My mother was born on a farm in the Texas Panhandle in 1930. She remembered the dust storms. She told the story of a storm coming in and all the ranch hands quickly getting into a small building. They stuffed rags into the cracks around the door in an effort to keep the dust out. As I recall the story, there were maybe a dozen people in the shack.
They had a kerosine lamp burning for light. The storm had been blowing for a while and the lamp kept getting dimmer. They tried turning it up, but it didnât seem to be doing anything.
Finally one of the men decided to brave the storm to get some more kerosine from the barrel outside. The moment the door opened, the flame on the now very long wick flared up.
They had sealed the cracks so well that they were running out of oxygen in the room. If they hadnât been trying to fix the lamp, they could have been in serious trouble.
Indeed, but since safety information or discussion thatâs incorrect or unclear can - even with the best of intentions - cause harm, itâs not allowed on the forum.
@dan_berry This stuff is designed to remove co2. You donât have to worry about the co2! Activated charcoal removes a whole host of nasty organic vapors/chemicals but not co2.
Right, itâs not the same thing. Poor wording choice on my part. If you wind up using this, youâd want to use it in conjunction with activated charcoal.
You wouldnât use this exclusively on itâs own⌠youâd just mix it in at a certain ratio. Thatâs what I meant by the âprobably works at least as well asâ quip.
either way this is a really neat product but utterly unnecessary in your filters. co2 isnât toxic. itâs also heavier than air, so it is generated and immediately sinks. i suppose if youâre blazing through several sheets of plywood in an enclosed room with just a filter and you like to lay on the floorâŚ
we worked with big tanks of co2 in my genetics lab and the only real danger was to immediately leave the room if a tank fell over or a regulator busted - because it can displace the oxygen in your lungs.
