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Re: Bishop CO2/pH controller
Regarding the Bishop pH controller at
www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/co2-pvc.html
>Has anyone else built this thing?
I built a couple of versions of it, but couldn't get it to work well
enough to be useful. It's a clever idea, but the probe is S-L-O-W to
respond to changes in the tank CO2 level -- so slow as to be useless, in
my experience. If I were going to try it again (and I might -- it's a
clever idea), I'd try to speed it up by putting the probe IN the tank
("diving bell" style), and by increasing the surface area to volume
ratio, which I think it critical: if you have a 5 ml sample and 1 square
cm of surface area, you can wait all day for the sample color to change.
> I am unsure of the VCC
It all runs on the regulated 5 volts.
> He also didn't mention how much reagent to add
The usual 3 drops/5 mls seems like a good amount.
My advice, for what it's worth, would be to go with the Hurley pH
control system (www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/hurley-co2.html) with a $33
"Silver" probe from Pet Warehouse.
If y'all techie types would care to continue this discussion off-list,
please drop me a line.
Sherman lovell at wa_freei.net