EGVOC-180 IGERESS Air quality meter demo indoor formaldehyde and TVOC
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2019
- EGVOC-180 IGERESS Indoor Air Quality Monitor Detector Accurate Testing Formaldehyde (HCHO) TVOC PM2.5 PM1.0 PM10
The World Health Organization guideline for indoor air formaldehyde concentration is 0.1 mg/m3 (0.08 ppm). The California Air Resources Board recommends an “action level” of 0.1228 mg/m3 (0.1 ppm) and a “target level” of 0.0614 mg/m3 (0.05 ppm) or lower for homes
Note the data logging feature is not really useful for logging trace amounts. Still, love this meter.
Remember it's a great meter for me so far but for trace amounts , it's only as good as the calibration that you do. Need a clean air sample / space to calibrate then meter essentially compares to that.
Also keep in mind that both airborne pesticide and mold exposures might show up on the TVOC reading, but they are toxic in such trace amounts that the meter lacks resolution to display values that small.
Some of the potentially harmful emissions from indoor air combustion (wood, natural gas..) include: nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur oxides, hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, particulate matter, and hydrocarbons from natural gas fumes such as butane, propane, pentane, methyl pentane, benzene, and xylene. The indoor levels of these pollutants are determined by the amount of fuel burned and the rate of exchange with outdoor air.
The primary effects of exposure to gas fumes are on the cardiovascular and nervous systems, but they can affect any organ of the body. Some of the earliest symptoms from exposure to gas fumes include: depression, fatigue, irritability, inability to concentrate and neurological damage.
Hazardous fumes can leak at the pipe joints and remain undetected, especially if they occur under flooring. In addition, every pilot light adds fumes, and the burning process itself releases fumes into the air.
Chronic exposure can result in multiple chemical sensitivities. because carbon monoxide has the ability to interfere with the detoxification pathways in the liver, allowing the accumulation of toxic substances. Other effects of chronic carbon monoxide exposure include heart arrhythmia, decreased cognitive abilities, confusion, and fatigue. Because it is odorless and can not be detected through smell there are many cases of carbon monoxide related-deaths each year. hbelc.org
I just bought one and waiting to try it out in my RV.
I love how calm he is, If I saw those levels inside I would run, don't need brain damage...
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Thanks for sharing!
I just posted a video quite similar, much longer though, of my daughters currently housing. She began having autoimmune symptoms about 2 to 3 weeks after she moved into that dwelling. Anyway, I don't quite understand the numbers but hers were very similar to yours.
Indoor air quality is a chemical soup for the vast majority. When the bucket we carry around gets full there can be some injury and detox pathways may not work so it piles up with nowhere to go. Some people become super sensitive to trace amounts and then things get really messy. I'm very fortunate to have a room right now that is so good it sometimes reads zero's all the way across the whole meter. It has taken a great effort to get to this point. Mychemicalfreehouse.net is a good resource as are building biologists and a book called Prescritions for a Healthy House. I'm not familiar with the link between autoimmune issues and chem exposure but it founds like she needs to find a safe place or at least safe room. I wouldn't delay because things can get much worse.
Hi, How is this EGVOC Different From The IGERESS WP9630S?
Does anyone know how to do a factory reset? The reason is that we have one with the top bar displaying PM2.5 and we want this back to simply Air Pollution Level. Can anyone tell me how to do that? Thanks!
Thank you, can you tell me the brand that you used?
Mines a different model and just stays on 1.999 HCHO and 9.999 TVOC. Hoping its a glitch and not it really telling me i live in a deadly toxic cloud. Atleast I think its calibrated theres no way to tell if it calibrated or not. Bought it because of new downstairs neighbors weed/cigarette smoke and ive done everything to try and block it and get rid of it
My inside air on mine is way lower than your outside air. Air quality 000 HCHO 0.001-0.005 P.M2.5 001-002 TVOC 0.013 PM10 006. i dont have pm 1.0. But all day i have 1 huge standing fan and one smaller facing my apartment door hallway from the inside plus a winix air purifier running with just the carbon pellet filter no hepa filter right now cause its too dirty from neighbors cigarette smoke. And i got a homemade box fan with number 11 filterete filter sitting infront of a cracked window at all times no matter what the temp is. Looks like its working hella gud
I have a meter that measures particles and another meter that measures VOC. Are they both the same?
No.
Thank you for this video. Did you ever find out why the levels in your room are so high?
Hello., yes - this was actually my mothers house which had been sealed with 'varathane' wood polish (all HW floors) within about 18 months of the video. Last summer I used a lot of ozone when the house was vacant and also 'baked' it to the extent possible and or both at the same time, followed by hours and hours of forced , fresh air. It didn't seem to help a great deal but then I have noticed a remarkable difference now almost a year later. I will have to check but my nose tells me this house is now much lower levels
PS - Varathane is a pretty nasty old fashioned oil based sealer that apparently is LOADED with chemicals. On top of that I figured out eventually that either a large of amount of baseboard heaters on or sunlight direct through the bay windows to the floor ( even worse .. BOTH) caused the dramatic imore dramatic peaks, as captured in this video.
@@thehealthheritageeichannel6068 Are you satisfied with the detector? now when 3 years have gone since the post, would you suggest any other detector?
