{"id":10388,"date":"2026-06-04T02:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/?p=10388"},"modified":"2026-06-04T06:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:37:25","slug":"repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388","title":{"rendered":"Repairing the Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 Myself: When a Faulty SHT30 Sensor Sends the Unit Into a Bootloop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;d like to tell you about a small but instructive repair. Our <strong>Zehnder ComfoAir Q350<\/strong> ventilation unit was manufactured on 05\/07\/2019, which makes it around seven years old now, about six of which it has been running in our home. Until recently it worked reliably. But in June 2026 it suddenly displayed the message &#8220;Maintenance mode&#8221; or something similar on the screen. With the very first press on the device display, the unit then started restarting itself over and over again, once per second. In this post I&#8217;ll walk you through how I narrowed down this <strong>bootloop<\/strong> step by step and finally repaired it myself.<\/p>\n<p>The video below shows the problem of the bootloop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uePSXjrCtA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10390 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 video\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-30x17.jpg 30w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-75x44.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-110x64.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-160x93.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-500x291.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-1536x893.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-1080x628.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-50x29.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-100x58.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video-200x116.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_video.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- INSERT VIDEO HERE --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388\/#What_was_the_problem_The_unit_keeps_restarting\" >What was the problem? The unit keeps restarting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388\/#Taking_the_unit_apart_%E2%80%93_a_big_box_of_building_blocks\" >Taking the unit apart &#8211; a big box of building blocks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388\/#Narrowing_it_down_by_disconnecting_%E2%80%93_how_I_found_the_culprit\" >Narrowing it down by disconnecting &#8211; how I found the culprit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388\/#The_faulty_capacitor_at_the_SHT30_sensor\" >The faulty capacitor at the SHT30 sensor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388\/#The_moment_of_truth_%E2%80%93_is_it_running_again\" >The moment of truth &#8211; is it running again?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/en\/household-tools\/repairing-the-zehnder-comfoair-q350-myself-when-a-faulty-sht30-sensor-sends-the-unit-into-a-bootloop\/10388\/#My_personal_conclusion\" >My personal conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_problem_The_unit_keeps_restarting\"><\/span>What was the problem? The unit keeps restarting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It all started with a message on the device. I wanted to use the menu on the unit itself to find out what was going on, but from the very first press on the membrane button, the device kept restarting once per second. A classic <strong>bootloop<\/strong>, in other words: the unit powers up, crashes after a short time and starts all over again. Working in the menu in any sensible way was impossible, especially since it wasn&#8217;t even being displayed anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how we do things at our place: when something breaks and tradespeople are hard to reach, I like to take things apart myself first. So I got out the installation manual to understand where the sensors are located, how to remove the heating coil and how to check the four sensors in the first place \u2013 for example, whether dirt was causing the problem or whether one of the fan motors was seized.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Taking_the_unit_apart_%E2%80%93_a_big_box_of_building_blocks\"><\/span>Taking the unit apart &#8211; a big box of building blocks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I removed the sensors on the left and right. Something caught my eye straight away: the <strong>supply-air sensor<\/strong> was extremely dusty and had obviously never been cleaned &#8211; and that despite the fact that we had specifically had the unit&#8217;s installer come out for maintenance. What he did back then I can&#8217;t say, since I wasn&#8217;t there. But it can&#8217;t have been much.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how bad the sensor looked &#8211; and yes, that&#8217;s not good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10383\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10383\" class=\"wp-image-10383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 SHT30 I2C Sensor dirty\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-24x30.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-59x75.jpg 59w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-87x110.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-126x160.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-394x500.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-1209x1536.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-1612x2048.jpg 1612w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-1080x1372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-39x50.jpg 39w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-79x100.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-157x200.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_dirty-scaled.jpg 2015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 SHT30 I2C Sensor dirty<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- INSERT IMAGE HERE: dusty supply-air sensor (SHT30) --><\/p>\n<p>The identical <strong>exhaust-air sensor<\/strong>, by contrast, still looked perfectly clean, so there was nothing to clean here. So after I had taken everything apart, cleaned it thoroughly and reassembled it, the fault was still not gone: the unit kept restarting every second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A night without power \u2013 the brief glimmer of hope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I then took a break and left the device unpowered overnight. The next day the unit actually ran for around 30 seconds before falling back into the bootloop. That made it clear: the problem wasn&#8217;t going to fix itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Measuring the board \u2013 with professional help<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point I brought in an acquaintance who used to be a TV technician in his working days. Together we measured the board. The result was initially sobering: we couldn&#8217;t find any fault with the <strong>3.3 V supply voltage at the microcontroller<\/strong>. The lines didn&#8217;t look unusually noisy on the oscilloscope either. By and large, we couldn&#8217;t find any obvious fault on the board.<\/p>\n<p><!-- INSERT IMAGE HERE: board with connected cables --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Narrowing_it_down_by_disconnecting_%E2%80%93_how_I_found_the_culprit\"><\/span>Narrowing it down by disconnecting &#8211; how I found the culprit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So we circled in on it systematically: we disconnected all the sensors, motors and also the heating element&#8217;s cable and switched the device on. And lo and behold, the unit booted cleanly and stayed stable in commissioning mode. That proved it: the board itself wasn&#8217;t the cause. Okay, we should have done this before measuring the board. But then again, I had assumed that Zehnder had built decent error handling into their software &#8211; an IF\/ELSE check, for example. More on that later in the text.