Is It Possible to Clean a Carbon Can Filter?

NoGutsGrower

NoGutsGrower

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I like the angles to! they were slowing down the fan while I waited for the dimmer, the tent had way too much vacuum. It saved me from buying another fan, was going cheap with the tent because it is only holding 4 plants. Plus the size of the filter hood and fan dont leave much room for ducting but move way more than enough air. I have a whole 12x12 bedroom for a grow, and just started that tent to start another strain from seed (dont use fem seeds and dont want males in my other roomS). go to my profile and check my posts. It will tell you when I got the tent, I posted in the tent club thread when I got it. started a new stain and built a dwc bucket. So, Going back to our original conversation, quote me where I am wrong!
 
NoGutsGrower

NoGutsGrower

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WeeGogs said:
by the way, i love the acute angles you have in that ducting, is that an art form, or do you like to go slow with the flow.

and on another thread you advised a guy to pay $91 for an industrial timer well check these out i already use them they get inserted in to your consumer unit (fuse box) and run a gang of sockets. look at the specs of this little baby. these are made with self extinguishing plastic.

http://www.switchtec.co.uk/catalog_m_and_c.php?page=20_STS-DW

they will handle 4000w and they are the best timers on the planet.
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yes I did advise him to buy that one, because I know what works well for me! I am not going to advise someone to use something I haven't.
 
Zheol

Zheol

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Wow... Personly I say to each thier own yes alot of ideas are not gonna work but offer advice but fighting over the Internet is like jumping out of plane with no shoot just pointless hence the reason I don't post much we each have our own ways of doing things and learning some can be told/read what to do and be fine while others have to do and fail

cheers
z.

Ps everyone fire up a fatty
 
NoGutsGrower

NoGutsGrower

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WeeGogs said:
by the way, i love the acute angles you have in that ducting, is that an art form, or do you like to go slow with the flow.

and on another thread you advised a guy to pay $91 for an industrial timer well check these out i already use them they get inserted in to your consumer unit (fuse box) and run a gang of sockets. look at the specs of this little baby. these are made with self extinguishing plastic.

http://www.switchtec.co.uk/catalog_m_and_c.php?page=20_STS-DW

they will handle 4000w and they are the best timers on the planet.
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WeeGogs said:
by the way, i love the acute angles you have in that ducting, is that an art form, or do you like to go slow with the flow.

and on another thread you advised a guy to pay $91 for an industrial timer well check these out i already use them they get inserted in to your consumer unit (fuse box) and run a gang of sockets. look at the specs of this little baby. these are made with self extinguishing plastic.

http://www.switchtec.co.uk/catalog_m_and_c.php?page=20_STS-DW

while that timer may be nice it wouldn't work for me. On my 120 supply I am drawing 36 amps/4320 volts or if it is only running 115 it is still 4140 volts, on just that veg timer (have 1 more plugged into the rooms original wiring), left a 4 amp buffer not good to run stuff right on the edge. I first got the tent so I could move the veg closet and start a new strain in the closet (sealed the tents not). so the first setup was 1400watts (1k hps 400 mh) with an ac unit pumping. didn't want to wire a thermostat for the a/c and build tubing to blow the ac in the tent and didn't have room in the tent for it. so I moved the setup back where it was in the closet and started the new stuff in the tent. was going to get another setup for the closet but figured I would test run it in the tent before I bought another a/c unit and fans. I got my dimmer so the kinks are a better, still not perfect but keeps the temps down with out an ac. The tent will still improve but I still have to wait a few more weeks for the next harvest before I can buy more stuff (sugga momma said I had enough stuff growing and is making me pay for it myself)
tent 2.jpg
Oh well enough show and tell for me! been a nice chat!
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NoGutsGrower

NoGutsGrower

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WeeGogs said:
here is a few pics of a grow room almost finished and the fans are as quiet as a mouse and will push and pull 1015 cmh or 35844.3 cfh or 597.4 cfm
the 10" acoustic ducting is amazing you can watch tv with the sound down low in the room next door.
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oh yeah, I will say your room looks nice and I didn't call you an idiot until you called me one, misquoted me and said that I was wrong about the carbon. No hard feeling! Hope your new room goes well!
 
