Fresh air intake and filtration

The Growery

The Growery

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for those that use fresh outside air for intake, how do you filter it so that you're not sucking in bugs from the outside? I've got a outside air intake but it is about 1 foot from the ground (basement glass block windows) and am worried about it sucking in spider mites and other bugs. right now using a standard forced air system filter folded into quarters but thinking it's not going to be enough to prevent bugs from crawling in. any ideas?
 
FatMarty

FatMarty

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They got a thing called a "dust 'shroom" I think it's called that is relatively cheap and will catch most stuff.

Otherwise you need a hepa or hega filter to catch everything.
Good source for these types of filters are air cleaners; but you still need to add flanges; etc. to those.
 
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NEEDMMASAP

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The Growery said:
for those that use fresh outside air for intake, how do you filter it so that you're not sucking in bugs from the outside? I've got a outside air intake but it is about 1 foot from the ground (basement glass block windows) and am worried about it sucking in spider mites and other bugs. right now using a standard forced air system filter folded into quarters but thinking it's not going to be enough to prevent bugs from crawling in. any ideas?
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a electro/static or a heppa will both do the trick , but both will seriously slow down your air flow , say you have a 6 inch inlet , build a 24x24 filter box and feed in a 6 inch then a 6x10 reducer then back out a 6 inch .
 
The Growery

The Growery

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ah wish I would have read the later posts before I picked up a hepa filter from the store, it looks just like a K&N filter lol. good advice, thank you guys.
 
Huel Perkins

Huel Perkins

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I don't have a part number off hand, I didn't actually buy it for my garden. I ordered it special through Detroit Speed Shop years ago for a project car and its just been sitting in garage so I decided to use it. Its a cone style filter, the only dimension I know off hand is that it has a 4" inlet to fit directly onto a GT3076R turbo lol. Check out their site, I'm pretty sure there is a page where you can actually plug in your own dimensions and they will show filters that meet your needs.
 
JeromeT

JeromeT

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Huel Perkins said:
I don't have a part number off hand, I didn't actually buy it for my garden. I ordered it special through Detroit Speed Shop years ago for a project car and its just been sitting in garage so I decided to use it. Its a cone style filter, the only dimension I know off hand is that it has a 4" inlet to fit directly onto a GT3076R turbo lol. Check out their site, I'm pretty sure there is a page where you can actually plug in your own dimensions and they will show filters that meet your needs.
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I was just thinking about square filters. Cone filters make sense to me now. Great thanks.

Here's the link for everyone else.

http://www.knfilters.com/search/universal.aspx
 
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