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Wave: understanding the sensor thresholds
Wave: understanding the sensor thresholds

For Wave series monitors, what does the red light mean? How do I know if my air quality is good or poor?

Updated over 2 months ago

Here you can see the sensor thresholds

Sensor thresholds cause the light on the Wave monitor to display whether you have good 🟢, fair 🟡, or poor 🔴 air quality. On the Wave Radon, Wave Mini, and Wave Plus when waving your hand across the device, the light will illuminate your air quality. On the Wave Enhance, when you tap the logo on the monitor the light will illuminate your air quality.

Temperature, light, and ambient noise does not influence the color of the illuminated glow light on the Wave monitor, however, you will see a small color dot beside temperature in the app if the temperature is above or below the recommended threshold.

Below you will be able to identify the different sensors in each device as well as the thresholds for the sensors in Metric and Imperial.

Product comparison of sensors for Wave series


Sensor threshold for Metrics (Europe/Canada)

Sensor thresholds for Imperial (US)

Light and ambient noise sensor thresholds

*Wave Enhance only. These will not effect the AirGlimpse in the app or the glow light indicator on the monitor.

Learn more about the light and ambient noise by viewing:

Ambient Noise levels (dBA)

Comparison

0 - 40

Silent / Faint

41 - 69

Moderate

70 - 89

Loud

90 - 110

Very Loud

111 - 120

Uncomfortable

121 +

Painful & Dangerous

Light (lux)

Comparison

0-10

Very Dark

11 - 30

Dark

31 - 100

Dim

101 - 200

Moderate

201 - 400

Bright

401 - 600

Very Bright

601+

Glaring

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