Exhaust air near neighbors house...DIY inline carbon scrubber or inline ozone gen???

[RamCTD1027]

My grow room is completely sealed with AC, humidifier, dehumid, and Co2 generator. The three-600watt lamps are air cooled. Air is taken from an adjacent room and sucked over the lights, and then exhausted outside through the only window in the room, which is very close to the neighbors driveway. In theory, since the room is completely sealed and I am taking air from an adjacent room and exhausting it outside, the air should be clean. Since the air is exhausted so close to my neighbors driveway, I NEED to be sure its clean.

What are my options? This is what I came up with.
I currently run a 40lb carbon scrubber in the room (10'x6'x7') at 1hr on/1 hr off.

Option 1: Build a DIY inline carbon scrubber to place after the 6" vortex that cools the lights to scrub the air before it goes outside.

Option 2: Buy a Uvonair 8" inline Ozone generator and place this after the 6" vortex. Build a baffle box to place after the ozone generater so the ozone has a chance to mix with the air before it is sent outside.


What do you think would be the best bet for my situation?? Are there any other options that would work better??? Thanks for the help!!!

Ram

 

[sneakyninja]

Just an fyi: Uvonair recommends 15ft of ducting after the Uvonair unit in order to effectively eliminate any odors.

 

[RamCTD1027]

sneaky: I am aware of this. I was hoping to avoid that by making a baffle box. Saw that recommended in a thread from the search function.

One thing I couldn't find was whether ozone is effective and worth the price or should I just go with a DIY scrubber??

 

[Haps]

Your premise is wrong. All systems, can and will fail at some point, and it's yer ass. I vent into another room instead, in a similar circumstance. And my heat bills are low.
H

 

[Sad247summer]

Why vent the air from the reflector outside? Why not inside the house? COver that with a window mount AC unit.NEwho Def carbon over ozone cause ozone has its own smell as carbon if done right = nosmell.

 

[RamCTD1027]

Haps: That was my initial plan, however; thoughts changed now that summer (high outdoor temps) is on its way. The only other adjacent room where I can vent the hot air to is a 10'x16' room which holds the washer and dryer. I was under the influence that this room will become WAYYYY to hot during the summer months if I vent the air cooled light exhaust in this room. What do you think? During the winter, I figured I could vent the heat directly into a living space directly under the steam radiator, but during the summer, I figured it would get tooooo hot.

Sadsummer: same response for you. I initially planned to vent inside but I am just unsure whether the other room will get toooo hot. Afterall, this adjacent room is used on occasion and I dont want it to become un-usable because of the heat.

Thanks again for the help.

 

[Snook]

My grow room is completely sealed with AC, humidifier, dehumid, and Co2 generator. The three-600watt lamps are air cooled. Air is taken from an adjacent room and sucked over the lights, and then exhausted outside through the only window in the room, which is very close to the neighbors driveway. In theory, since the room is completely sealed and I am taking air from an adjacent room and exhausting it outside, the air should be clean. Since the air is exhausted so close to my neighbors driveway, I NEED to be sure its clean.

What are my options? This is what I came up with.
I currently run a 40lb carbon scrubber in the room (10'x6'x7') at 1hr on/1 hr off.

Option 1: Build a DIY inline carbon scrubber to place after the 6" vortex that cools the lights to scrub the air before it goes outside.

Option 2: Buy a Uvonair 8" inline Ozone generator and place this after the 6" vortex. Build a baffle box to place after the ozone generater so the ozone has a chance to mix with the air before it is sent outside.


What do you think would be the best bet for my situation?? Are there any other options that would work better??? Thanks for the help!!!

Ram

fast forward 7 years! I too, want to know about that inline ozone generator. I vent into the attic.. do they do a good job? ... Trout, do you use one of these ??

 

[Catatafish]

Bumpski's...

Yea i need some additional options myself. I have some ultra fucking skunky cut that i cant even trim anymore. It seeps thru everything. Its not so bad while growing, ecsd is a little worse, but once you start trimming it......its no contest. Sealed room trimming helps some but i get light headed sitting in those high co2 areas.

Does ona gel just perfume up the place or does it actually absorb smells?

 

[Millsie]

You need excessive space for a ozone generator to work plus they're somewhat expensive

It's your ass if you get caught I would 110% buy secondary damn scrubber
Carbon filters work, we know this, utilize them or pay the price

 

[Mikell]

Vaporteks?

 

[hush]

The smell of ozone is a dead giveaway to people who know what ozone smells like. It's not all that stealthy, IME. I admit, it smells like a lightning storm, but if there's no lightning or rain anywhere, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I wouldn't consider this as an option, personally.

 

[Miraculous Meds]

The smell of ozone is a dead giveaway to people who know what ozone smells like. It's not all that stealthy, IME. I admit, it smells like a lightning storm, but if there's no lightning or rain anywhere, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I wouldn't consider this as an option, personally.

I second this. The smell of the ozone generator is obvious as hell. My buddy ran one and I hated the smell. Hate or not u can smell it. The carbon filter doesn't leave a smell at all.

Ona gel does eat the odor, but it again has a potent noticeable smell. Plus if ur not exhausting all ur smelly air thru a system then ur just mixing ur stinky air with ur choice of odor eliminator. this goes for carbon filters too. But in a sealed room a scrubber is definitely worth running. I would always run a carbon filter. Preferably exhausting if possible. then as a additional measure if u chose, run ona sprayers, gel, or ozone generators. They should be ur extra back up systems that help while the carbon filter is ur work horse.

Pretty much everything is a bandaid compared to the carbon filter. Exhaust with a carbon filter and u should have 90 to 99% effectiveness if u set it up right. Ur back up should be an additional scrubbing carbon filter. then for power failures and such I like having the ona mister's that are battery operated.

 

[TheArchitect]

Combination of methods works best.

Carbon->ozone->exit

Use ona inside.

Ozone needs to be utilized properly to work, but is absolutely effective.

1: it needs contact time, so extended runs of duct, or a mixing plenum will be required.

2: size, size, size. You don't need an industrial sized ozone machine to do an effective job. Not only is it dangerous to health, but it is corrosive to materials in high concentration, in addition it does have a distinct metallic odor which could be a giveaway.

3: placement is crucial. DO NOT put it before your carbon filter, it ruins the carbons ability to adsorb the VOCs we want to catch.


using ozone as a final step, not a complete solution is the best method to maintain op-sec in regards to odor.

 

[vostok]

As Vostok steps out of the DeLorean..
I can only advise you to be 'fans off' during the time the drive way is busy, and to be best buddies with your neighbor.

Vostok climbs back into the DeLorean ..

but not before asking for an update ...lol​

 

[Snook]

The smell of ozone is a dead giveaway to people who know what ozone smells like. It's not all that stealthy, IME. I admit, it smells like a lightning storm, but if there's no lightning or rain anywhere, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I wouldn't consider this as an option, personally.

I agree. we have 2 big cats and they are not outside cats...
my story to those that question the Oz'gen by the front door is for the resulting odor from the cats litter box. yes, that rain smell is much better than the smell of urine in the box.

i'm sure scrubbers work well too but the noise from running another fan isn't the answer in my application either... although the in-line Ozgen might fill the bill.