Screaming trees
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Good point.
My Carbon Filter Sucks.
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2sheds
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Reversed it and duct taped the flex duct connections. Stood on porch awaiting odor, got none, seems to be working. Thanks.
2sheds
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will get phresh filter, gleaned the name from this thread. In the mean time, I reversed the flange, duct taped the flex duct connections, both fan and filter, and it seems to be working. Some carbon bits fell out, miniscule. I didn't know what was in there, this is first time dealing with issue.
You Cats Have Helped Me. Thank you all.
2sheds
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yes, have one, and it is set too high. Thought lightening speed would scrub odors better. Good, I'll turn her down and save power. Thanks.
slowandsteady
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Glad to hear it. I guess no death by wife today LOL grow on my friend
2sheds
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Just closed opposite window. We are building cabin pressure, negative pressure. Just learned about it in this thread too. Ya know kids, I'm a farmer. (Wait, that's from woodstock) Yes, I'm a farmer. And pre-internet, for 20 years outside (in a different town ) I got the seediest crop each year (always one tiny male would impregnate the entire garden. I'd find him too late, smoking a cigar.) When the fall came, I would try to ADD light. Didn't make sense that 12 and 12 (less sunlight) produced the preferred feminine product.
If I knew then what I do now, I would have had a lot of seedless dewbage, enough to not have streetlamps in the house all winter and summer long.
2sheds
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Heh...if I had a wife, I couldn't afford all this flex tubing. (I don't know what that means...) I have this idea for a movie scene. Cops come to house. I have 'the clapper' set to shut down grow room. I clap off lights. Police roam through house, leader comes in, says, "well, nothing to see here. (claps) let's go!" Lights come on. Claps again. Lights go off. Opens door, finds closet, opens that door. Cops look in, see great plants. Applaud. Lights flash on and off...."and cut. I think that's a take, print it."
Herb Man
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The instructions say always use the pre-filter, yes the white cloth.
And you should be ducting the hot air high, not low.
Even so, the filter should last 12-18 months.
You may want to discuss this matter with the shop or manufacturers of the said filter.
datboytrue
Active Member
I mean high works but for ideal usage you don't want forced air going through cuz whats gunna happen is its gunna suck it through and not scrubb it all, some will still get through and stink
I bought a filter from HTG a few years back. Same thing, only lasted a month if that. Those "tall boys" are all made in china with crappy carbon. I contacted the owner to talk to them about it, they did not know too much about them, they just resold them. Get yourself a Phresh (I am currently using the 8x24") or a Can-Lite (used a 6x26). Both of these provide perfect stealth like coverage for well over a year for me 
2sheds
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It's been 2 weeks (what is time but a flowering number?) and the problem is no longer happening after inversing the filter. I am surprised, and would be elated if not for the new paranoia caused by vegging 21 plants in the Sun. I figure, hey, it's up in the sky, it's free, why not use it?
