Air Quality Monitor [video

I killed my first Air Quality Monitor last year while spraying, so I thought I’d try and resurrect it with a change of sensor. Enjoy!
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[@ThePhilandPam]

What an absolute result, hate throwing things away that with a little bit of effort can be back in service, really good work 👍

[@Badgerworkshop]

Lover it when you can fix things that you thought were broken. Always handy to have a spare

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Cheers Matt!

[@gwr6305]

Thanks for that Peter! My little monitor died last year and I kept it hoping one day I would be able to fix it. Trouble is I can't find the sensor on eBay at the moment. Will buy another one and If I find the sensor I will definitely repair the old one.

[@drmkiwi]

"Thanks so much for watching" Are you kidding, thanks so much for doing this work! Edutainment (terrible word, but strangely concise) Cheers, David.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Haha, thanks! 😂👍

[@paulcharman44]

Great result, everything can be fixed if you try hard enough, well almost! the plywood you used is perfect for that, firm and non conducting.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks! 👍

[@nicharvey7211]

Perfectly timed Peter. I'm ordering my sensor after I write this. Note to the viewers, mine packed up from dust not spray as I don't spray! And I have 2 vacuums one dust extractor and an air filter that's suited to a shop 3 times the size of mine. So I would have thought that dust didn't kill it. Interesting though it died after not switching n for over 3 weeks during my Xmas break. That's been my experience. Cheers for the vid.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Yeah, that’s weird. Pretty sure mine was paint-related, but Andy Mac’s wasn’t. They were bought some time apart as well, so it’s not down to a ‘bad batch’. The downside of buying direct from China, I guess, but at least we can get spares! 👍🤷‍♂️

[@NomadMakes]

I just ordered an air quality monitor 3 minutes ago... ;-) Then I saw the notification. Nice of you to bring out the SKX by the way!

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks Goran! And it has to have an outing once in a while... 😂👍

[@markbryan9989]

Yes, good to know. I had bought mine after seeing yours in the original video. Then yours quit! Mine is still working but I don't do hardly any spraying in the shop. If I do spray, I will cover the sensor and simply assume that the air levels are bad and take appropriate precautions. I could not purchase the unit from your link because I am in the US but found it on Ebay. Also, I just used mine to compare my new WEN air filtering system with my old DIY fan and filter assembly. They both performed the same! I will use the WEN in my workout area in the house instead of the shop. (Want real fresh air whilst breathing heavy!) Thanks Peter.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks Mark! 👍

[@neilmorrison5507]

The temp and humidity are on a separate sensor. The smaller blue box. It was probably covered in paint. That is why the different reading between the boxes.

[@ErrorAcquired]

I purchased this on amazon. SO HAPPY WITH IT. EVERY home needs one

[@animationcreations42]

One thing I like about buying cheap Chinese products is that everything is modular and can be replaced individually, I can guarantee that if you bought a named brand, assuming the part was even replaceable, it would cost nigh on the same as just replacing the whole unit!

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

That’s very true!

[@bldrmtnman]

Peter, don't see the links to the sensor or the air quality monitor, could you post?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Sorry, but this video’s over a couple of years old and I remove links when they’re no longer active. If you do a quick eBay search you may be able to track one down, but I don’t have a link I’m sorry. 🤷‍♂️

[@thesmallshed]

Thanks for that Peter, I wouldn't have thought it worth repairing, but that seems to be a great fix, I know what to do now when mine packs up. Furthermore I thought the little blue square was the sensor, so good to see a pro doing the repair🙂.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

I was tempted to bin it after ai’d bought another, but for the sake of 15 quid I thought why not?? 👍👍

[@basher50]

Always wondered what Big Clive would look like clean shaven, seems the accent went as well.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Can’t wait to see his next wardrobe build! 😂😂👍

[@YMMVShaves]

@@10MinuteWorkshop Peter, send the broken unit to Big Clive for one of his 'Inside a' video's 👍

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

@@YMMVShaves Great idea, actually! I'll shoot him a note, see if he's interested - he may have done it already of course 🤷‍♂️

[@eduardvaniersel7535]

Would be interesting to see what's inside the sensor.

