Dick Pennington

Pennington Equipment Company

Pennington Equipment Primarily Manufactures & Markets Products To Help Make Our Planet GREEN Again! SWEETFILTER Products Are Designed To Eliminate Sewer Gas Odors & Keep Rainwater Out Of Manholes. SWEETFILTER Products Are SWEETFILTER Roof Vent Stack Odor Eliminators, SWEETFILTER Manhole Inserts Odor Eliminators, SWEETFILTER Manhole Inflow Protector To Prevent Rainwater From Causing Sewer Overflows, SWEETFILTER EnviroSocks For Storm Drains & Gas Odor Removal, & SWEETFILTER Solar Septic Tank Aerator. SWEETFILTER Media Is Zeocarbon Primarily For Residential & Xpellet For Commercial Applications, However The City Of Chicago Uses SWEETFILTER Zeocarbon in SWEETFILTER Manhole Inserts For Locking Manhole Covers.
SWEETFILTER Zeocarbon Like All Activated Carbon Products Absorbs The odors. Unlike Other Activated Carbon Our Zeocarbon Has The Equivalent Odor Absorbing Surface Area Of A Football Field. Thus The Odor Absorbed By The Zeocarbon Stays In It As It Is Removed From The Gas That Passes Through It. If You Are Looking For An Odor Control Media That Destroys The Odor Completely We Offer Our Xpellet Commercial Media. Very Popular With Restaurants. Xpellet Refill Bags Fit All Zeocarbon SWEETFILTER Bodies. Xpellet Media Typically Is Exhausted After 3-12 Months Depending On The H2S Levels In The Sewer Gas. Unused Rooftop Vents Freeze/Thaw Very Quickly. When Water Is NOT Being Used, Warm Gas Is NOT passing Through The Vents & They Freeze. The Gas From The Septic Vent Pipe Is Typically At The Same Temperature As The Water Flowing Into It (Around 52 Degrees F Year Round). Zeocarbon Freezes/Thaws Just About Year Round In Juneau, Alaska Where They Are Used Extensively By The City.
PEC Solar Aerators Add Oxygen To The Planet. Pond Algae Remove CO2 & Produce Oxygen All Day Long. At Night They Need Help To Survive As They Consume The Oxygen From The Pond Stressing All Life In The Water. Solar Powered Aerators By PEC Are The Only 24/7 Solar Aerators That Can Supply The Oxygen Needed At Night. Water Aeration Is A Simple, Sustainable, & Natural Carbon Sequestration Solution To Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide & Stagnant Pond Odor Control Using The Algae Already Present In Your Pond. Oxygen Is Also Needed In Your Pond For The Fish, Plants, & Beneficial Bacteria. Of Course, Since You Care So Much About Your Fish & Plants, It Only Makes Sense That You Also Care About The Environment, & A Solar Pond Aerator Uses Only Energy From The Sun, & Therefore causes No additional Harm To The Environment. They Are Also Good Because: No Carbon Footprint, Reduces Odor, Promotes Facultative Versus Anaerobic Bacteria & Single Cell Versus Stringy Algae. Solar Pond Aerators Can Be Used In Remote Locations, Far From Electrical Outlet. You Will Never Have To Pay For The Energy Needed To Run It. These Aerators Will Work Just As Well As Other Aerators Using Equal Watts. Our Solar Pond Aerators That Fit Your Pond & Your Needs, Is Definitely Worth Purchasing. Our Solar Powered Bubbler Aeration Systems Operate 24/7 To Aerate Ponds, Tanks, & Lakes, As Well As To Air Strip Other Polluted Water Bodies Around The Globe.

