Old Reviews trouble opening carbon filter

[tyco118]

went to replace the carbon in my carbon filter and realized i dont know how to open this type of pin, i dont even know what its called to look it up, any type of helps appreciated

 

[Epic Genetics]

a rivet , you need to drill them out

peace

 

[tyco118]

awesome thanx bud charging my drill right now

 

[namvet25]

went to replace the carbon in my carbon filter and realized i dont know how to open this type of pin, i dont even know what its called to look it up, any type of helps appreciated

Ididn't know you could replace the carbon.Where do you get it?

 

[Grim Reefer]

There is no carbon in a carbon filter, its pretty much just Charcoal with a small electric charge. You can buy bags of charcoal to put into your filter from your local grow, some shops even re-fill it for you.

 

[gradolabs]

But mister... charcoal is carbon... like, the element. Carbon comes in many forms... graphite, diamonds, charcoal, bucky balls... et cetera. Now ya know.

 

[gradolabs]

Ididn't know you could replace the carbon.Where do you get it?

Activated charcoal is sold in the pet isle for fish tanks (filtering water). Same junk, diff'rent name.

 

[gradolabs]

It's like when you heat thc, you decarboxylate it - you remove a carbolic acid molecule, COOH, from thc-a to make it thc, the bioactive version we all know and love. The opposite occurs in a carbon filter. There, bioactive molecules are given a carbon atom to denature them, or render them inert...

in laymens terms, smelly thing becomes less smelly because it was given a carbon atom... from the charcoal... which is really just carbon.

 

[tyco118]

yeah im sorry i didnt mean to say replace carbon in carbon filter ment to say replace charcoal in filter, its pretty cheap online

 

[Mr Piggy]

It's like when you heat thc, you decarboxylate it - you remove a carbolic acid molecule, COOH, from thc-a to make it thc, the bioactive version we all know and love. The opposite occurs in a carbon filter. There, bioactive molecules are given a carbon atom to denature them, or render them inert...

in laymens terms, smelly thing becomes less smelly because it was given a carbon atom... from the charcoal... which is really just carbon.

That's not how I understood activated carbon (it's only charcoal in some of them, the rest is mined) to work. I thought it was oxygen treated to make it one of the most porous surfaces in the world. The carbon absorbs the smell molecules as apposed to attaching something to them. Could be wrong, but that's what I learned in my research.

Now as far as refilling your filter, that only works if you get the same carbon it came with, not all AC is created equal. If you have a can filter you need to replace it with the coco carbon they use to get the right CFM filtration again. If it were a phresh filter you would need the mined Australian carbon they use. Not using the right carbon would render the filter as useless as a neon sign on top of your house flashing "I GROW POT" Also make sure to pack it in super tight, no gaps or shifting. A broom handle can be very useful for that.