Carbon filter getting clogged

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xX_BHMC_Xx

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ttystikk said:
Hard water plus humidifier = tons of calcium carbonate thrown into the air, clogging carbon filter.

Mystery solved! You're welcome.
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MichiganMedGrower said:
You are late. I asked about this on post 3 and it was explained about the dust and tap water already.

You're welcome!
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Yeah, this is what I was thinking as well. Any way around this? Do I need to buy distilled water for the humidi?
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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xX_BHMC_Xx said:
Yeah, this is what I was thinking as well. Any way around this? Do I need to buy distilled water for the humidi?
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Yep. Distilled water doesn't have the mineral content.

Another alternative is a swamp cooler. That's evaporative so it won't spew the minerals. It will build up on the cooler pads instead. Those are easier to replace, however.
 
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I was thinking about running a small swap cooler plumbed into the side of the box... kinda defeats the point of growing in the armoire though. Seems like a decently priced RO unit might be the way to go... anyone recommend a decent, relatively cheap, low volume unit?
 
MichiganMedGrower

MichiganMedGrower

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xX_BHMC_Xx said:
I was thinking about running a small swap cooler plumbed into the side of the box... kinda defeats the point of growing in the armoire though. Seems like a decently priced RO unit might be the way to go... anyone recommend a decent, relatively cheap, low volume unit?
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I use this one. And only for my 2500 cubic foot whole house humidifier anymore. My plants like my deep well water so I am still on it the first main filter (the expensive one to replace) and the second pre and carbon filters (relatively cheap to replace) in the 3rd year.

I used ro for my first 6 months or so growing first.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002JLACGK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/131-7410117-8734127?ie=UTF8&qid=1497412728&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=hydrologic+stealth+ro+100&dpPl=1&dpID=519bOmZIN4L&ref=plSrch
 
linky

linky

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This ro filter is cheap and comes with a bunch of new carbon/sediment filters, works fine, I have a few of them, was getting like 7-10ppm our of it, changed the membrane to a filmtec for ~20 bucks on amazon and now 0 ppm ro water out of it. I use an ultrasonic humidifier, no problems with my carbon filter using that with this ro unit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Stage-Reverse-Osmosis-Drinking-Water-System-RO-Home-Purifier-13-TOTAL-FILTERS-/381480301165?hash=item58d1ff726d:g:eLQAAOSww9xZL2ws

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003LMFV7Q/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
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