Help me finish my scrubber 10 x 10 x ???

[cough_cough_eer]

How tall should it be???
in the pic is the basic idea.(more pics in the gallery) I plan to use reg. window screen on both sides of the wood. That leaves about 1/2 inch thickness for the carbon. Just not sure how much carbon I'm gonna need.

• 400 HPS w/ cool tube
• room is 4x6x8
• scrubber is 10 x 10 x ???
• Hopefully about 6 big flowering girls

 

[Guest]

I like the concept, let me stare at the pic for awhile and see what I can come up with. Looks like you need help with the actual filter portion of the design.

 

[Guest]

I assume that's going to be a hollow space between two 1/2 inch layers of charcoal? Anything going in that space?

 

[Guest]

It might help if I read the post before I answer ... DOH

Mo,

 

[cough_cough_eer]

yes , hollow inside. just one layer of charcoal tho.the 2nd pic in the gallery kinda made it look like two layers(I'm making 2 scrubbers) although perhaps I need two layers didn't think of that.




I plan to put a layer of screen material on the outside of the frame and another layer of screen on the inside of the frame. then the carbon goes inbetween the 2 layers of screen.

 

[Guest]

I'd make three of those rings and seperate them with 3 inch gaps. That would give you a total of about 7 1/2 to 8 inches.

I'm not an expert, but I like to tinker...lol.

 

[Guest]

.....and that's with a half inch bed of charcoal in each of the 3 rings.

 

[cough_cough_eer]

uuumm... I was thinkin about 2ft high, but I've never used a scrubber, so I dont know how much carbon I need. Thats a good idea about the third ring, the screen gonna need more suport. I 'm gonna see about getting some fence wire and maybe use that with the screen material.

 

[Guest]

Sounds cool. I'll be interested in seeing how it works for you. Good luck.

 

[Guest]

If it's about a 1/2 inch think, I'd go with about 2ft. My scrubber is a lil more than 2 inchs thick for the carbon and the height of a 5 gallon bucket. Don't know if you've gotten your activated carbon, but I'd recommend gettin pellatized carbon. Order it in bulk off the internet; most petsores charge a lot for very little carbon



Check my gallery for more pics.

 

[cough_cough_eer]

Thanks Visone, funny you should mention the bucket becouse thats what I kinda went by as for a diagram. I ended up using hardware cloth for support,as the screen material just wasn't workin for me.Then I wraped the screen material around that (since I already had it cut) the I used some nylon netting material around that becouse the carbon was a lot smaller that I previously thought.(aobut 1/2 the size of my fish tank carbon)I should have looked at it first. I did end up makin it 18 inches high only becouse that way I would have exactly enough hardware cloth to finish. It did have a major design flaw(I would tell ya but would really make me look stupid) but I think I got it worked out. I know how not to build the next one.

Thanks for your input Visone, and Elvis too

 

[Jay Hoffa]

How do you build one of those, or do you think it would be better-simpler-smarter/to buy one?

 

[Guest]

It's way cheaper/SMARTER to build one. Do a search on OG, they have lot's of ways to make one. I only paid about 50 bucks to make my carbon scrubber, and that includes a 10lb bag of pellitized carbon. Minus the cost of the 170CFM fan, ofcourse.