? about CO2 produced by a human

[adahars37]

So the question is...... If I am sleeping in a 15' X 12' room, the same room contains my 12/12 box, anyone know how many ppms CO2 I can add to the room by sleeping in it for 6-8 hrs ???? or does anyone know of any formulas for ppms produced by the average human?? and is this even enough to make any significant difference?
Thanks for the help!

adahars37 Reviewed by adahars37 on 06-07-2009. ? about CO2 produced by a human So the question is...... If I am sleeping in a 15' X 12' room, the same room contains my 12/12 box, anyone know how many ppms CO2 I can add to the room by sleeping in it for 6-8 hrs ???? or does anyone know of any formulas for ppms produced by the average human?? and is this even enough to make any significant difference? Thanks for the help! Rating: 5

[Italiano715]

So the question is...... If I am sleeping in a 15' X 12' room, the same room contains my 12/12 box, anyone know how many ppms CO2 I can add to the room by sleeping in it for 6-8 hrs ???? or does anyone know of any formulas for ppms produced by the average human?? and is this even enough to make any significant difference?
Thanks for the help!

Not enough, but from what I've read on average a person breaths 16X's a minute. Each breath containing .037grams of CO2.

So......
.037 X 16 = .592g
.592 X 60min = 35.52g per hour
35.52 X 6to8hours sleep = 213.12-284.16g CO2 ever 6-8 hours

PS. If I find the link I will post it.....

[headshake]

it probably won't make that much difference. first off, for co2 to be effective you need to have the rest of your grow dialed in. second, you need to run ~1500-1800ppm. for co2 to be effective you need to run it in a SEALED room. this is harmful to you and any pets that you may have.


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[Italiano715]

it probably won't make that much difference. first off, for co2 to be effective you need to have the rest of your grow dialed in. second, you need to run ~1500-1800ppm. for co2 to be effective you need to run it in a SEALED room. this is harmful to you and any pets that you may have.


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Forgot to mention too much can kill you too!

[adahars37]

thanks guys, i appreciate the quick reply. good to know, i think that i've got most everything dialed in and am ready to start using CO2 bottled form. any suggestions on a decent and fairly priced regulator set up?

[oldmac]

Hey adahars37,

First thing to buy, since you grow where you live and sleep, is a Carbon Monoxide Detector. They look like smoke alarms but monitor CO level; too much it goes off and you and yours can wake up instead of not.
While the chance of killing yourself using the typical 10lb bottle of CO2 is small, don't take any chances.

Typical regulator and emmitter is about $150, plus tank and refills. Try to get two tanks and I would use two different suppliers for re-fills.

BTW: If you wanted your (human) co2 output to help your plants, you would need to sleep in there while the LIGHTS are ON. Your plants have no use for co2 during the dark period.

[phatsesh101]

conditions dont need to be optimal to benefit from co2

i made my boilerroom into a grow room, it was hot but the co2 the boiler gave off made my plants veg insane

i read somewhere that a house of 4 has twice th co2 in the air as outside and you can add to that if you have old appliances with pilot lights and shit

youd probly be surprised if u test the air but its like 15$ a test if you dont have a meter yet and to go around testing different rooms is fun but expensive

i been thinking of sealing a room to run co2 (have tanks from paintball alrready) but it would be indoors right now and with tanks there is less worries co -co2 as long as you dont burn off that extra oxygen molecule

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First thing to buy, since you grow where you live and sleep, is a Carbon Monoxide Detector.

This isn't true when using tanked CO2, at least from a reputable source.
Lab and Technical Gases - Airgas.com

a CO detector should be purchased when burning propane as a faulty burner or a lack of sufficient can create CO

The biggest issue about running CO2 where you live/sleep is if valve, regulator, monitor, or timer fail for whatever reason you can be suffocated in your sleep. I think this is generally considered enough reason to not run CO2 in your living area.

But on topic: Sleeping in your grow room may not increase CO2, but exercising definitely does. I've seen an increase in 700PPM on my monitor when me and one other are working hard

[Motdot]

For what it's worth, in the 70's, it became kind of an "in" thing to "talk to your plants"....meaning any and all plants. There was some kind of study that confirmed that human breath gives off beneficial co2. But it was more of a hippy thing :hippy:

[Vancefish]

I've read about CO2 and don't often forget what I read. So, some of what I read doesn't quite jive with some of the other things I've read.

First off I read that WORLD WIDE average CO2 in the air is really close to 300ppm. Yet I see people telling me they keep CO2 at around 210ppm. I'd have to assume the plants are eating it all up in that case!

I read that ALL plants completely STOP growing if CO2 drops below 200ppm. So 210ppm is really pushing the edge.

I read that plants thrive BEST at 1300ppm anything over that is a waste!

I read that Humans AND pets are typically effected (suffocate) at around 5000ppm.

CO2 weighs more then regular air. Thus without good circulation, a sealed room(or at least the venting is up high) it posses a risk of escape and could fill surrounding rooms and risk killing pets who naturally might be ON the floor.

Lastly I've read that current CO2 levels of around 300ppm are overall VERY low for our planet. We've had thousands upon thousand of years maybe millions where CO2 was 7-800ppm+. Yet our government is getting ready to sign a world treaty claiming CO2 is a hazardous waste product and thus will be taxed out the a$$ to the UN! How exactly can they tax us for over producing a naturally beneficial gas when technically it's at an ALL time multi million year low?:wtf:

Funny how growing mmj has suddanly brought government claims so much more INTO the light for me. If our government succeeds and we can get CO2 down below 200ppm we can have a world wide hunger issue. Because all our food will stop growing. Not to mention they are already showing our world temps are dropping NOT rising. It's now called climate CHANGE, Not global warming. I even found a few places showing growth in the ice caps over the last 3 years.

Have you ever seen the Penn and Teller video where they get MANY many people to sign a petition to ban Dyhydrogen monoxide(H2O) OR sodium phosphate(salt)? Kinda funny, because nearly everyone on the video signs this thing, banning water and salt without paying ANY real attention to what they are really signing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw

However my point to all this is,.. If they start taxing the bejesus out of us for producing CO2 (which IS the case). What will become of the places selling CO2? Or the prices at such places? Seems to me a CO2 generator would be the smartest method. At least then you can buy Propane and convert it to CO2 without the government taxing you for "killing" our enviroment.