Old carbon filters

[Stond_Face]

...Anyway, if you empty them out the smaller ones make lovely trash cans. Larger ones can be used as laundry hampers. You can use them to rinse media, if you use a media that needs to be rinsed. I have a CAN 75 and I'm thinking about giving it a try as an incinerator when it craps out. ....

That's good stuff. I still got an old one laying around. Would make a nice container to rinse coco with.

 

[Pythagllio]

The point was that a bag of trash can be disposed of in lots of ways. If rapists can dispose of dead bodies I think a few blunt guts and stuff now and then in a random dumpster isnt really a big deal.

I guess that a random dumpster would qualify as not being near your grow. just make sure you're not followed, because I did read of one bust where the fellow was followed to an apartment complex, observed discarding his plant trash, which the cops subsequently pulled and used a list of the contents to secure a warrant for his home. My point was that it wasn't specified that the trash wasn't being discarded near the grow. Stuff like that can't be reiterated too many times IMO. Aren't you aware there are people who have never heard of a trash pull? Since I don't know you and what you know, what should have reasonably clued me in that you knew this?

On the other hand, a cop sees a big ass carbon filter sitting out in the sun and decides the dept. is using your prints for training or something, youre fucked

No doubt.

 

[IE2KS_KUSH]

I had always heard that it was too hard to re-fill a filter, now I am off to find more info on that, intresting thread here.

 

[Lazyman]

Last CAN150 I had to toss I took out all the screws, dumped the carbon into a few garbage bags, and then jumped up and down on the metal part until it was flat, folded it up and it fit in my can no prob.

I understand there's a dude in Garberville who rebuilds them for half the price of a new filter, if you're in Humboldt the guys at Humboldt Hydroponics in Eureka had his info and he comes down twice a week to pick up rebuilds and deliver fixed ones.

Yeah you can buy 30-50# tubs of good carbon on Ebay too.

 

[lysol]

I guess that a random dumpster would qualify as not being near your grow.

Well actually I lied, I take it to the dumpster right by my house, its got a chute and trash compactor, if the cops are gonna dive in I'd laugh, we have like 500+ apartments using 1 little dumpster it gets sooo nasty, I usually wait till a Friday they dont do pickups on the weekend and in a matter of hours there will be 100s of bags ontop of mine It's just throwing a 50lb filter would likely jam up the compactor and the garbage man could tip someone off, and likewise leaving it next to the dumpster is even worse..

Good points tho

Sounds like the best way is to compact it by hand so it can go in no problem

 

[Muleskinner]

I did some research and carbon is good for soil and a natural ingredient of soil and plants so I dump my used carbon in the woods somewhere.

Then the empty can goes into the scrap pile at the local recycling center.

Or you can re-fill it - Can-filter uses a vibration plate, but if you work slowly you can simulate the effect, just add like 1/10nth of the container at a time and bang it on the ground several times to settle it in, then add the next 1/10nth until you're full.

 

[medi-useA]

I had screws on the top of my can filter. Replacing the carbon is easy. I even reused the old carbon while I waited for the new stuff to show up. You can take the old carbon and wash it(very messy take precautions) I used a 5g bucket and rinsed it using RODI water. After a good 30 wash I put it back into the can filter and used it for another 6months. The carbon that's in these is the same stuff used in Aquariums to activate it you need to wash it. It will make a snaping sound when activated.

Could a can filter be submerged in, say a wheelie bin. to clean the carbon?

Or perhaps a large bore pipe connected to the duct end and clean water pushed through to clean the carbon, before drying the unit?

Just spitballin'

muA

 

[Lazyman]

You can wash it, but it has to be baked dry in an oven so it will work again, wet (even humidity over about 60%) carbon doesn't filter odors. I can't remember the temp but I'm sure you could find it.

 

[medi-useA]

Just wondering if sitting in a metal drum in the Aust sun would get hot enough...?
muA