SWEETFILTER lV Insert With Inflow Protector For Locking Manhole Covers

LOCKING MANHOLE ODOR CONTROLSWEETFILTER IV
Custom Sizes Available. No Minimum Order Required
SWEETFILTER IV MANHOLE ODOR CONTROL INSERTS FOR LOCKING MANHOLE COVERS
The Sweetfilter IV Manhole Insert is designed to fit most locking manhole coversThe Sweetfilter IV Manhole Insert is $588.00/unit for any size from 21" to 40" in diameter Your final cost/unit is $588.00 plus shipping.
Xpellet Media (chorine dioxide)or ZeoCarbon Media (activated carbon)available
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5 lb.Bulk Refills $90 any media
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ABS plastic not less than 3/32" nor greater than 6/32." Meet Federal Standards of L.P. 1183 and pass A.S.T.M. tests D 256, D 638, D 790, D 792, D 785 and D 648. One factory installed 1” nylon lift straps for easy removal. Closed cell Neoprene rim gasket
ALSO SEE OUR SWEETFILTER II MANHOLE ODOR INSERTS $388.00

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Dick Pennington
Pennington Equipment Company
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About SWEETFILTER Roof Top Odor Elininator

Frequently Asked Questions about the Sweetfilter® residential septic vent pipe filter.
$56.45 - (1) SF-110 Residential Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $103.95 - (2) SF-110 Residential Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $151.45 - (3) SF-110 Residential Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $198.95 - (4) SF-110 Residential Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $68.90 - (1) SF-220 Commercial Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $137.80 - (2) SF-220 Commercial Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $206.70 - (3) SF-220 Commercial Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail $275.60 - (4) SF-220 Commercial Sweetfilters including shipping by 2-3 day priority mail

