Homemade charcoal filter advice
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DemonTrich
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here ya go. I built my own, but in a much larger scale.
https://mycotopia.net/topic/5508-diy-carbon-scrubber/
scroll down to post #6
https://mycotopia.net/topic/5508-diy-carbon-scrubber/
scroll down to post #6
GroErr
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Wholly crap, I must have smoked too much last night, there were some post somewhere in here with some cool DIY filters, don't know if they're gone or I'm somehow filtering them and don't know it. Can't take a pic of one I built with some ideas from here right now, babies are lights off and 7 weeks in so I can't disturb them. If you can visualize a bit, here's one I'm using in a small cabinet (2'x4'x5') that's keeping my cab with 0 smell unless I have it open for maintenance. This fits a 4" inline fan (for my cab size it's great). There are grooves about 1/4" deep around the top/bottom of the filter that line up exactly with a 4" inline fan and 4" vent, the material is a soft rubber so you get a nice tight fit. The center hole is 3" diameter, which also happens to fit nicely with a 3" strainer (colander) from the dollar store (2 for $2) to keep the charcoal in but allow nice air-flow.
I bought one of these filters (pic below) at WalMart. It's an automotive air filter, cylindrical type. About $13.
Then I went to the dollar store and bought 2 strainers/colanders for a buck each
Then I bought 2 (I think they're 4 or 6 oz. each) of activated charcoal for fish tanks in WalMart, in the pet section. Well it so happens that 2 of these fill the 3" hole, like they were made for it. These were about $4/each.
Total cost about $23 and it works fantastic. When you need to replace the charcoal, just open up one end, replace the charcoal, then re-seal that end.
The strainers are installed with the concave side inside the 3" hole on each end to hold the charcoal in.
I stapled them in place using the handle (I cut off the handle but left a little stub to staple them to the top/bottom of the filter)
Then sealed both after putting the charcoal in with caulking to keep them in place and ensure no charcoal escapes
Fit one end to the exhaust/inline fan, other end supported with a bungee chord open to the cabinet so the air passes through before being sucked through
Voila, $23, re-usable Inline Activated Charcoal Filter, can't get much cheaper than that for a re-usable filter
Schematic: Filter one end open inside cabinet --> other end to InLine Fan --> scrubbed exhaust out
I bought one of these filters (pic below) at WalMart. It's an automotive air filter, cylindrical type. About $13.
Then I went to the dollar store and bought 2 strainers/colanders for a buck each
Then I bought 2 (I think they're 4 or 6 oz. each) of activated charcoal for fish tanks in WalMart, in the pet section. Well it so happens that 2 of these fill the 3" hole, like they were made for it. These were about $4/each.
Total cost about $23 and it works fantastic. When you need to replace the charcoal, just open up one end, replace the charcoal, then re-seal that end.
The strainers are installed with the concave side inside the 3" hole on each end to hold the charcoal in.
I stapled them in place using the handle (I cut off the handle but left a little stub to staple them to the top/bottom of the filter)
Then sealed both after putting the charcoal in with caulking to keep them in place and ensure no charcoal escapes
Fit one end to the exhaust/inline fan, other end supported with a bungee chord open to the cabinet so the air passes through before being sucked through
Voila, $23, re-usable Inline Activated Charcoal Filter, can't get much cheaper than that for a re-usable filter
Schematic: Filter one end open inside cabinet --> other end to InLine Fan --> scrubbed exhaust out
GroErr
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I was in WalMart yesterday and took some pics of the components so you can visualize this better. These are the parts you need, assemble and you're good to go:
Cpappa27
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the bud dryer is genious im gonna make one today.
panhead
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Yup, the lil bud dryers work like a champ & do not detract from the quality but they are limited to small amounts of about 1/2 lb of dry product , at one point i had 6 dryers running & still couldnt keep up , ive since expanded & gave up on quick drying in favor or net racks because they hold so much more weight , for small personal grows or where odor control is a must then quick dryers are the shit , the real credit for the dryer goes to the man who mentored me & thats Albfuct .
GroErr
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Nice one panhead, have a plant coming up which will only be about 3-4 oz dry, going to build one of these dryers this week and try it out, easy, cheap and if it doesn't affect the flavour/quality it'll save me a week or so by freeing up my cabinet (only current place I have to dry). Waiting for this plant to finish so I can build my room out so this would allow me to get going on the new room earlier, sweet
