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The regulators usually have a small pressure release hole, so if the gas is at high pressure and the regulator is in the room, it can leak raw gas in to the room. Which will instantly cause severely sick plants.NEGardens, sorry I may have missed your point. I had a plumber install my NG line and he put the regulator in the same room as the CO2 burner. Why did you suggest it is outside of the room?
I've had some of the Titan Controls/Blueprint/Autopilot branded burners leak from internal fittings, but since I switched to the Sentinel ICG-30 models, no problems in any rooms. Just spray down every single fitting you can with soapy water, and fire up the burner while watching for even the smallest amount of bubbling. The NG burners run at a much lower pressure than the propane burners, so I think they generally have less problems.I've got a plumber coming to checkout the unit and probably move the regulator outside of the room. Besides the connections between the hose and regulator, the hose from regulator to device, and the actual brass valves (2), are there any other connections to check? Any other litmus tests to perform? Seems like a fairly simple device, but I just want to make sure I have all my bases covered. Thanks again, and I hope I can be up and running co2 again soon.
No, I haven't specifically leak tested any of the burners on the icg 30 unit. I do leak tests on any of user assembled screw fittings that are in the room, and if there are no leaks, I fire it up. I have about 8 of the icg-30s running in various rooms with no problems.I snagged one of the icg-30 units today and going to install it tomorrow. I have a small room but I'm hoping this new burner is the end of my problems.
@NE Gardens Did you end up testing any of the burners on that unit? They look strictly different than any burner I've seen and I don't know how to go about it. I'm not sure my plumber would know either. Any advice you can offer? Thanks again!
Hi:After nearly a year of having them fuck things up in a major way, I now have propane and NG burners running in a variety of room sizes, with excellent results. The smallest rooms are about 8'x12', the largest 24'x50' and I run the rooms fully sealed, never exhausting the air the entire run.
As I mentioned above, make sure the regulators are placed outside the room, and you have checked for all leaks.
The other thing that I have found is that no matter what, certain Titan Controls / Autopilot / Blueprint (I think they all probably come from the same factory) burner units will cause rooms to die. The strange thing is, I have a few of them (exact same model) to work great. I can only guess that there are inconsistencies in the manufacturing that make some leaky or burn incompletely.
These days I only use the newer sentinel burners "ICG-30" and haven't had a single problem with one.
Glad that worked for you. Is that the LP version and you keep the Propane inside the room?I am happy to report, that after three days after having the new Sentinel ICG-30 burner, everything still looks good. I am very hopeful that this solved the problem. My Natural Gas/Propane/Carbon Monoxide detector is all showing 0 ppms as well. The plants look good, and I'll report back in a week if things go south.
The new burner is absolutely fantastic. Changing BTUs on demand is fucking awesome. Now my burner is on for about 1 minute or less and my room is brimming with co2.
I HOPE MY ISSUES NEVER COME BACK! And I hope that between this thread and the VPD thread that co2 growers can figure out the issues they are having. As for me, I am hoping my Crockett Family Farms Clementine blows up with the added co2 :)
@Seamaiden maybe worth a sticky given the number of times I've seen this issue or similar issues?
Hey, so what did you find to be the solution?I had the same exact same issue with the co2 generators I was running. Took one round to figure it out, almost had me thinking I forgot how to grow weed
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