Every state, city, and village either has odor ordinances or treats obnoxious odors perceptible beyond property lines as public disturbances/nuisance.All household plumbing vent stacks produce odors including that "rotten egg" smell caused by hydrogen sulfide gas. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas is heavier than air and thus falls to "nose level" quickly when the wind blows just right.OSHA warns that levels of 300 ppm (H2S)cause the olfactory nerve to lose sensitivity. At first a "rotten egg" odor is detected but on the second or third breath, the odor is no longer noticed. All of the above have associated fines or other penalties for the creation of odors at large.
Will you install my Sweetfilter? Who else sells them? Who else uses them?Any handyman can do the job. Units easily slide over existing vent pipes and tighten into place with a screwdriver.HandymanUSA.com and MrHandyman.com offers install services nationwide.Sweetfilter Sales Associates A Few Of Our Associates Who Knows About Our Products A Few Of Our Friends
How do I know if a www.Sweetfilter.com will solve my odor problem?This is the number one question asked. If the odor is coming from outside the structure and being pulled into the house we can help. Your neighbors usually smell it long before you do so ask them if they smell any outside odors and tell them about Sweetfilters. You can also test where the odor comes from by filling all your tubs and sinks with water. Then flush all toilets and empty the full tubs and sinks at the same time. Then go outside. If the odor is coming from outside the structure we can help. If odor is coming from inside the structure see situation alternatives explained below and also click here WHAT IS A STINK PIPE?
How do outside odors get into the house?This is the number two question asked. Whenever you operate clothes dryers, washing machines, sinks, toilets, furnaces(furnaces destroy the odors in the air they use), fireplaces, water softeners, bathroom vent fans, etc., your house breathes in stinky outside air and expells inside air. The only solution for you and your neighborhood (they usually smell it long before you do) is a Sweetfilter.
Doesn't the Sweetfilter restrict the airflow?The restriction is so slight (it has a pressure differential measured at only 1.15” w.g./ft @ 50 fpm) that it does not interfere with normal venting of the plumbing system. Sweetfilters animal resistant self-cleaning screens coupled with the frost proof insulating and solar heat absorbtion design characteristics, protects the vent pipe from plugging in all seasons.
How long will they last? Can the homeowner replenish the zeocarbon in the Sweetfilter?Sweetfilters are unique to all vent pipe filters in that they actually regenerate themselves for up to 5 years. First, we use zeocarbon. Zeocarbon is a mixture of carbon and zeolite rock which has been independently demonstrated to work up to 7 times longer than regular carbon alone. Secondly, we use sunlight. The exterior,interior, and zeocarbon replacement bags themselves are impregnated with titanium dioxide (approximately the same quantity and type in most popular toothpastes on the market). When exposed to direct sunlight the titanium dioxide produces ozone which directly destroys odors and regenerates the zeocarbon. When combined with "no flow periods" common to most households, this design allow us to operate up to 5 years without refilling the units. Competitors units completely block any regenerative UV sunlight through the use of opaque rain caps and guards that promote the development of odor producing bacteria.However, because the zeocarbon can only absorb so much gas, the Sweetfilter is designed with a low cost, easily replaceable insert bags. Purchase a replacement zeocarbon filter insert online.. ZEOCARB REFILLS
For what situations is the Sweetfilter intended?
For situations where the septic gas odor (hydrogen sulfide or "sewer gas") is coming out of the vent pipe on the roof. The Sweetfilter carbon filter not only traps sewer gases at the roof vent so they cannot escape into the air at all but it also means less air pollution from greenhouse gases, particularly ammonia, carbon dioxide (global warming) and hydrogen-sulfide, (the rotten-egg smelling gas), which the filter traps ona 18-24% wt/wt basis and used zeocarbon acts as an excellent source of nitrogen when mixed with soil. Even though the Sweetfilter is installed directlyon and in the vent pipe, its frost proof design is such that it not only does not impede air being drawn into the vent, it prevents hoar frost plugging and keeps out insects and critters.
Also for vents that are directly connected to aerated or non aerated septic tanks, septic mounds, drain fields, landfill vents, compost vents, etc..
In many instances, city-sewer connections bring www.sewersmell.com gas into the home's plumbing vents which vent the gases out theroof vent and often down into the back yard where they can be drawn into the home. The Sweetfilter has proven beneficial in those cases too!
Will the Sweetfilter work upside down or on its side?Yes, the original unique self-wicking media bag design used with all our Sweetfilters allow operation in any position. In addition they can be regenerated in-place without having to remove the unit from service.
When we move in close to the Sweetfilter we get an "earthy" smell.The residential Sweetfilters will operate to remove most of the odor...even up close there is only an "earthy" smell. However, our commercial Xpellets replacement bags fit all residential units and can be used to quickly eliminate close proximity "earthy" smells for special events. Xpellets require annual replacement, follow state and local guidelines for disposal.