[@ErrorAcquired]

Its a laser and a micro chip!

[@alanmullock381]

Saving money always floats my boat,thanks for posting thi one Peter!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Cheers Alan - seemed a shame to bin it 👍👍

[@peterg902]

Can you provide the link to the replacement part for the air quality meter please?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

I just googled for it, picked up whatever looked like would fit. 👍

[@whitedoggarage]

Good job, nice to see you doing an equipment repair video for a change ;-) I hate throwing stuff away and it is good to see you can get parts cheaply. Thanks again Peter.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks Bob! Seemed a shame to bin it if I could get the parts. 👍👍

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

Nice to see you used the anti-static plywood spludger Pete !! 😏 I was hoping you'd do heart surgery on the old sensor to see whats inside the bugger !! 👍😎☘

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Well, I couldn't find my earthing wrist strap, so used the next best thing! 😂 And yes - I should have opened the little sucker up to see what's insideI I'll have to fish it out of the bin and crack the case 👍

[@georgeprout42]

It'd be great to see bigclive do a teardown and reverse engineer on that module 😉

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

sweet, i'm getting one of those. Was going to DIY with a raspberry pi, but why bother. They are $35 on aliexpress!

[@wellyprakoso1551]

Hi, Great video. I wanna buy it. What the unit of particle number ? per litre or feet cubic ?

[@Bob_Burton]

Watch next week as bigclive builds a wardrobe :-)

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Now that I'd watch! 😂👍

[@normanboyes4983]

Always worth an attempt at repair even if just out of curiosity 😂

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Absolutely! 👍

[@jimmustill222]

On the topic of general health and safety issues, Peter can I ask if you suffer from a bad back from all this lifting of units

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Actually no; I had terrible back problems when I was a photographer, but all those went away when I started grafting for a living. Weird - you’d expect it to be the other way around - but I’ve found physical work has done me the world of good, generally. 👍👍

[@davesailing2004]

excellent choice of phone BTW

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

I’m using it as a video camera more and more as it’s so convenient, and focusses so close! 👍👍

[@homemadefish164]

Hi Peter ,what do you use to degrease kitchen cabinet doors before painting ?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Hi. Depends on how bad they are; anything from domestic cleaner to a specialist degreaser like sugar soap or Elbow Grease. 👍

[@tladoux]

I am in the US and would like to get one of these monitors. Do you have a link or part number for the whole monitor assembly?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Old vid, so no sorry. I’m told they’re available on banggood, but haven’t looked myself. 👍👍

[@BensWorkshop]

The temperature and humidity sensor is soldered to the main board and is the blue device. It's a DH11. See this link here: www.google.co.uk/search?q=dh11&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOwrC28b3gAhXH-qQKHYreBnoQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=629

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks! Temps & RH were always reading OK, just the particle count that was out of whack - makes sense if the others are soldered on 👍👍

[@BensWorkshop]

@@10MinuteWorkshop No worries. That DH11 is fairly cheap and not of itself calibrated.

[@williba24]

Any chance of explaining the device figures on display? I have bought one but no manual or instructions, how about a video with explanations.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Yes, I need to do a quick follow-up on it. You've figured out how to switch it to the second screen (the one I show in the video, not the one on the thumbnail) yes? If not, there's a tiny push-button on the side, above the USB power socket. That brings up a more detailed screen for particles, which is what we're most interested in as woodworkers. This screen basically gives the number of particles above set sizes; this is cumulative, of course, so e.g. the >0.3 micron reading also includes all the other particles on show in the lower levels. It's a convenient way of assessing how the air is in the workshop at any time, so you can establish a baseline reading for e.g. 'moving around but not machining anything' then decide at what levels you need to switch the extractors on / open the door / get out of there for a while. That's how I use it, anyway 👍

[@colmorley]

As always, thanks for the content Peter! I've just ordered one of the devices, does it come with figures on what are safe levels of dust? I'm cutting a lot of mdf and even with dust collection and two vacuums to collect direct from saw and one in front collecting dust blowout from the saw, theres still a lot of mdf dust collating. I've tried to find some instructions online but with no luck on what are safe levels of dust. Thanks if you can help, no problem if you cant! :)

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Older vid, so not sure what the current scope of delivery is, but mine didn’t come with anything, no. As a very general rule it’s the PM2.5 levels that you want to watch out for, and I try to keep them in single figures.

