The Upward Spyral

[spyralout]

If you want I can get a pic tonight when the lights come on of what the two pieces look like. Both have a thin charcoal-paper-cloth junk for a dust filter. A single layer keeps dust out of the fan, and you can shop-vac the outside when it gets dusty. It's pretty obvious against the black paper. But 2 layers with charcoal pellets in between is for smell - not ventilation. It's a trade-off. It depends on what you are worried about.

If you are growing in mom's basement and don't want her to smell it, go for the whole filter LOL

Yea if it isn't too much trouble.
Jesse it sounds sorta like your design I saw at your house.
Visuals always help thanks man!

 

[H.A.F.]

Yea if it isn't too much trouble.
Jesse it sounds sorta like your design I saw at your house.
Visuals always help thanks man!

Lights on is in 2 hours - yell at me if I don't post something

 

[H.A.F.]

I forget stuff for some reason

 

[spyralout]

I forget stuff for some reason

You have it as your handle so you WOULDN'T forget

 

[spyralout]

Yo @H.A.F. are you US/Canada/Mayan Temple/Bangladesh?

 

[Hotwired]

Yo @H.A.F. are you US/Canada/Mayan Temple/Bangladesh?

You forgot alien

 

[H.A.F.]

Yo @H.A.F. are you US/Canada/Mayan Temple/Bangladesh?

 

[H.A.F.]

I remembered!
Here's the outer shell - weighs nothing. balanced with a twist tie holding it in place (room overhaul pending harvest...)

The inner shell - needs cleaning sometime when the plants are not under it.

And the junk from the inside of the filter (the pellets) and the leftover carbon-cloth I made the filter box out of.

 

[H.A.F.]

You have it as your handle so you WOULDN'T forget

H.A.F.
Have I Forgotten... ?

Nope, doesn't work

 

[spyralout]

I remembered!
Here's the outer shell - weighs nothing. balanced with a twist tie holding it in place (room overhaul pending harvest...)
View attachment 34805
The inner shell - needs cleaning sometime when the plants are not under it.
View attachment 34807
And the junk from the inside of the filter (the pellets) and the leftover carbon-cloth I made the filter box out of.
View attachment 34806

Nice thanks man! Where is the filter box?
Jesse has a pretty cool design that doesn't use a can like this and passes thru a box with AC HEPA filters and buckets of charcoal. I understand most of the concept but sometimes I'm slow and ask stupid questions.

 

[spyralout]

H.A.F.
Have I Forgotten... ?

Nope, doesn't work

(My) High Ass Forgot

 

[H.A.F.]

Where is the filter box?

Hard to see it good. I'll see if I can find the "construction" pics. PCV frame, wrapped in carbon cloth, with a cardboard box over one end to make it sturdy for the collars.

 

[Capt C]

Hard to see it good. I'll see if I can find the "construction" pics. PCV frame, wrapped in carbon cloth, with a cardboard box over one end to make it sturdy for the collars. View attachment 34826

Any concerns with condensation in the attic with that set up? Are you in a colder climate in the winter?

 

[H.A.F.]

Any concerns with condensation in the attic with that set up? Are you in a colder climate in the winter?

My attic has true 2x lumber that was milled in the late 1800's. There is exactly ZERO moisture up there LOL

 

[H.A.F.]

Climate is 4 seasons, 1000ft elev. None of the seasons drastic (for long)

 

[H.A.F.]

You can see how fluffy the insulation stays

 

[H.A.F.]

I have a multi-sensor monitor, and the rH in my living space is 40%. One closet is 40% and the other is 50%. The outside sensor reads 90%. I think I am keeping the attic dry

 

[Capt C]

You can see how fluffy the insulation stays

Yes it looks plenty dry. Just curious i was reading a thread a while back were serious moisture issues pumping that warm air into a cold attic space. I might have to build something like that for a regular nutone exhaust i have in the ceiling of the grow area.

 

[H.A.F.]

Yes it looks plenty dry. Just curious i was reading a thread a while back were serious moisture issues pumping that warm air into a cold attic space. I might have to build something like that for a regular nutone exhaust i have in the ceiling of the grow area.

I saw that one too, considered it, and discarded it as low on the list of stuff I needed to worry about

My toughest thing is to get younglings acclimatized to a low humidity environment.

 

[spyralout]

I just got home and saw fresh baked cookies. 3/4 way through one my GF said omg which one did you eat?? Looked at the tray - that's the strongest one! Decarbbed kief cookies

I know better. See you on the other side