odor question

I'm soon to be finished with my cabinet, and plan to have my grow started in the next three days. The cabinet will be located in the closet of my bedroom the dimensions are 4 feet wide 2 feet in depth and 5.5 feet tall. I plan on having anywhere from three to six plants (germinating eight, but I don't plan on more than three to six becoming females). I have family over to my house almost every day. My question is which odor eliminator would work best for me out of these three Uvonair Standard 3,000, a carbon scrubber, or the ono gels. I checked the all out here High Tech Garden Supply
Thanks in advance for the help.

I'm guessing you're not using an HID light so it's not like you need to drop the $$$ on an inline fan. So I might just stock up on ONA in your case.

ozone generators should not be used where humans live - there are health risks associated with them.

There will be some odor - even with a carbon filter - as you get close to the box. at least that is my experience.

I'll be starting with CFL's and then switching to HPS when I start to flower.

How strong is your HPS and what kind of reflector do you have? Do you already have an inline fan?

GrizzSpitter said:

How strong is your HPS and what kind of reflector do you have? Do you already have an inline fan?

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400 watt hps with a four sided horizontal reflector (It's this light High Tech Garden Supply) and no I don't already have an inline fan.

Bonnaroo said:

400 watt hps with a four sided horizontal reflector (It's this light High Tech Garden Supply) and no I don't already have an inline fan.

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i would guess that it is going to get pretty hot in your box without an inline fan.

Is there any evidence to back this up? I'm only asking because im going to be running a bid one. And have never heard this, but I have never used one before either.

Thanks,

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email468 said:

ozone generators should not be used where humans live - there are health risks associated with them.

There will be some odor - even with a carbon filter - as you get close to the box. at least that is my experience.

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Don't know what country you are located in but this is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners | Publications | Indoor Air | Air | US EPA

I was assuming you were talking about the ozone generator - not that carbon filters don't absorb ALL the smell.

I am going to install an intake at the bottom of the cabinet and an exhaust at the top using computer fans for both. Will the carbon filter run out of the exhaust or will there be seperate exhaust for this? I am confused on how the carbon filter works.

Alright, if you can manage this here's what I would do:

1) Don't get the reflector you're looking at. Get one that has at least 4" exhaust ports (you could go 6" but 4 will do you fine!) and a sheet of glass that covers the front.
2) Get an inline fan, the carbon filter, and some air tubing. Just make sure that if you have 4" ports or 6" ports on your light that you have the fan, tubing and filter all the same size
3) Hook the carbon filter to the end of the inline fan that is sucking in air, this will pull the smelly air in through the filter, then hook the other end of the fan up to the light using the tubing, then hook the other half of the tubing to the other side of the light and exhaust it out the window.

You're still going to want an oscillating fan to give you babies a little breeze. But if you're looking for the basics on how to cool an HID and use a carbon filter, there ya go...

#1 - negative pressure to a carbon scrubber. Then some sort of ionizer outside the box then an ozone device on a timer 15 min every 2 hrs is safe in the room. tripple stage protection.