I have just built the Zen style DIY carbon filter...http://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/101248-best-diy-ez-walmart-carbon.html and attached it to my 95cfm PC fan. The fan is not powerful enough because the air does not blow through the other side it just gets rejected back the other way. Any suggestions to how I can fix this? Would adding another one of the same PC fans stacked right underneath this one do a good job at increasing the overall power?
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HELP with FAN & FILTER!
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colonelcrackers
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The best way to fix your situation is to PULL the air thru the filter rather than PUSHING it. Most PC fans have almost NO capability to push air thru a filter. You will need to re-arrange it so that the filter is on the intake side of the fan rather than the exhaust.
colonelcrackers
Active member
Kiwiboy,
While I agree that a centrifugal fan might be BETTER than the PC fan he is using, I think in his case the easiest thing to do to improve the functionality of what he's got already is to turn the fan around and pull thru the filter. I would think that a centrifugal fan would be overkill for a mesh pencilholder scrubber, don't you??
