Can my carbon filter be too big?

[Jimmy Dickskin]

Team

Hello everyone! I'm back for my second year of indoor growing. As soon as the Christmas stuff comes down the tents go up!

I just bought this 8" x 22" carbon filter on an auction site. I didn't realize how huge it actually is. My existing set up is mostly based around 4 inch fans and ventilation. Am I able to rig this up to my 4 inch system and have it work properly or is it just too big? I'm gonna run it in a 32 x 32 x 6' tall Tent

 

[1212ham]

Team

Hello everyone! I'm back for a quarter mile my second year of indoor growing. As soon as the Christmas stuff comes down the tents go up!

I just bought this 8" x 22" carbon filter on an auction site. I didn't realize how huge it actually is. My existing set up is mostly based around 4 inch fans and ventilation. Am I able to rig this up to my 4 inch system and have it work properly or is it just too big? I'm gonna run it in a 32 x 32 x 6' tall Tent

Bigger is better with filters. Less restriction, more flow and better odor removal.

 

[laddyd]

There are 4 to 8" duct adapters that you could use. Amazon, Walmart, home Depot have them.

 

[coreywebster]

Itl last you a lot longer too

 

[Jimmy Dickskin]

OK! I guess I'll delete the post I made on OfferUp and I'll keep it. Thanks everyone.

 

[conor c]

There are 4 to 8" duct adapters that you could use. Amazon, Walmart, home Depot have them.

There not hard to make up either if you wanna save the trip and have some scrap a pair of snips a rivet gun a few rivets and sealer/tape kicking about it's just a tapered collar with one end bigger than the other to fit onto your filter to the existing spiral/ducts

 

[Blue brother]

I allways oversize the filter where possible, they last longer, run quieter, allow much more air through than if you were using a 4 inch filter with a 4 inch fan, literally everything is better apart from hanging the thing haha

 

[ScroteCombover]

Sup @Jimmy Dickskin !!! We should hang out together sometime.

 

[sureshot138]

big heavy filter in a small tent, i'd put it outside the tent and blow into it.

 

[potpimp]

There's no such thing as too big of a filter, too much money, too young, or too much weed.

 

[Mr. Mohaskey]

Only issue is the amount of air flow will create a lot of suction in your tent, and the walls will be sucked in. I have an 8" filter with a 4x4 tent, open 2 intakes on bottom, set fan to low, and still have this issue.

 

[Blue brother]

Only issue is the amount of air flow will create a lot of suction in your tent, and the walls will be sucked in. I have an 8" filter with a 4x4 tent, open 2 intakes on bottom, set fan to low, and still have this issue.

Then the fan is running too fast or there isn't enough intake capacity, try either using a fan speed controller to get the right fan speed to maintain the environment, or using some of the other duct ports on the tent as intakes, I love me an intake above the canopy, it's actually very beneficial.
Hope this helps