Carbon scrubber

[whynot]

Hey folks.

 

I did a search, but it failed to reveal too much.

 

Anyone here have experience with carbon scrubbers?? Thinking of getting one. The more info, the better.

 

Thanks.

[jackfrost]

Carbon filters are the best peice of equipment your grow room can have, to stop those nasty smells getting up your neighbours noise.

 

I would put one on your exhaust air fan and another one just sitting in your room with a fan on top scrubbing the air in the room all the time.

 

They work lots better than a ozone gene but you have to have a large (1000mm x 300mm) one to get good results, and they are very expensive about $800 each for the filter plus about $200 for fan.

 

Hope this helps

[whynot]

Thanks JF. Yeah, I've been looking at that size. I don't mind paying, just heard one bloke complain about scrubbers in general. Said they get wet and blocked all the time, but I haven't heard anyone else complain.

 

I had Ozone in the past, but found there was a fine line btw killing smell and killing myself.

[jackfrost]

The only draw back is that you have to change the charcoal every 10-12 months and its about 200-300 dollars.

 

Another trick is really seal (air tight) your grow room, you will be suprised how much air escapes from around door jams, floor boards, small cracks etc.

[Mr Putard]

hey,

 

um, why not try a hot box????

 

http://www.autospeed.com/shop/category_140...403/browse.html

[pipeman]

thanks for the link putard. People have mentioned cheap negative ion generators before but as yet I haven't found a place to buy them. Is this the same as an ionizer? If a negative ion generator is used in conjunction with an ionizer will they cancel each other out? (probably a stupid question I know)