what is the best for odor control?

[Guest]

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[marx2k]

If you're pumping air to the outside, and you're refreshing air at a good amount for your space, I'd suggest an ozone generator inline with your exhaust ducting

 

[rainAgI4]

You should really get a carbon filter before a ozone generator imo

 

[KARMAKID]

Go with a carbon filter inside your room. filter=fan=out^

 

[Guest]

I like vaportek or vaportronic 400 for sealed systems,you'll have to spend a little on replacement filters

 

[marx2k]

I would do both (And sorry, I dont know anything about O2 generator quality/names)

Pull from a carbon filter through a cooltube/air cooled hood, through the o2 generator and out the house.

 

[Guest]

I personally don't like ozone generators...which actually generate O3...not O2. But I don't like them because of their negative impact on human health. But since you are pumping the air outside, then it wouldn't be so bad.

But a well built carbon scrubber will do just as well and has absolutely no negative by-products from the result of it's use. That alone leads me personally to go with the scrubber.

 

[Guest]

After realizing you are exhausting outdoors I also would recommend a carbon scrubber,if done correctly its probably the best way to go.I used to use hydrofarm ionizers in my 8 by 8 flower room,they worked surprisingly well for several months but thats about it.I dont do ozone.I'm highly impressed with vaportronic for "sealed" grows and "hangrooms".I have the vaportronic optimum 4000 in the flower room and the vaportronic on the wall in the hang/cure room.I have no problem leaving my front door wide open,none at all.Thanks again for the 40th time Rez lol.

 

[Old MacDonald]

DIY Carbon muffler

DIY Carbon muffler

With some inspiration provided elsewhere, I came up with this carbon can "muffler" for my smaller enclosures. Use a 70 cfm, 2 sone (very quiet - same or less noise than fan cooled pc) bathroom fan inside, hooked up to 4" flex tube which goes to the "muffler" then vents out.



These are the parts for the first go round - the carbon is a universal hepa room cleaner carbon pre-filter - bout a foot tall, 4 feet long.



first go round I had limited length space so used an adaptable elbow taped to stay put, attach to 6" to 4" reducer then other end attached to 6" vent



Rather than go round and round and round with thin alum screen, I found 1/2" stiff wire which I cut, rolled and taped to 4" solid end cap on one end and a thin plastic 4" to 3" reducer on the other. This forms a 24" long 4" diameter tube sealed at one end, open at the other.

The carbon prefilter (all of it, doubled over, 24" long) got wrapped around this, it came with velcro to hold it, and I taped once a bit in the middle to help hold closed without blocking as much air flo as poss.





This carbon "core" get inserted inside 6" tube (open end towards fan, closed end towards vent), the whole thing taped up and sealed, then placed in enclosure.

It's up high, so doesn't interfere with my light rack, there's 24" length, 4" diameter of carbon filtering going on, so for a small box (3'x5'x8') it works beaut. odor = zip!



This is my second slightly smaller box, already had a 4" vent tube, so rather than replace, I used two 6" -4" reducers on either end, 6" duct tube (cut to 25" long to make sure it was longer than 24" core so that air has room to escape at the sealed end of the core) and I'm odor free and there's no honkin can hangin round outside the enclosure.

Vent tube that goes thru enclosure wall - silicone all around the hole to seal it up!



Costs
fan - $40
extension cord for fan - $10
flex tube - $10
6" duct tube - $5
6" - 4" reducer - $4
wire (big enough roll to make 3 of these) - $11
carbon filter - $16
vent - $5
duct tape - $5
4" end cap - $3
4" -3" reducer - $3

There's my 2 cents....

 

[StealthSniper]

Carbon Filter, hands down. Herbalhitman is right, ozone does have serious health issues for humans, I would steer well clear of them.

Good luck, stay safe

 

[marx2k]

For those who are talking about O3 + Human Health risk, remember this is only if it is in an enclosed environment where the O3 builds up. In the poster's case, it is going directly outside which isn't an issue.

 

[Guest]

Not an issue unless his fans go out,not an issue unless his timer fails,ozone is always going to be an issue to me,I have my best friend here too and I wouldn't take the chance,no way.A lot of people know how to use it and wouldn't use anything else but I dont fall into that category

 

[mysticls]

ballastman say you have a cab and your cab vented into a room.. if you placed a vaportek in the room the cab exhaust to, would it be sufficient enough to rid the smell 100% w/o having to use a carbon scrubber??