Sentinel total environmental controller gone wacko!!!

[fireman]

Sooo finally get my burner up and before i get a chance to even turn it on i look at my meter and see it reading 1400 ppm in my room with no CO2 on???

Damn if i have to send this thing back and wait on a new one I`m gonna be pissed.

Ive reset it several time and calibrated it twice. The funny thing is its correct when i stick it outside its around 400.

Then i hang it up on its hook and its reading in the 1400`s???

hate dealing with grow equipment sometimes

 

[kiwiboy]

Could it be remotely possible that your room actual have a CO2 of 1400ppm.

How much co2 does the avgerage person expell why working in there room?
Would the presense of a person make a sensor go up to 1400ppm?

 

[CptRFBurton]

Do you run electronic ballasts? I've had many problems with erratic readings on other electronic devices within about a 20 foot radius of electronic ballasts.

 

[Teeg420]

yep check to see if you have electronic ballast in close proximity of your meter.

 

[grow nerd]

Also three words: Rae glass tube

 

[StoneyMan]

There is a good chance that the CO2 level in your room is actually 1400ppm. People exhale much more CO2 than they think.
If I'm in my room for more than a half hour then the CO2 gen gets turned off cause my PPM goes throught the roof just from my breathing.

 

[Lazyman]

Yep, digi ballasts and ozone generators create lots of RF. If your room is very well sealed and you were in there a while 1400 is feasible.

 

[fireman]

Yea all great feedback thus far, but this is where i am at so far after taking everything into consideration. I considered it could possibly be me exhaling too much co2 there the sensor so i checked it immediately upon entering and still a reading of around 1450.

I do run one 600 galaxy about 20 feet away from the monitor and through a door, BUT it is not running right now and the problem still persists.

I have recalibareted the meter several time now and it reads fine outside, but hten it comes in side and starts skyrocketing up to 1250..

Believe you me i wish my ambient co2 was 1449 wheneve ri wanted

thanks for all the responses i`m shipping her off now to be fixed. couldnt have happen at a worse time though

 

[Lazyman]

do you have a gas furnace or water heater in or near your grow?

 

[fireman]

Yea i do have a gas furnace but its at least 30 ft away and through a door. The only reason i`d say this couldn`t be the reason is when i bought the monitor back in Dec it was reading around 600ppm.

Then about a a week ago it started reading in the 1300`s.


Haha I`m def gonna check the ppm next to my furnace and see If i can get some of that air into my veg room.Maybe not i dunno im stoned.

thanks for the ideas though LAzy

 

[grow nerd]

Slap the shit out of it, yell and scream, cuss, threaten to do more, and see if it finally decides it wants to play nice.