Air Filtering for intake on louvered vents
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qballizhere
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First thing that comes to my mind is getting a filter for a furnace a little bigger than the louvered opening. You can build a wood frame for the filter to sit in leave it open on one end so you can replace it.hey
well back to work
ok here is what i am looking for a filter that can stop Mold and other things comming into a grow area
this is the vent type........does anyone know of something that is already made for this or is this a DIY with a lvl 7 air filter type of deal
justugh
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that is what i am thinking or using a cental air filter
justugh
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@qballizhere
the ? is the humidty lvl .......at 944ft there are days that the RH is 94% and we are in a cloud bank so far the lowest i seen outside is 55% and that was for one day avg for the last weeks is 76% currently at 84%
i was hoping the that since green house are so pop that someone might have invented something to handle this aspect
u know anygood antimicrobal/fungi stuff i can coat screen in keep from growing
oregon weather is freaky i was in portland and actually sawl moss growing in there street signs for the street cars
the ? is the humidty lvl .......at 944ft there are days that the RH is 94% and we are in a cloud bank so far the lowest i seen outside is 55% and that was for one day avg for the last weeks is 76% currently at 84%
i was hoping the that since green house are so pop that someone might have invented something to handle this aspect
u know anygood antimicrobal/fungi stuff i can coat screen in keep from growing
oregon weather is freaky i was in portland and actually sawl moss growing in there street signs for the street cars
qballizhere
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Here in colorado we have the opposite problem the rh is 10%-15% you can dry buds in 2 days.
One type of filter material I thought of is for swamp coolers and use it as a prefilter that can be washed and cleaned but its not level 7 filter
Maybe just spray lysol on the filter area monthly during the summer after cleaning the filter.
Honestly if the humidity is that high and the temp is right mold and fungus is inevitable just can prevent it in areas
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SouthCross
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Lowe's sells a large rectangle of 3M reusable filter. It's blue. It's located by the other A.C. filters. You can cut it to shape. I'm using the same to filter my intake vents. Also does a good job of blocking the light from the LED inside and the room light. Outside the cabinet.
justugh
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do u know anything i can treat the filter with ......the rh here is always high .......the volume of air that will move over them will be alot and at some point they will be moist enough to allow spores and other things i am trapping to grow and live on the filter
at this point i am thinking i am going to need to do something my partner is not going to likes the looks off but it is the only method i know
the vents are set back so they can open a close and i use half a U bend for HAVC ducting on the outside to make a rain shield...just screw a few pegs into the bottom like inch back to make something for the filters to stop against and use duct tape to seal it up so it all goes tho filter but easily removed
have the filters replaced with new ones every 2 weeks (dry clean dry coat with something dry again wait to use in rotation )
i know filters.....i built boxes for grow rooms i know i need a lvl 7 filter to trap mold spores but a lvl 7 is pretty fluffy it what traps the bad stuff but does not restrict the air flow .....it gets wet from the just RH in the air 0-60 ok but 65-80-94%
that is where i am stuck