Carbon filter mounted on the floor / bottom part of a grow tent?

[getbuck]

Hi,

I have a 4x4 tent and got a carbon filter through which I suck the air out. I don't feel comfortable hanging this monster up in the tent's beams since I already have a bunch of stuff there. Intake is passive through some ducting on the ground level of the tent.

I took a chair and mounted the filter on it, just to get it a little closer to the ceiling. I'm having some difficulty in getting the temps down now (before installing the filter my fan was sucking air in the ceiling) but that could be for a few reasons (changed my intake etc), and it's nothing major, just a few degrees higher than before.

Question: Is this kind of setup any good or does it pose some problems for me down the line? Can you run a carbon filter if it's not mounted on the ceiling?

 

[_tessarecting]

Thats fine just avoid splashing water on it

 

[Bush Dr]

Try screwing some steel hooks into the ceiling joists, then suspend it from them with bungees, just make sure you have enough bungees and it's not hanging too much

 

[getbuck]

This is a nice solution:
http://glandorehydro.com/article/floor-mounted-carbon-filters/

but is this really necessary? I have negative pressure in my tent so I would assume that all the air gets sucked out through the filter at some point, ie. there will be no "stale warm air" just hanging around in the top part of the tent?

 

[Muleskinner]

no worries, I always put the filter on the floor of my 3X3 or 4X4 tent. I use a Can 33 and place it in one corner with the fan on top and the vent tube going straight up through the hole in the ceiling.

The filter has a 10" width but the canopy spreads over it and you just have a 6" wide tube taking up a very small percent of the 4X4 footprint. Hell no I'm not hanging that 25 pound filter over my plants. With a 6" Fantech fan cranking there is plenty of air movement through the entire tent, plants love it. Make sure you open enough intake ports in the tent.

 

[theLumberjack]

This is a nice solution:
http://glandorehydro.com/article/floor-mounted-carbon-filters/

but is this really necessary? I have negative pressure in my tent so I would assume that all the air gets sucked out through the filter at some point, ie. there will be no "stale warm air" just hanging around in the top part of the tent?

man some people are really fucking clever

 

[Muleskinner]

man some people are really fucking clever

the only problem with that picture is that all the air is going to flow into the upper part of the carbon filter. Won't work as well - filter will wear out faster. (you can mask off the upper part with tape to help w/ this problem)

IMO you employ overkill with ventilation and you don't have to worry about placement. The space will be a whirlwind of flowing air, all the same temperature. I like the air blowing through my tent hard enough to move the branches around a bit and eliminate the need for a circulating fan.

 

[Crippler]

You already know it's not ideal but IT WILL WORK. I would get some other fan to move the air within your tent from top to bottom and mix that shit up. Then whatever you exhaust out will be the average hot air. Your plants will like it too.

 

[Muleskinner]

you can also *push* the air through the filter, they work just as well. I've also put the filter & fan outside the tent and then you can connect the exhaust hose to whichever port you want in the tent - high, low, etc.

 

[EastCoast710]

This is a nice solution:
http://glandorehydro.com/article/floor-mounted-carbon-filters/

but is this really necessary? I have negative pressure in my tent so I would assume that all the air gets sucked out through the filter at some point, ie. there will be no "stale warm air" just hanging around in the top part of the tent?

that nice solution is great.. lol i didnt think of that i was putting my filters on buckets and wasting space in my tents.. i gotta move out the tents for this next run . but i cant close up the room for light leaks