@@jewsusjewtube1880 Unfortunately I lost the detector after moving twice since this video. Pro: it's extremely sensitive, so much in fact that I found it difficult to find a clean enough air environment to do the calibration process. There's no way for me to know if the actual measurements are accurate with this, but for comparative situations and in particular when there's concern with low levels, it's actually fantastic. Highly recommended considering the cost. I didn't try any other meters, except one which did CO2 levels in ppm, I could not get that one to work at all with any confidence or reliability. Since moving into a home built in 1907 with no synthetic materials to be found, I no longer need air quality monitoring equipment so I haven't replaced it. Hope this helps.
@@thehealthheritageeichannel6068 Thanks for your answer 🙂
what is PM means in detector
PG, Does your sensor automatically shut off after so much time? Can it be left alone to monitor the air for a extended amount of time?
It will keep going the display times out and screen shuts off to save battery time., but the sensor keeps on going. There is a record function but to me it's not very useful because I'm looking at trace amounts generally as so the axis are setup to look at much larger amounts of pollution than I would ever dream of seeing in a living space. For the money this meter is outstanding. Set to 'quickest' mode you nearly see all these things in real time as seen above. Technically, they tell you to set it down somewhere and come back in 3 minutes for greatest accuracy. finding clean air to do a good calibration is really the only issue I've had so far.
@@thehealthheritageeichannel6068 I have been collecting fine particle air pollution data for around 2 years now. I currently use a Speck sensor. It recognizes and counts particles 3 microns down to .5 microns. The screen is always on. So I point a security camera at the screen to catch every number it produces. We are down wind from a fracking compressor station. So we often get air pollution events that can last an hour to several hours. The levels are often up over 300 ug/m3 from the station. I want to collect VOC levels but need a sensor that will keep the monitor on and not time out. We have leaves falling from our trees and I could smell chemicals in the air. They are currently active on two gas pads up wind from us. If you get higher levels while outside. Check wind direction and try to figure out what could be releasing the pollution up wind from you. Thanks for the info.
@@Dashbshots The manual indicates you can set the screen off time to 1 Minute, 10 Minutes, 30 Minutes and Never options. That should work... This unit has 2 laser sensors for PM. I believe one of them senses 0-10pm and the other 0-2.5 PM. So the 10 should always be the 'total' then the rest percentage of total. I don't know how the meter differentiates PM less than 1 micron. I don't normal look at any of the PM readings but I've noticed it goes insane whenever you pan fry something.
I will update description with model number and links. Thanks
@@thehealthheritageeichannel6068 Thank you for the additional information.
Hello. Where did you purchase this from? Also, why is the formaldehyde so high inside your house? Is it because of the pressed wood or laminate flooring inside your home?
Rate?
Did you have neurological symptoms? Our apartment measured .187 and it literally made me insane
Yeah, I have neurological damage shown on brain spect scan, not really caused by this house. This was my mothers house and only stayed here a few weeks
Can your device detect TVOC coming from your dryer vent?
I use borax and baking soda in the washer and my dryer has never had chemicals in it of any kind. I have noticed at other homes , if doing laundry from the washer in particular the levels will be rather high sometimes in surrounding rooms. The cleaner the calibration air, the better result. Never tried it myself but I'm betting you can. www.researchgate.net/publication/225625255_Chemical_emissions_from_residential_dryer_vents_during_use_of_fragranced_laundry_products
@@thehealthheritageeichannel6068 Superb replies. Definite subscription to your channel. Many Kind Wishes 💮
@@filicefilice Thank you!! very kindly. Unfortunately I have had a couple videos taken down for violating community guidelines so my passion for sharing information has really taken a sharp downward turn the last 11 months. Wish it wasn't so ? But alas. 😦
If anyone wants more information on chemical sensitivity, environmental illness, building biology or related topics I can be reached at amarshallphoto@gmail.com
I've been in this for several years and have worked with doctors in Texas, more than happy to help or point people in the right direction for help.
Its the laminate flooring causing the spike
yes in particular when the sunlight came through south facing bay window, heated the floor and then numbers would rise very dramatically. It has since off gassed to a more reasonable level
Did you ever run into problems with calibrating your machine?
I did yeah, I found that you need an exceptionally low pollution day / area to calibrate it if you are interested in detecting very low levels. Otherwise it would often read zero when I knew by experience it shouldn't have been reading zero. Once calibrated successfully though it's extremely sensitive
Hi there, I bought the same meter but mine came set in Chinese maybe... The manual is also not readible to me. Can you tell me the steps to change the language? Please? Thank you!
Hi Sara, I would go to the seller here: www.amazon.com/Air-Pollution-Formaldehyde-Detector-Temperature/dp/B078ZS8RVL/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=EGVOC-180&qid=1563820593&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Ask them because I can't seem to find an option for this either in the manual or in device settings. Sorry
@@thehealthheritageeichannel6068 Hi there, I tried that but they can not help me at all. They won't even give me a phone number of the supplier to call :-(
Get a real HEPA air purifier in your home
MrRelegem hepa doesnt take out voc
@@lowfrequencyfilms Most good air purifiers have an activated carbon filter.
you need a activepure device, I can help. hit me up!
Bro the air in your house is extremely extremely toxic I tested multiple retailers apartments and homes and I've never seen readings that high
What's normal for hcho indoors?