Major smell problem. Help asap

piratebug

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If it was me, and I was dealing with crazy stinky bud I would run 2 filters at 220CFM each to remove more of the stinky smells. You have to remember even the best filters are only something like 50% efficient at their rated CFM exchange speed when the environments RH is at 65%. And a filters efficiency degrades rather fast, for example at 50% RH a good quality filter is only something like 78% - 80% efficient. Then for every 1% RH over 50% RH, the filters efficiency will drop by 2%! So you either need to slow down your exhaust fan to give the filter more time to process the stinky buds, or bring the environments RH down to a more reasonable level to help make the filter more efficient. Also, as a side note... you can make your filter nearly 100% efficient no matter what the environments RH might be if you can keep the filter heated with strips of heating tape. Applying heat to the filter will help to keep the active carbon (charcoal) inside the filter drier, and the drier the active carbon (charcoal) is inside the filter, will make for a much more efficient filter!
 
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