grow tent with carbon filter. still having odor issues. Help RIU brothers

Ok, I have 4' x 4' dr grow tent, with a 4 inch carbon filter (can filter) set up ventilating the tent. I have a 8 inch sun system cool sun reflector with the glass, being cooled with an 8 inch can fan, seperate from the room exhaust. I am still having odor problems it stinks still like a dam skunk outside of the tent! Does any one know what the problem could be? what else can i do to properly nutrilize the odor consistently, with out having to spray deoderizers all the time? Any suggestions will be very appreciated.

how many times do you need to post the same question??

I know my carbon filter works better by pulling the air thru it, instead of pushing the air out of it. My filter is inside my cabinet with the fan on the outside.

is everything air tight in there?

If you make sure your fan is pulling air out of your tent you should be good as no air will leak out of any cracks or seams because as your fan pushes air out it will be pulling air in any cracks or seams. Get it? Is at that point you still stink then your either not moving enough air or you carbon filter is not big and or good enough to eliminate smell. What size fan and what kind are you using?

GanjaCarp said:

If you make sure your fan is pulling air out of your tent you should be good as no air will leak out of any cracks or seams because as your fan pushes air out it will be pulling air in any cracks or seams. Get it? Is at that point you still stink then your either not moving enough air or you carbon filter is not big and or good enough to eliminate smell. What size fan and what kind are you using?

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I am using a 4 in. eco plus inline fan. The filter is a 4 inch can filter.

4 inch is slightly too small, 5 is better but 6 will see you right

Yeah I'd go 6 inch and make sure you pulling the air through the carbon filter. Have filter in tent with 6 inch in line pulling air through the filter and pushing out the tent. That way you wont have any air leaking out only in.

http://www.plantitearth.com/environmental-control/the-speedster-grounded-variable-speed-controller.aspx get one of these and your problem will be solved, i had the same issue at first with my tent, what the problem is is that the fan pulls to fast for the filter, the smell needs a little bit of dwell time to absorb the stink, slow that fan down and the smell will go away

how high is your humidity? high humidity can mess with a carbon filter.