Easy to Build DIY Carbon Filter

Hey that looks GREAT Alway lookin to save a Buck THANKS

Deffinite kuddos for this how to. I've been looking for something just like this to help with the ventilation problem. By far an awesome idea. Thanks!

I've seen other tutorials that use activated carbon bought from pet stores to make it instead of an actual filter replacement. Just wondering if this is an improvement over that or what?

Thanks

Simple. Cheap. Awesome.

Nuff' said.

MightyBuddha, thats some awesome shit man! I was just considering goin out and spending 400$, now i dont have to, hehe. reps for you bud!

80degreez said:

I've seen other tutorials that use activated carbon bought from pet stores to make it instead of an actual filter replacement. Just wondering if this is an improvement over that or what?

Thanks

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Same thing I was wondering

That's a pretty friggin sweet scrubber buddy. I will def be puttin one of those togetha, as opposed to spendy a few unnecassary hundo. Good lookin out. We can all appreciate that.

Nice application but, how would I do this using my bathroom exhaust fan as the main source for odor extraction. I don't have a huge grow room, I just used the corner in my bathroom as the grow spot and it is getting a little smelly. I was thinking about getting some of those odor eliminator gel thingys. U just put it in your living room and the gel slowly dissolves. There not that strong but with maybe 2 of them it may work but this looks cool I wanna build this. Tired of just sitting around waiting for my bitch to get big.

FUckin tite! I am gonna hopefully be makin a grow cab and will be incorporating a DIY carbon filter just like this one to it. Thanks man keep it up!

so i would attach this to the air flowing out of the grow room from my inline fan correct?

thanks for posting this

wow that pretty Innovated. I might have to try that.

That's super cool. I was wondering how does one know what size to build to be compatible with the exhausts' fan CFM?

Let's just say the fan is a Vortex 4" inch. 172CFM

I read somewhere online that it has to do with length? But I've seen some brand name filters emphasize the pounds of carbon?

Anyway, thank you.

What is the mother of invention boys and girls???

kick ass guys. appreciate yall spreadin the wisdom amongst us noobers...

I built a large version of this with equiptment from local stores for about $40 (including a built in fan). It works impressively well so far. I used a larger sheet meta duct vent peice to fasten the activated charcoal and tube chamber directly to the fan. I drilled holes in the sides of the vent peice then tied it on to the fan with zip-ties, then went over it with duct tape to seal gaps and create a tight duct.

Thanks for the ideas!

How effective are the DIY filters?

so i have been looking at inline fans, and it seems like the cheapest one would be >100 dollars. i have seen filters that are filled with vapor phase activated carbon and have an inline fan (the one i found says 350 cfm). heres a link

10 X 14 Carbon Air Filter Hydroponic Odor Scrubber - eBay (item 160289526878 end time Oct-08-08 22:55:20 PDT)

i guess the downside would be you couldn't vent fans w/ it, I've never tried it, just speculating

just built one of these today. looks so damn sexy wrapped in black electricians tape. hot damn!

nice ill try this out