What about installing larger units with more carbon or just extending the vent pipe a few feet?Standard whole house air filters and carbon furnace filters typically use 3 ounces of activated carbon and last for years. It is not the quantity of carbon used in a filter but the surface area covered that determines effective odor removal. A wider/shorter Sweetfilter with more surface area is much more effective than a skinny/tall unit. A 4.55" SF-110 body on a 1.5" vent pipe is many times more effective than a smaller diameter unit with the same height. So effectiveness is not how many lbs of activated carbon used. Effectiveness is more highly influenced by container design surface area when all other parameters are equal. However, all other parameters are definitely not equal because we use Zeocarbon(tm). Sweetfilter Zeocarbon units remove odors up to 7.7 times that of activated carbon alone as determined by independent studies. Also our zeolite mix also removes ammonia (urine odor). No activated carbon only unit can make that claim. Extending vent pipe stacks will sometimes alleviate the problem, but more often they make the problem worse. The reason your vent stack is not 10 feet tall is the "weight and wind load" of tall, heavy, vent stacks usually require significant structural redesign of the roof supports and rain leak prevention flashing. Low profile, light weight, SWEETFILTER units minimize wind load bearing stress and weight on the vent pipe roofing structure. Most competitors completely ignore this fact with their "wind sail" designs and overkill weights.
In what situations will the Sweetfilter not work?The Sweetfilter WILL NOT solve your odor problem if:
- Odors in the soil treatment area....the odor is originating from the drain field or mound. RODXPAM will stop odors from drain fields overnight....however, if the odor is coming from an aerated system, SWEETFILTER II Xpellets Commercial units have eliminated the problem in these systems. Also be sure to filter all washing machine fibers. Modern day washing machines produce enough non-biodegradable lint fibers to carpet your living room annually and will make your soil treatment system fail quickly. (see LINT TRAPS.COM for these problems.)- Odors in the house....if the odor is originating from any leaks in the septic tank or indoor plumbing (odor both inside and outside). If you suspect that sewer gas is leaking into your home from your plumbing, contact your local public health department. Try to get an inspection. Alternatively, you can call in a plumber to make sure the vent pipe on your roof is not plugged (avoid "T" type or "cone" type roof vent pipe structures which project building heat outward or downward to continuously melt snow to drip, promoting roof damaging ice dam formation by others). If you do use a "rain cap" then you will need our PEC SM-5 ICE MELT SOCKS to melt your roof ice dams.Besides, you want the toxic vent gases to be projected upward, away from "nose level," as specified by plumbing codes. Directing vent gases downward or sideways which increases the likelyhood of odor at your and your neighbors "nose level". Most states, like Minnesota, also prohibit the use of one-way vent valves that stop the flow of air in or out of the vent pipe. In addition, sewer gas is highly flammable and very explosive (even a tiny electric motor spark will set it off...... plumbing codes won't allow electric vent fans on any septic vent stacks), don’t take any chances. If the smell is strong, get out of the house, call the fire department, and avoid striking matches or using electrical appliances. DO NOT INSTALL ANYTHING ON OR IN VENT PIPES IF YOU HAVE INDOOR ODORS...THIS COULD MAKE THE INDOOR PROBLEM WORSE. If the smell is weak or only occasional our Bio-R.com monthly additive continues to solve these type of indoor odor problems with regular use in every toilet/drain in the structure. If our filters don't solve your septic odor problem, send them back within 90 days of the order date for a FULL REFUND. (Please call to get a return authorization and instructions for www.zeocarbon.com bag removal procedure first.. 866-422-0018. DO NOT return used carbon bags for any reason.
Rain caps?The inside contents of the Sweetfilter are always "warm and wet" during normal operation. During long periods of inactivity the Sweetfilter slowly regenerates itself. Rain and sunlight penetration to the Zeocarbon actually speed regeneration of the Sweetfilter during normal operation. Rain caps are not recommended because they stop direct sunlight penetration for regeneration, direct warm air down to the shingles melting snow and increasing roof damaging ice dam formation by others, they increase hoar frost production and plugging, they increase the formation of H2SO2, sulfurous "acid " which corrodes metal quickly and can destroy thinwall steel rain caps or metal roof flashing in days. Rain caps and any other rain protectedopenings act as shelters attracting birds, insects, and other animals for nesting. In addition, it is a well documented fact that air purification units that only utilize activated carbon granules find that when they get damp or wet the granules cake together and are ineffective. To minimize caking of the activated carbon granules these manufacturers recommend using "rain caps." Very interesting, since the inside of all functional plumbing vent pipes is wet by design. In contrast, Sweetfilters use Zeocarbon and Xpellets with are both hydroscopic and the granules DO NOT cake together. In addition openly screened odor vents pipes like Sweetfilters, discourage animal nesting and reduce windload on the roof structures. All Sweetfilter Frost Proof designs provide an insular gas space between the vent pipe and flexible seal Sweetfilter flange allowing for warm vent gas circulation. This design offers improved heat insulating and solar heat absorbtion characteristics that prohibit hoar frost plugging common to all non-circulating, direct fit, coupled vent pipe filters, especially those with metal rain caps. Contact us with questions toll free at 888-261-4726
How do I know what size Sweetfilter to get?One size fits most (unit comes with removable inserts to fit 1-4.55"pipes) or your money back less shipping costs. Larger sizes up to 15" diameter and limited FREE adapters to odd sized pipes are available on special order. Contact us toll free at 888-261-4726
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The Sweetfilter® vent pipe filter isManufactured and Distributed by: Pennington Equipment Company1520 N. 6th St.Springfield, IL .; 62702Toll Free: 1-888-261-4726Fax: 1-866-422-0018email: DickPennington@comcast.net

