"THE SEALED ROOM" 3lbs A LIGHT

[Tranoble]

Trying Kush this time around. Ill let you know how it turns out.

[noruas]

Tranoble,

I've been lurking for a long time.... 1 question

Why not use a Piolet Light CO2 generator in a Sealed room?
I just bought a beefy generator, and it is a Piolet ignition CAP gen-1 4 burners.
What, in your opinion, are the drawbacks of piolet lights?

[Tranoble]

In a sealed room the Co2 dosent get exuasted. The plants eat up all the Co2 thats why the sealed room works so well. The pilot light burns while the lights are off and that builds Co2 in the room. You do not want to give your plants Co2 while your light are off. Thats why a Co2 burner that uses a glow plug is much better. Hope this helps you understand why people dont use a pilot light in a sealed room. Any more questions just ask.

[noruas]

Tranoble,

From my understanding, plants do not use CO2 when the lights are off... No photosynthesis, no CO2 being consumed. Also, a Piolet light burns very small amount of gas over the "lights out" period. I am guessing, but I do not know, that this will not build up to very high levels of CO2... maybe +200ppm from baseline??

That said, I guess I assume it is not harmful to plants to have 1400ppm CO2 when lights are off, becuase they don't know it's there, plants don't care... can't see it/sense it....right??

[Hagbard Celiene]

bacause a pilot light can go out.

[Tranoble]

Think of it this way. If your room is at 1800 ppm right before your lights go out and you have a pilot light, whats going to happen? Your ppm is going to keep climbing cause there is no where for the Co2 to go. The plants dont take in Co2 when the lights are off so having a pilot light is a bad idea in a sealed room. You could try it out your self but you will fild out the hard way.

Tranoble,

From my understanding, plants do not use CO2 when the lights are off... No photosynthesis, no CO2 being consumed. Also, a Piolet light burns very small amount of gas over the "lights out" period. I am guessing, but I do not know, that this will not build up to very high levels of CO2... maybe +200ppm from baseline??

That said, I guess I assume it is not harmful to plants to have 1400ppm CO2 when lights are off, becuase they don't know it's there, plants don't care... can't see it/sense it....right??

[noruas]

ok this will be my last post on the subject, I don't want to clutter up your (awesome) thread!

I guess I just don't understand why CO2 during lights off is bad? In the Jurassic period, and before that time, Atmospheric levels were around 1200-1600ppm. Plants evolved to what they are today during this period, this is why plants are capable of thriving in CO2 rich environments. In this period, of gigantic flora and fauna, rich levels of co2 were constant. This is my backround understanding when approaching this "nighttime co2" issue..

1) My CO2 levels will never be higher than 1500 ppm, set by my CAP ppm-3 meter/controller.

2) Even if the plants are exposed to 1500 ppm of CO2 over the night, what is the troubble with this? Why is this a bad thing? OR does it matter at all? (Clearly this is not ideal, because it is a waste of gas!)

3) My "Sealed" room is not 100% sealed. I do not expect a CO2 PPM of 1500 to stay constant without supplemental burns from the generator. When the lights go off and the controller goes to "sleep" the CO2 in the room should drop to atmospheric levels +2-300 ppm co2 from the Piolet. I expect nighttime CO2 levels to be around 500ppm in my room, with a piolet burning.

The piolet light could go out, that is a substantial point, and one I am worried about. I will have to see how this thing does in a wind test with lots of fans on over a long period.

Sorry to ask so many questions, but this is my illness... overanalyzing everything

I really can't wait to see some Kush in your room, keep us posted!

peace

[Tranoble]

I started growing in the sealed room about 7yrs ago. Thats right around the same time they first came out with the glow plug Co2 burner. The glow plug burner was made for the sealed room. The pilot light burner was tested in the sealed room and was considered damaging the plants while the lights were out. Im not sure of the exact resons why but i do remember it was because the pilot light was still burning while the lights were out. Im sure you could add a small exaust to come on while the lights are out. Then your room would be exposed to some things that the sealed room helps to prevent. Sealed room is good for helping to preventing out side smell, blite (powdery mildew), and bugs.

[socialistpete]

Tranoble, I have just read this entire thread, simply amazed. I used to grow hydro and would always put down my buddys who would grow in dirt. But now I'm going to copy your setup on a smaller scale. Thanks for all your info and the time you have put into this.:stoned:

[lostincanada]

hey i'm looking to get information, pretty detailed, about starting an income generating op such as yours. i too am in canada and was hoping that i could exchange e-mails or something with you to get some tips and pointers

anyways you can always reach me at [email protected]