Air conditioner exhaust

I have a portable air conditioner unit for my flowering plants and my problem is I have to run the exhaust out the window, which now with my plants flowering makes the exhaust that is getting released put the window stink like bud to high heaven.. My plan was to put a carbon filter on the air conditioner but it would have to be an inline carbon filter, which I do not think they make.. I hope this makes sense, thank you

Anyyy advice would be appreciated

Most any modification to the exhaust is going to result in failure of the unit more than likely.
I guess my question would be (since your location seems to read colorado ) why not pull in cold air from outdoors?
Assuming the winter isn't fucked up as usual. you can usually count on low night time temps here.

hippyripper said:

I have a portable air conditioner unit for my flowering plants and my problem is I have to run the exhaust out the window, which now with my plants flowering makes the exhaust that is getting released put the window stink like bud to high heaven.. My plan was to put a carbon filter on the air conditioner but it would have to be an inline carbon filter, which I do not think they make.. I hope this makes sense, thank you

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I know what you mean, there are no inline carbon filters that I'm aware of. Too bad because they would be quite useful.

At the very least you need to scrub your air immediately. Get a carbon filter, attach a fan to the end and let it run in your room at full tilt to scrub the air. That way much less smell will escape through the A/C. You should also get some of those air freshener beads until you're confident the carbon filter is doing its job. The smell from your grow room is enough to give you away to people passing by your residence and potentially get you in serious trouble, so don't take smell issues lightly. I often think of that saying, No Smell, No Tell, No Sell.

I have a similar style of air-conditioner and vent it into my house most of the time, especially in the winter, to heat the rest of the house but also for me to detect if there are any smells escaping at all. I use a big carbon filter on a 6" Elicent fan at full speed in a small 4x8 room and during heavy flowering there is still a smell, so I augment with air freshner beads and the smell disappears. This way I know there is no smell escaping to give me away, and the closed-loop heating system keeps the house warm in the winter too so it's efficient.

If an inline carbon filter becomes available one day (or could be made DIY),, that would work even better.

And Happy New Year to everyone as well!

Phresh filters make an in line carbon filter. I've been using 1 for my 12000 btu ac unit for about a year. I love it

you can run ohresh filters inline. just have too put the pre scrubber in the inside.

nvm my post. too high

Its a good thread.
I diddnt know they made a filter that wouldnt damage an ac.


In nature plants don't live in plastic buckets but at my house they do or they get the f**k out!

Get a negative ion generator works pretty good

You could use an inline ozone generator. I'm thinking the ac unit will get upset with backpressure from an inline cf.

You can also scrub room air.

You would need a pressure switch to activate the inline ozone generator when ac is running.

I've read good things about ozone generators but does anyone know if the myth that they have harmful effects I true or not??

They are harmful. Only use inline with sealed duct to outside vent. Don't exhaust ozone into your confined space, that's not good. Don't run inline ozone unless fan is exhausting. Put generator after fan or it will rust it all to hell. It will break down cheap plastic duct.

those big blue or whatever they are called would work the ozone generators. as mentioned before.