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MannyBoy · 10-15-2009, 06:55 AM

Thanks Pharm. I may have to bite the bullet and buy a real carbon filter from a hydro store, but I'll cross this bridge when I get to it.

I did some searching on this site and on some others and found some ideas about venting and odor control. One grower had a 4" exhaust tube like mine with an inline fan. I think his was attached to his HID light, but other than that it seemed to be the same. Her/his cabinet was also about the same size as mine. Getting to the point, this grower brought air in from the bottom back of the cabinet using two clothes dryer vents like you see on the outside of your house. They open and close by the force of the air on the louvers. A nice elegant solution. Two vents may be overkill - her exhaust fan may be more powerful than mine?

A different grower had directions for a DIY activated carbon filter that he built for like <$60 using 1/4" screen, regular window screen, 8" to 6" and 6" to 4" reducer pieces, and end caps. He basically made a screen tube within a tube - filling the in between space with activated carbon. Again, an interesting potentially elegant cheap solution.

More to the point of this thread, I also found a posting about a grow using a 46 watt LED. The quantity of the finished dried product was lower, but the quality, strength, and taste he judged as superior to a clone of the same female grown in a 250 watt HID. This sounds great to me I will be using a 46 watt LED panel (maybe supplemented with 36" two bulb T5 CFLs.

If anyone is interested, I can post links to either of these DIYs.

10-15-2009, 06:55 AM	#12 (permalink)
MannyBoy YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 58 Thanks: 20 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Thanks Pharm. I may have to bite the bullet and buy a real carbon filter from a hydro store, but I'll cross this bridge when I get to it. I did some searching on this site and on some others and found some ideas about venting and odor control. One grower had a 4" exhaust tube like mine with an inline fan. I think his was attached to his HID light, but other than that it seemed to be the same. Her/his cabinet was also about the same size as mine. Getting to the point, this grower brought air in from the bottom back of the cabinet using two clothes dryer vents like you see on the outside of your house. They open and close by the force of the air on the louvers. A nice elegant solution. Two vents may be overkill - her exhaust fan may be more powerful than mine? A different grower had directions for a DIY activated carbon filter that he built for like <$60 using 1/4" screen, regular window screen, 8" to 6" and 6" to 4" reducer pieces, and end caps. He basically made a screen tube within a tube - filling the in between space with activated carbon. Again, an interesting potentially elegant cheap solution. More to the point of this thread, I also found a posting about a grow using a 46 watt LED. The quantity of the finished dried product was lower, but the quality, strength, and taste he judged as superior to a clone of the same female grown in a 250 watt HID. This sounds great to me I will be using a 46 watt LED panel (maybe supplemented with 36" two bulb T5 CFLs. If anyone is interested, I can post links to either of these DIYs.