1st grow please help .Negative pressure ,humidity probs…

[h4ppylife]

Can I get some negative pressure by buying a bigger carbon filter ?
My carbon filter is quite small (4’) , 6’ height and with passive intake the humidity it is about 70% which starts to be too much .I must mention that I have the filter installed outside the tent.Yesterday , the duct going from the exhaust fan to the carbon filter broke and the air leaked outside the ducting , this leading to more extracted air , the humidity going to the desired level and I got some negative pressure as well (seen this by the tent walls being sucked in, not too much to be worried about)
I could just take out the carbon filter , but the smell is a big problem in my area
And neet to sort it out ASAP as the plants are autos in week 5 (start flowering)
My 1st grow , help pls

 

[ChongMaBong]

What size is your tent and setup?

 

[h4ppylife]

What size is your tent and setup?

80 x 80 x 160 cm
The one in the picture , but the filter is quite smaller …

 

[ChongMaBong]

80 x 80 x 160 cm
The one in the picture , but the filter is quite smaller …

Ideally you want to be sucking through your filter and Ideally you don't want to be putting the humidity and heat you take out back in to the tent so maybe in to the loft,another room or out a window hope it helps your extraction size is fine for size of tent. Good luck Happy growing

 

[Jjgrow420]

That filter couldn't even scrub my fart
High rh can cause the filter to not work properly/get clogged up fast. Look for something with a bigger carbon bed. Like 2" min. I use canfans and canfilters.
Other decent brands. Vortex, mountain air, phresh

 

[LeastExpectedGrower]

That filter couldn't even scrub my fart

Yeah, it's dwarfed by an iphone box...my bet is that the filter is both bottlenecking the exhaust as well as just not being a very capable filter, given it certainly can't hold much charcoal. If stealth is important to you, get a good rated name brand filter of a decent size.

 

[Jjgrow420]

Yeah, it's dwarfed by an iphone box...my bet is that the filter is both bottlenecking the exhaust as well as just not being a very capable filter, given it certainly can't hold much charcoal. If stealth is important to you, get a good rated name brand filter of a decent size.

Ya I always go bigger than I need. I'd rather spend 250 on a canfilter than worry about my neighborhood knowing I grow

 

[Jjgrow420]

Yeah, it's dwarfed by an iphone box...my bet is that the filter is both bottlenecking the exhaust as well as just not being a very capable filter, given it certainly can't hold much charcoal. If stealth is important to you, get a good rated name brand filter of a decent size.

It's prob just a charcoal filter pad inside and not actual carbon pellets
Common in cheap filters. If they use actual carbon they usually dont pack it proper/have thin beds causing air gaps and it leaks the dank

 

[ChongMaBong]

Ya I always go bigger than I need. I'd rather spend 250 on a canfilter than worry about my neighborhood knowing I grow

Same i got 6" extraction with an 8" filter