Thieves Are stealing Manhole Covers

It is a real epidemic and a danger to people including children, dogs and cats, automobiles, motorcycles, and trucks. It is happening in cities, towns, and boroughs. It is robbing us of tax dollars we do not have to spend. Philadelphia has spent $300,000 at last count. Manholes can be thirty feet deep or more. If someone falls into an open manhole they could easily be maimed or even killed. Two young people were injured in recent months when they accidentally fell into an uncovered manhole. If you hit an open manhole with a car, motorcycle, or truck you can end up with a sizable repair bill and a flat tire.

In Philadelphia alone more than 2,500 covers and grates have disappeared in the past year. The average in the past was about 100 a year. Thieves have stripped some neighborhood roads so bad you have to be a defensive driver to avoid the open manholes. Philadelphia Water Department now has an employee acting as an under cover police officer watching the junk yards to see who is selling the manhole covers for scrap metal. They call the police in when they see someone selling metal manhole covers they have stolen.

State houses are working to pass tighter laws to prevent this from happening with new regulations for junkyards. Most junkyards record your diver's license number, vehicle license, and take pictures of the load of scrap you are selling. Thieves are sometimes experts, removing the registered seals on manhole covers and cutting them up so they are not recognizable.

Police tie the crime spree in scrap metal to the weak economy and the high price of all scrap metals. Heavy melt steel, the medium grade used for manhole covers is $519 a metric ton. Thieves can get $5 to $40 depending on size and weight of the manhole covers. It has hit all parts of our country except New York City. Long Beach California is trying to design vinyl or plastic manhole covers. It is happening in Europe too.

Some cities have welded the manhole covers in place, but this creates another problem. Manholes are there so workmen can get in to repair water lines, electrical systems, sewer lines, etc. This is the reason for manholes. There are new manhole covers that lock in place when they are installed, this seems to be the best answer for now. This takes time and they are expensive. Where you have locking manholes you still need Odor Eliminator Inserts with Inflow protectors and SWEETFILTER lV are manufactured to fit with lockable manhole covers. The largest city in the Midwest is our first sale to be installed.

Dick Pennington
Pennington Equipment Company
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Operator Assisted & Toll Free For Phone Orders: 888-261-4726
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Some Early Beginning of Global Warming, Its Causes, and How We Will Yet GREEN Our Earth

Global warming is the result of mankind’s greed and selfishness. We have known it was going to catch up with us since I was in college in the early 1950's. We were aware fluorocarbons were destroying the ozone layers, yet we were continuing to dump refrigerants into the atmosphere without regard of how they would destroy the beautiful world God created for us. The Corporations that produced the gases used in the refrigeration and spray can industries, and the engineers that designed equipment and other things, were aware of the damage they were doing. They and we looked the other way thinking it would be a long time before we felt the hurt.

I grew up in the refrigeration industry, as did my father before me, and his father before him. My grandfather designed the first mechanical ice plants to store beer and other perishable products, including meat, produce, and ice for the home icebox. The first mass production freezer belts that froze vegetables, meat and pies were tunnels where fluorocarbons were sprayed in liquid form directly on the raw products. After the liquid froze the product it evaporated, and as the heavier gas fell to the bottom of the tunnel it was exhausted into the air outside. There was no attempt at recovery. This went on until fluorocarbons were phased out completely in 1996 by the Montreal Protocol.

The ozone layer is a layer in the Earth's atmosphere containing relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). This layer absorbs approximately 94% of the sun's high frequency ultraviolet light. If it is not absorbed, life as we know it ends. Charles Fabry and Henri Buisson discovered the ozone layer in 1913. G.M.B. Dobson explored its properties. He established a worldwide network of ozone monitoring stations between 1928 and 1958, which continue to operate today.

