Thank you for the great idea I'm so surprised that you're one of the few people on RU-vid that implement this type air filtration as a home use and not a grow use. I myself are just waiting for my delivery of my inline fan and charcoal canister and I will be up and running within a couple of days and just in time for fire season here in California. I believe this system is far superior than most systems at a fraction of the cost I'm going to tinker around a little bit later on in the year and try to add a UVB light but for now I think I'm just going to keep it simple. Take care and thank you again for the knowledge
Good but you could time setup. You could put goes in a sealed bucket above the carbon filter and have it working the right direction, with fan on too, much more efficient to bull air than push. Good luck
Thanks for your comment. I was considering flipping the fan around and trying it in other direction just for that reason and to extend the life of the HEPA filter but haven’t yet. Do you work in the air filtration industry? Maybe we can figure out a better design to help people put together an better DIY filter
So the air is pushing out towards the hepa filter or pushing out towards the carbon filter? Which way would be best to further filter out Smells in a room from smoking weed?
My understanding is the best way is to pull through the hepa and push through the carbon. I actually run mine the opposite to get the filtered air higher in the room. One comment on here said that hepa filters only work properly when air moves through them in the correct direction. Im not really sure though.
@@HeartCompassAdventures gotcha makes sense to filter smell that way. On units like the tracs or environklenz purifiers they have the carbon filter on top and under is the hepa and under is the fan pull in air from the carbon to the hepa and out back into the room.
Wrap some kitchen roll around the hepa, and keep it in place with elastic band. You will see a massive difference. You can see all the articles stuck to it, and can also determine when to replace it Save buying new filter
Do you know of a Hepa filter like the one you used that might work with a 6 inch fan ? looks like it was purely a happy coincidence that it seems to fit onto the fan you have.
great going pal, bare bones. didnt have to watch some dude use his 300k garage and 20k bench saw to make a little box fan filter for a 1.3 milion sub channel. the reason im calling is because i hope you can tell me song info . the song that starts at 3;10. prey tell!
Hi Mk Workgroupis. Glad you enjoyed the video. Someone else asked about the music and unfortunately I don't know the artist name. We subscribe to a copyright free music library and just randomly selected a song. Wish I could help you out!
Love your video. I see they also have a 6-inch and 8-inch fan which are much more powerful. Is there a particular reason you went with the 4-inch? Seems like a more powerful fan could clean a room much faster.
Hi! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. A larger fan would certainly be more powerful but it's a noise trade off. A smaller fan is going to be quieter and is sufficient enough for a small living space. It is possible to pay for a higher quality larger fan that would be less noisy. It just depends on the size of your space, your budget and how much noise affects you.
I will work on getting the app and doing a decibel test at different speeds with this fan. The cheaper fans are definitely noisier. I built on of these using an elicient 4” fan and it is quieter but cost around $160 for just the fan.
@@HeartCompassAdventures that would be awesome! looks like a good fan. if you have android here's the app play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamebasic.decibel
@@HeartCompassAdventures Mind sharing a link? I could see myself being fine paying more up front for hardware considering the filter media on this setup is so inexpensive compared to the conventional air filters on the market.
So you are pulling through the carbo and discharging through the HEPA. My brain errors out and the thinks you would get not much air out the HEPA. Compared to the CFM with the HEPA and without, how much loss of air movement do you think you have? Thanks for the video to. Exactly what I was looking for.
Its really hard to estimate the actual air flow passing through the HEPA but it’s adequate to treat the air in a house similar to mine which is around 1000sf with an open floor plan. I turn the fan speed to medium or so to make it as quiet as possible for a cheap fan like this.
fans like this one are built for running all the time. also depends brand/quality, from my fans (mostly systemair) no one stopped running after years of use. just don't buy the cheap, toilett exhaust fans! they are not built for beeing used with filters like that in front and will overheat/die
@@inthehouse9062 We don't necessarily have specific health issues we are dealing with but firmly believe that reducing and/or eliminating pollutants from our air, water and food are supportive for good health.
We only have bad air during wildfire season. When this video was made it was an unprecedented fire season. We're planning on just leaving town when the fires burn from here on out.
