sddarkman619
08-02-2012, 12:24 PM
Here's a couple pics of my low budget flow hood. I used to have a HEPA grade positive flow hood about 18 years ago but got out of the hobby of growing mushrooms for a few years. now getting back into that and TCing plants I can't afford one right off the bad so I made a low busget one thats been working almost perfectly for me. See pictures below.
Basically just a plastic tub turned over with a front entry way and door on it. the filter on top is a Holmes air filter with an upgraded filter to their "hepa" specs. It's by no means a true HEPA filter, but it does filter out up to.003 particals whcih is needed for agar culturing and no contams.
Larry
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49934&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49934&ppuser=13963)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49933&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49933&ppuser=13963)
Basically just a plastic tub turned over with a front entry way and door on it. the filter on top is a Holmes air filter with an upgraded filter to their "hepa" specs. It's by no means a true HEPA filter, but it does filter out up to.003 particals whcih is needed for agar culturing and no contams.
Larry
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49934&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49934&ppuser=13963)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49933&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49933&ppuser=13963)