The ozone layer can be depleted by free radical catalysts, including atomic bromine (Br), atomic chlorine (Cl), hydroxyl (OH), and nitric oxide (NO). While there are natural sources for all these compounds, the concentrations of bromine and chlorine have increased due to the release of large quantities of manmade organohalogen compounds, especially bromofluorcarbons and chlorofluorocarbons (CFC). These highly stable compounds are capable of surviving the rise to the stratosphere where Cl and Br radicals are liberated by the action of ultraviolet light. Their lifetime is 50 to 100 years, and much of the world is still dumping them. These elements cause the ozone holes we have all heard about. This was only one of the causes that could have been completely avoided, and it to lead to the warming of the temperature at the poles and the subsequent rising sea level.

With the price of gas at $4.10 a gallon, and heating oil suppliers demanding up to $7.00 a gallon for prepaid contracts, (with an additional $400 a year insurance policy to guarantee the supplier is paid if the price goes above $7.00 a gallon) some people may be forced to choose between heating their home, putting gas in the car, or food on the table. It is little consolation that customers will be refunded the difference if the price of the heating oil averages less than $7.00 at the end of the heating season.

In the long term these high-energy prices may work to our advantage. Some overseas businesses have already come home due to the high cost of shipping, and we will be forced to cut back on our carbon producing activities. The Electric Power Companies are already thinking about what to do with the carbon dioxide. They are designing methods using algae to capture the Carbon Dioxide from coal burning plants. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, then passing the carbon dioxide from the plant over collection membranes. The algae grown by this process can be used to make biodiesel fuel and feed for animals.

The future uses of algae products produced by coal burning power plants will replace the wood products used in activated carbon. Sweetfilter uses Zeocarbon as our chemical to remove stink pipe odor. Zeocarbon is a proprietary mixture of Zeolite and activated carbon. Zeolite is a natural volcanic rock. Currently the activated carbon used in Zeocarbon is derived from wood products but this will change. We will work together to save this island home, our Earth, and make it GREEN again!


Dick Pennington
Pennington Equipment Company
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Research On Refills For Vent Stack Filters Often Called Stink Pipe Filters

When you purchase replacement chemicals for your odor eliminator filters for rooftop sewer or septic tank vent stacks, first check which chemicals are in the media and which odors they mask or absorb. The vent stack is often called a stink pipe because it is designed to vent all sewer gas. After all, that is the reason you installed the filter. You want to buy a chemical media that functions through oxidation followed by adsorption and absorption. The replacement chemical's formula should have Hydrogen Sulfide as its primary target. Ammonia is the second target. Hydrogen Sulfide is most often referred to as H2S (rotten egg odors) and the secondary target is Ammonia (urine odors). In many situations, Ammonia is present at problematic levels. H2S odors present in vent stacks from sewers and septic tanks are another problem.

Pellets of Chlorine Dioxide, referred to as ClO2, does a great job on H2S and other bad odors. It does not react with Ammonia as a chlorinating agent nor as an oxidant. This is a strong, positive reason to search for a media that can remove Ammonia. There is a chemical formula that can remove Ammonia at a fraction of the cost of other chemical removal formulas. Search it out and you will find it will remove other Nitrogen based odors as well. It also will remove primary and secondary amines. This means it is better or equal to the media in you current filter. It does not clump as does charcoal and in field tests , it has worked in vent stack filters for five years before the chemical media needed to be replaced.

There are numerous odor eliminating chemical medias on the market today. The best ones use a combination of the same chemical formula. This type of odor eliminator chemical media is the best for refills. They all have refill bags that are designed to fit 2-inch, 3-inch, and 4-inch vent stack filters. The pricing is very competitive on all odor eliminator chemical media made with these formulas, and they are superior products. Unlike straight carbon based media these products are not affected by the weather.

Always wear gloves when you remove the any existing media, and dispose of it in a plastic bag that you can seal. When you are installing any new refills always place them in the filter vent housing as directed by the manufacturer of the chemical. Find a chemical media made with materials that can be spaded into your plant beds; they can be a great fertilizer. Let's help make this island home, our earth, GREEN!

Do not open the polyester refill bag that any chemical media comes in. They all adjust to fit the shape of the housing of your filter.

Joe Kessler
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