real problem with my crop's smell!!

I have a 6" inline fan and filter the filter is like 16 or 18" long 8" to 10" wide I have ona going and have the tube shooting outside still smells!! how can that be!! I payed $200 for the filter and fan! And with ona too!! My wife smells it and a friend does too said smells both mixed!! No idea why but I only have like 10 plants and there in a closet have a crawl space behind it I shoot the air in to threw the tube and out a vent window!! Any help I going nuts and freaking out!!

420today said:

I have a 6" inline fan and filter the filter is like 16 or 18" long 8" to 10" wide I have ona going and have the tube shooting outside still smells!! how can that be!! I payed $200 for the filter and fan! And with ona too!! My wife smells it and a friend does too said smells both mixed!! No idea why but I only have like 10 plants and there in a closet have a crawl space behind it I shoot the air in to threw the tube and out a vent window!! Any help I going nuts and freaking out!!

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What's happening faster, air going into the room or the air exiting? If the air going in is waiting for its turn to leave then you may need to reverse that and make sure that you have neg pressure in your room....where the air around the room is always trying to get in thus no smells escape.

Or a leak...

Or a shitty filter?

Just my 2 cents

but its where it go's out of the house that it smells real bad it smells in the house but where I have it shooting out its real strong!!!

ok where do I get carbon for these filters?

Keep in mind that if your humidity is above round 60%, carbon filters aren't that effective. And I get carbon for my homemade filters in the aquarium area of petstore.

Thanks I am running this with a dehumidifier I know I killed that word lol!!! But I am around 50% maybe a bit above!! But Its high humidity outside like high 60's to high 70's!! the only thing I can guess its the filter I will change the carbon tomorrow and see!!

420today said:

Thanks I am running this with a dehumidifier I know I killed that word lol!!! But I am around 50% maybe a bit above!! But Its high humidity outside like high 60's to high 70's!! the only thing I can guess its the filter I will change the carbon tomorrow and see!!

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If you made the filter yourself you need to check it again to make sure all the air is flowing WHERE and THROUGH where you want it.

ok took the filter off found out I can't refill it with carbon!! It Has no port for it!! Maybe I am hooking this up wrong!! The filter is in good shape I looked it over!! It has lots of carbon in it also!! Now my question is do I pull or push air threw this thing I have the air being pulled threw it!! Should I flip it and push the air threw it!! Here is a link to the filter!!http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=52570 Thanks this is driving me nuts!! Alsohe filter be up high in the grow area or should it be more on the ground?

do you have a cooltube? do you have a powered intake? If you have a cooltube, hook an exhaust line up to one side of the cooltube that leads out of the box.. make sure there are NO LEAKS ANYWHERE.. Then attatch your filter to the other side of your cooltube.. Agan,i make sure there are no leaks.. Most people keep there filter at the top because it is used for venting hot air and hot air rises. Attach your fan so that it SUCKS air THROUGH your filter.. You can put the fan outside of the box or you can put it between your cooltube and the vent.. Jsut be sure it is sucking air through the filter .
Also,If you have a powered intake, turn it off or remove the intake fan etc and leave it as just a passive intake.. This will cause the air in the room/tent to become a vacuum and no smell should escape except after it passes through your filter and out of the box.

the room that its in is not smelling at all!! Its where the vent tube exits!! Its in my crawlspace!! So its been threw the filter! I have a sunleaf its fully inclosed!!