[@colmorley]

@@10MinuteWorkshop Thanks Peter, much appreciated for your time!

[@Mrfreezeee1]

Should have been played the music from mission impossible there Peter ,then had to old one self destruct after you got it out lol ,you need a better filter system for the spray painting in such a small space Peter i would be doing a down draft at the back of your benches and have it blow out into a filter box in the next room

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks Syd. Yes, the fan boxes I made takes care of the overspray/paint in the air problem, but obviously not the VOCs. 🤷‍♂️👍

[@Mrfreezeee1]

@@10MinuteWorkshop oh know the ABCs are back ...lol

[@WarnaAngin]

Use of this monitor requires a software installation for export data to computer? greetings from Indonesia.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

No Idea if it can export data It sorry - not what I bought it for. 👍

[@TonyCarnell]

USB widget and pludger (is that how you spell it?), you can always tell an expert because they know all the technical terms! 😉👍

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

😆 I found them on KZbin 😂👍👍

[@SMee67]

Ha, that was too easy mate! 👍 If only you knew that back then, aye 😉

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Aye! 👍👍

[@TheSoundFever]

can I replace it with a PMS7003? Would it work with the display?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

No idea I’m sorry. 🤷‍♂️

[@Matt-bt7ej]

I'm pretty sure the PMS5003 which I believe is in this video and PMS7003 have the same command set. They certainly have a common driver within ESPHome

[@nogardniwt]

Where can you buy these modules?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Bought mine from eBay, links in the video description. 👍

[@nogardniwt]

@@10MinuteWorkshop I must be blind 🤣

[@LostWhits]

Is it possible to calibrate them?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Not as far as I’m aware. I just use them for relative values 👍

[@stephenguk]

Does your one come up with "Pollated" air quaiity?

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Sorry, don't know what that means?

[@stephenguk]

@@10MinuteWorkshop On the first screen, mine sometimes goes a bit weird and where it usually says "Good", it comes up "Pollated"...

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Oh, OK; no, mine’s never done that 🤷‍♂️

[@neilgillies6943]

Great result for an 'amateur' :-) Now, why not send the dud unit (maybe include a display for completeness), to bigclivedotcom up on (in?) the Isle of Man and see if he can fix it :-)) I also detest throwing stuff away !

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

Thanks! Yeah, big Clive’s been mentioned - I’ll try and see if he’s interested. 🤷‍♂️

[@ccswede]

Is Brexit going to cause any disruption in getting material and tools. It appears many tools are not made in England. I am in USA and do not want to throw politics into this site. I just wandered.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

I don't think anyone - including politicians - has any real idea of the impact of Brexit tbh. ANybody's guess, really 🤷‍♂️

[@troyboy4345]

I wonder what the readings would have been in a pub, pre 2007 smoking ban ? in da good ol' dayz ! …. Food for thought though, for all of us … to really pause and think about the 2 very large soft tissue, environment sensitive organs that give us life … #Lungsforlife

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

I was outside the workshop earlier today getting a baseline outdoors reading just for reference (PM2.5 of ~30-ish) when a guy came outbid the building for a smoke; PM 2.5 levels went up to over 350, just standing next to him ie not him blowing smile at the sensor, just passive smoke in the air. 🤔

[@troyboy4345]

@@10MinuteWorkshop No further questions your honour !

[@andrewroberts6158]

Hi peter The only thing that came out of that video is the word spludger ? after that I was lost thinking what it could be 😁.

[@10MinuteWorkshop]

The company that does all the tech tear downs (I fix it?) uses them for getting into eg phones, computers tablets etc... They’re like tiny tyre levers but made of plastic. 🤷‍♂️

[@alqarn]

Good job mate. I need your contact email if that possible. Regards