Co2 Monitor

[brashhighlander]

Hi Folks

I am just in the process of setting up a new tank and I am going to be using Co2 for the first time. I am aware of all the negative health issues if there is a build up of Co2. What i am wanting to know is does anyone have a Co2 monitor in their cabinet just in case there is a leak?

Or am I over thinking things?

Thanks
Jim

 

[foxfish]

Do you mean a build up of C02 in the tank or in your room?

 

[arcturus]

You need a concentration of at least 3% CO2 (30.000 ppm) to reach what are considered hazardous levels. You would not get these levels with a small leak, but if a there is a major leak in a cylinder placed inside a small room with low air circulation, then yes, it can become hazardous.

 

[ian_m]

What i am wanting to know is does anyone have a Co2 monitor in their cabinet just in case there is a leak?

Not sure why you would want one. People have had whole 2kg tanks empty out in a couple of minutes, due to a failed O ring and not suffered any breathing difficulties as they changed their underwear due to the noise and then examined the piles of dry ice powder (solid carbon dioxide) everywhere. I hand a tank empty out in 20 days in my lounge without noticing.

If you really want you need to look for pub cellar alarms, as they use them as CO2 being heavier than air will "pool" in a cellar. Not sure will be an issue in a house, with normal levels of ventilation.

In the end, CO2 fast leak, change underwear (this is your alarm), slow CO2 leak you will never know until tank runs out after a couple of days.

 

[brashhighlander]

Thank you.

I was unsure what effect emptying a full 2kg bottle would have on the environment/room. I never realised it was such a low impact. Good to know.

As I said over thinking.

 

[Wookii]

The average person breathes out around 1Kg of CO2 a day, so if a whole bottle leaked out it's not going to be significant in a normally ventilated room in an average house.

 

[plantnoobdude]

The average person breathes out around 1Kg of CO2 a day, so if a whole bottle leaked out it's not going to be significant in a normally ventilated room in an average house.

also, it sinks! unless you happen to be 5 inches tall you should be good.

 

[Wookii]

. . . unless you happen to be 5 inches tall. . .

 

[brashhighlander]

How did you know what I looked like😂