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No way is that 5lbs. The post is about 5lbs of liquid co2 in a co2 tank. Also you'd have to dumb the whole tank to get those concentrations. You're DIY so you're not generating enough pressure to produce liquid co2 plus a 1L container does not hold 5 lbs of liquid co2. I highly doubt a DIY setup is capable of producing dangerous levels of co2 is a typical sized room, but I'll let an expert chime in on that one.So if my room is about 12x12x9 and I have a 1 litre bottle co2 set up, is that 5 lbs of co2?
How do you measure weight of co2?
Ok great. Even when the aquarium is on a window shelf that sits right next to the headboard of my bed? Basically Im sleeping (with my head) being within 3 feet from the aquarium throughout the night.You may be confusing CO (carbon monoxide) with CO2. You will not be harmed by DIY CO2 unless you have some real special health problems. More likely to be able to pass out by holding your breathe than from breathing DIY CO2! Gas from the normal roommate may be more dangerous....
There's no meaningful answer to this question the way it is stated. CO2 has no adverse effects by itself. It is not poisonous in any way. The gas is perfectly neutral health-wise. In fact, your body is already full of CO2 it produces by itself. CO2 is what you expel every time you exhale (and some of it you then actually inhale back). As you probably know, sometimes people breathe into a paper bag as a method of dealing with anxiety attacks. The whole point of that procedure is to make you breathe a lot of CO2 (in comparative terms, of course)My question is how much co2 does one have to breathe in for it to be dangerous?
This is not true at all. It is true that at normal concentrations it is considered non-toxic. At elevated levels it can have detrimental effects regardless of O2 level. Those effects can include death. Google carbon dioxide poisoning to see.There's no meaningful answer to this question the way it is stated. CO2 has no adverse effects by itself. It is not poisonous in any way. The gas is perfectly neutral health-wise. In fact, your body is already full of CO2 it produces by itself. CO2 is what you expel every time you exhale (and some of it you then actually inhale back). As you probably know, sometimes people breathe into a paper bag as a method of dealing with anxiety attacks. The whole point of that procedure is to make you breathe a lot of CO2 (in comparative terms, of course)
The only dangerous thing CO2 can do to you is displace oxygen and thus cause suffocation. In that regard CO2 is as dangerous as water, for one example. One can drink a gallon of water without any issues. But at the same time one can drown to death in a gallon of water. In the latter case it is not water per se that kills the person, but the absence of air (displaced by water). CO2 works the same way. One can drown in CO2.
So, referring to your question, you can breathe in as much CO2 as you want - nothing will happen to you as long as you breathe in enough oxygen with it. Of course, at some point breathing in less oxygen than usual might (and will) produce noticeable effects like dizziness, darkening vision etc.
I'd like to hear more about this.Co2 fatal accident is rare, you may not hear any, but once you talk to any korean you may hear stories.
In this case - with DIY CO2 the real danger is not from CO2 but from other volatile organics that are a byproduct of fermentation. You likely got a good shot of volatile fatty acids and alcohols which can have transient neurological effects....I got a good whiff of some freshly brewed co2....
Anthony, unfortunately you are not Korean any more, just like me, we are both catogorized as asian..I'd like to hear more about this.
I'm not Korean anymore? Or did you mean I wasn't any more Korean, compared to youAnthony, unfortunately you are not Korean any more, just like me, we are both catogorized as asian..
Winter cabbage/vegetable storage/basement in Korea or North China....
AWWW the good old daysI think you'll be okay considering the fact that kids suck down whippets for fun (small CO2 carts) by hyperventilating on them with a balloon and pass out before they asphyxiate.