WeeGogs

WeeGogs

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NoGutsGrower said:
oh yeah, I will say your room looks nice and I didn't call you an idiot until you called me one, misquoted me and said that I was wrong about the carbon. No hard feeling! Hope your new room goes well!
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ok, mates all the way.


i will let you see my progress soon.
 
hoagtech

hoagtech

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WeeGogs said:
ok, ok its not 4000w its only 3840w, sorry its 160w short.

here is a cracking little conversion calculator.

http://www.supercircuits.com/resources/tools/Volts-Watts-Amps-Converter

put 240 in the volts, and 16 in the amps and let me know what wattage you get and vice versa.
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True, but a ballast uses over its wattages and a typical 1000w ballast runs at 4.75 amps. Since your not supposed to load a circuit past 80%, your reluctant to get 3 going with a fan plugged in
 
NoGutsGrower

NoGutsGrower

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hoagtech said:
True, but a ballast uses over its wattages and a typical 1000w ballast runs at 4.75 amps. Since your not supposed to load a circuit past 80%, your reluctant to get 3 going with a fan plugged in
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I have mine loaded to about 90%, have been running for years with out a problem. I know its not good to run them at max but I think the 4 amp or 10% buffer I leave is plenty. I'm no electrician so If there is good reason I should not run it at 90% then I would love to know! I don't run it at 100% just because its kinda common knowledge not to run stuff at 100% all the time! I'm not afraid of my ballast, bulbs, breakers, timers popping! even if a ballast or fan fail I don't think they are going to effect my power! even if I get a crazy power surge, a 4 amp buffer is about the same as on my other household breakers (20amp breaker only drawing 16amps I know is a 20% buffer but is still only 4 amps). If you can explain why the 4 amp 10% buffer isn't enough please do!
 
WeeGogs

WeeGogs

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hoagtech said:
True, but a ballast uses over its wattages and a typical 1000w ballast runs at 4.75 amps. Since your not supposed to load a circuit past 80%, your reluctant to get 3 going with a fan plugged in
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this is not totally correct you can use 4 x 600w or 3 x 1000w lamps with each one. Tried and tested by me.

fans are better run from a cheap terrarium temperature computer like the atc-800 or the atc-800+
these are tried and tested too by me the atc-800+ is the better of the two.
i have never had a problem with these. you can run fans, air coolers, air conditioning systems etc, from the cooling side which has a 3 minute compressor protection timer fitted, and you can run a heater on the heating side too for cold nights.

ebay uk : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ATC-800-NEW-DIGITAL-TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLER-PACK-1-/230615343778?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item35b1bee2a2
ebay usa : http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-LED-Heater-Chiller-Controller-ATC-800-NIB-/160579985823?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256350219f

and here is a smaller temp controller 110v version
ebay usa : http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Digital-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat-Aquarium-/400189661346?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d2d29a0a2
i have never used one of these though.

the unit is 7 inches wide.
and as far as i am aware they only do a centigrade version and not fahrenheit
and you can set the min temperature in winter to 18c and a heater will keep your room at this temp until lights come on.

they are a bit nippy to wire up but if you follow the instructions carefully you wont have a problem.
the atc-800+ is easier to wire up, as the instructions in the box are very easy to follow, easier than the atc-800.
 

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christhjesus

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So, do we wash Carbon or buy new? hmmmm.... do we buy a whole new filter or just replace the carbon? hmmmmmm..... is there a specific type of carbon that works best or a certain manufacturer? hmmmmmm.....
 
Berserkergrow

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Yes you can clean and reactivate carbon. You must heat the carbon pellets, then use either lye or calcium chloride to soak the pellets for at least 24 hours. It is cheap and if you have a metal container to put on a grill or even in the oven on 400 for about an hour. The absorption will reset. It is not hard and if people understood the chemical reaction, I would post it. I have done this many times. Buying a fresh carbon filter is easy for most people. But I just wanted to point out that there are ways to reactivate and clean carbon. You can also if it summer and it is over 85 degrees, take it out of the filter and soak it in vinegar for 24 hours, then spread it out in the sun for a few days. This is cause it to rinse and then reactivate. It will be as good as a new one. But some would disagree. See I worked in the coal mines. Geothermal engineer.. So I know my shit!
 
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