So, I'm building a new room. Just on the other side of one of my walls is the furnace. Just curious, does it put off a measurable amount of CO2? Reason I ask, furnace will run in summer for a/c and winter for hear. Would it be worth putting my intake into the room near the furnace to bring in CO2? Or are the amounts pretty negligible? Thanks in advance.
CO2 off of furnace?
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jondamon
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Do you mean your hot water and heating furnace?
I'm no plumber and don't know shit about heating systems etc but don't most put out DEADLY carbon monoxide???
Its called the silent killer because you can't smell it or see it.
I'd double check that first before considering.
J
I'm no plumber and don't know shit about heating systems etc but don't most put out DEADLY carbon monoxide???
Its called the silent killer because you can't smell it or see it.
I'd double check that first before considering.
J
BarnBuster
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As long as you can supply fresh incoming air you will not need CO2. There really is a lot of CO2 in the air we breathe.
During the dark period CO2 supplementation doesn't help, and if you don't provide enough O2 you can actually hinder a plants growth.
SS68396331
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Yeah. frugal thinking and I am very glad you asked. First and foremost... CO..carbon monoxide (bad) is not C02 carbon dioxide..what you are seeking. CO is carbon monoxide, it will kill you. It is the vented waste off of your furnace. Do not try.
dbkick
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The amount of co put off by a water heater isn't going to kill anyone . it's certainly not something I would do . I would do something very similar by running a device that burns propane or natural gas that isn't vented. odd, same concept as a water heater just not vented :/
dbkick
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400 ppm outside, 600 or so inside depending on how well your shit is vented or whether you run an electric or gas water heater/stove, but I think something around 1500 ppm is what people supplementing want to run.
bass1014
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i have been growin indoors for years now and my main source of co2 is a propane colmen stove burner..i have a shelf above my plants and i keep a small flame going during the lights on time and even if i forget to turn it off my plants eat enough of the gas to keep me safe. only issue is heat, but a vent fan with a timer has always worked for me. its all on what works for your room so design safely and as always KEEP ON GROWIN
chuck estevez
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Propane undergoes combustion reactions in a similar fashion to other alkanes. In the presence of excess oxygen, propane burns to form water and carbon dioxide.
carbon Di oxide, not MONO xide, there is a difference
sure if running temps over 85 AND you have light saturation throughout the whole canopy 1500 ppm is usefull.
but how many have rooms that can sustain max rates of photosynthesis ?
Yes, this can be done. Better off your gas hot water heater. Your furnace isn't running in the summer, just the blower for the AC, so there is no CO or CO2 being released. I do it off a high efficiency boiler which is basically a big co2 generator running the way it's supposed to. I built regulators to control how much CO2 gets released into the SEALED room, and the rest vents out of the house, and i have CO sensors and CO shutoffs if it reads CO present. A clean fuel source will release very little if any CO. As stated earlier, of you can't figure all this out on your own, you probably shouldn't be doing it.
cannabiscultivation
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