan?

ionizer puts a negative charge in air which is supposed to stop smells,they also have a hepa and carbon filter in.filter can be changed or poss altered and improved,ionizer keeps going nothing to change.i got 1 here cost me 15 quid .

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/89855-carbon-filter.html this is what i did

del66666 said:

how about messing with an air purifier with ionizer, i know its a bodge but might work.best of british on your grow.

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would you fancy some crumpets and a spot of tea guvna? jk

im gunna start saying bodge now.

Thanks for the help everyone. I'll go get the ionizer fan and the stuff I need to make a carbon filter. I can't decide on which to get so I'll just go get them both and see which one I like better lol.

ismokeshrubs said:

would you fancy some crumpets and a spot of tea guvna? jk

im gunna start saying bodge now.

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two sugars please and off i jolly well go.

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For a carbon filter, I really think this is more effective then the "activated carbon" filter wrap and would last much longer. With your own supply of cheap good activated carbon (DONT BUY RETAIL) from ebay that you can use for more filters or refills.

If you want an ionizer for pot odor you will need to spend 150 or more on a true UV ionizer. I have tried the ionic breeze and other cheap air ionizers and they do not controll pot odor.