Co2 BURNER HELP PLEASE

[purrrrple]

I posted about 2 weeks ago asking for help with my co2 burner and controller. Just wanna thank everyone on the site for not helping! 100 views not one comment lol. Anyway heres the deal:

Purchased a Sentinal co2 gen, LP 2 burner and CHHC-1 controller.

Set up like this-
Because of the heat generated by the unit i decided NOT to place it in the room, but rather right next to the air handler for my central AC unit. The idea was to bring up the whole house to 1500 ppm, of course the air handler is sucking it through the bottom and sending it around the house.

As far as i know, and i am almost certain the equipment is running correctly, and i have no propane leaks. (99.9% sure)

I turned on the burner, and set the controller to 1500ppm. The thing fired right up and burned on and off for a WHILE.

Long story short, i left it over night to do it's Co2 thing. I came back in the morning and found all my plants drooped over doing the "claw". The best way i can describe the way it looked was like severly overwatering the entire room (in soil). I have no clue what is going on. I did notice the burner was on burning for a long time. It's bugging me out! I spent like 1200 bucks on the stupid things and i want to use them. Any ideas, suggestions? PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

 

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

man is that shit really necessary? That money would have been better spent just improving ventilation.

 

[FilthyFletch]

well you dont want your whole house at 1500 ppm or you will dies lol you dont go in the room for long at 1500 ppm co2. Are you keeping the air moving and keeping temps around 80 degrees F and co2 only on lights on and only really need it for flower veg isnt that important.

 

[mame]

Nice boobs.

 

[FilthyFletch]

yes they are

 

[purrrrple]

well you dont want your whole house at 1500 ppm or you will dies lol you dont go in the room for long at 1500 ppm co2. Are you keeping the air moving and keeping temps around 80 degrees F and co2 only on lights on and only really need it for flower veg isnt that important.

it was much cooler than that, probably around 75 F. Room is dialed in nicely, no problems until i turned on the machine. It wasnt in the room so it wasnt affecting the environment at all. It was probaly about 1300ppm or so when i unplugged it. Suggestions?

 

[That 5hit]

this would have saved you atleast 1050 $ if not way more



BURNING HYDROCARBON FUELS:
This has been the most common method of CO2 enrichment for many years. A number of commercial growers and greenhouses use it in their larger structures. The most common fuels are propane, butane, alcohol and natural gas. Any of these fuels that burn with a blue, white or colorless flame will produce carbon dioxide, which is beneficial. If a red, orange or yellow flame is present, carbon monoxide is being generated due to incomplete combustion. Carbon monoxide is deadly to both plants and people in any but the smallest quantities. Fuels containing sulfur or sulfur compounds should not be used, as they produce by-products which are harmful. Most commercial CO2 generators that burn these fuels are too large for small greenhouse or indoor grow room applications. Some small ones are avai fable or a Coleman lantern, bunsen burner or small gas stove can be used. All of these CO2 generators produce heat as a by-product of CO2 generation, which is rarely needed in a controlled environment grow room but may prove beneficial in winter growing and cool area greenhouses. The rate of CO2 production is controlled by the rate at which fuel is being burned. In a gas burning CO2 generator using propane, butane or natural gas, one pound of fuel produces approximately 3 pounds of carbon dioxide gas and about 1.5 pounds of water vapor. Approximately 22,000 BTUs of heat is also added. These figures can vary if other fuels are used. To relate this to our standard example in an 8' X 8' X 8' growing area, if you used ethyl or methyl alcohol in a gas lamp or burner at the rate of 1.3 oz. per day, we would enhance the atmospheric concentration of CO2 to 1300 PPM if the room was completely sealed. An enrichment standard of 1300 PPM was chosen as it is assumed that 1500 PPM is ideal, and that the plants will deplete the available CO2 supply by 100 PPM per hour. Remember, the normal atmosphere contains 300 PPM of CO2. A 100% air exchange (leakage) every two hours is assumed to be the average air exchange rate in most grow rooms and tight greenhouses. If many cracks and leaks are present, this exchange rate will increase significantly, but added CO2 (above 300 PPM) will also be lost. If a vent fan is in use, disregard CO enrichment, as it will be blown out as fast as it is generated.