<\/p>\n<p>We had unplugged all the cables in the yellow connectors and then reconnected them one after another to narrow down the fault.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10379\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-226x300.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10379\" class=\"wp-image-10379 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 Sensor motor heating check\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-23x30.jpg 23w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-56x75.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-83x110.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-121x160.jpg 121w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-377x500.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-1080x1434.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-38x50.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check-151x200.jpg 151w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_Sensor_motor_heating_check.jpg 1864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 Sensor motor heating check<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We then reconnected the cables and sensors one after another. And it was precisely with the <strong>supply-air sensor<\/strong> that the pattern of the per-second crashes reappeared. That was, of all things, the sensor that had collected the most dust \u2013 the one that sits directly in the supply-air duct, exposed to air that is sometimes hot and dry, sometimes humid or cold.<\/p>\n<p>We then took a very close look at this sensor and quickly recognised it: it&#8217;s a classic <strong>I\u00b2C sensor of the SHT30 type<\/strong>. That made me happy, because a sensor like this costs only a few euros including shipping on AliExpress.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_faulty_capacitor_at_the_SHT30_sensor\"><\/span>The faulty capacitor at the SHT30 sensor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On closer inspection we noticed that the small <strong>capacitor between V and GND<\/strong> right in front of the sensor looked odd: the potting compound was bulging upwards and had a greenish shimmer \u2013 almost like verdigris, or corrosion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10377\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-300x226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10377\" class=\"wp-image-10377 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 SHT30 I2C Sensor\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-30x23.jpg 30w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-75x56.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-110x83.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-500x376.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-1080x813.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor-200x151.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 SHT30 I2C Sensor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This corroded decoupling capacitor probably made the sensor&#8217;s supply unstable or caused a short circuit, thereby disrupting the I\u00b2C communication. The firmware apparently detected this as a fault or something similar that wasn&#8217;t handled cleanly \u2013 and went into the bootloop. For such an expensive device I personally find that a bit weak, but mistakes happen, and these days, with AI support, perhaps less often than back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Giving in to my inner explorer, we scratched off the lacquer and the corrosion with a fingernail, right there in the attic in front of the unit. A small lesson learned: in the process we promptly lost the tiny capacitor and also slightly damaged a trace. For a TV technician with the right equipment, fortunately, that&#8217;s no problem.<\/p>\n<p><!-- INSERT IMAGE HERE: faulty\/bulging capacitor at the sensor --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The repair: a new 100 nF capacitor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two days later I had the sensor back with a freshly soldered capacitor. When choosing the replacement part, we assumed that an <strong>SHT30 I\u00b2C design<\/strong> usually has a <strong>100 nF decoupling capacitor<\/strong> right at the sensor&#8217;s VDD supply. Because we had slightly damaged the trace while scratching, we additionally had to solder a small, slightly extended replacement trace to the capacitor.<\/p>\n<p>In the picture you can see quite well how the new capacitor is installed, and that it was lacquered again to give it some protection against the supply air that flows right past it. It doesn&#8217;t look pretty, but the components are so small that soldering them really isn&#8217;t easy \u2013 and the main thing is that it worked at all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10381\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10381\" class=\"wp-image-10381 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 SHT30 I2C Sensor new capacitor\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-30x20.jpg 30w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-75x49.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-110x72.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-160x104.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-500x325.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-1536x999.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-2048x1332.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-1080x703.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.byteyourlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zehnder_ComfoAir_Q350_SHT30_I2C_Sensor_new_capacitor-200x130.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 SHT30 I2C Sensor new capacitor<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- INSERT IMAGE HERE: sensor with newly soldered 100 nF capacitor and replacement trace --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_moment_of_truth_%E2%80%93_is_it_running_again\"><\/span>The moment of truth &#8211; is it running again?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Naturally, we were both very curious about what would happen when we reinstalled the sensor. In short: the unit booted up stably into commissioning mode, and I was able to re-enter all the settings. I even dug out the airflow measurement report so I could restore the old values. Since then our ComfoAir Q350 has been running flawlessly again \u2013 with the repaired &#8220;old&#8221; sensor.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_personal_conclusion\"><\/span>My personal conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I learned a lot from this repair. For example, that a <strong>Zehnder ComfoAir Q350<\/strong> is basically built like a big box of building blocks that you can take apart without much trouble. Zehnder really designed that well, and I&#8217;d buy a unit like this again. I also really like the fact that many of the sensors are based on <strong>standard components<\/strong> that you can replace yourself as a skilled tinkerer.<\/p>\n<p>I found it interesting that the supply-air sensor is nicely packaged in a moulded rubber holder, yet is exposed directly to the supply air without much protection against moisture. Slightly better insulation against humidity might have prevented the capacitor failure. The fact that the SHT30 has to sit directly in the supply air can&#8217;t be changed \u2013 that&#8217;s presumably just how it has to be.<\/p>\n<p>The software also gives me a bit of pause: instead of showing an understandable note like &#8220;Fault on the I\u00b2C sensor&#8221; on the display, the unit simply falls into a bootloop. Whether that&#8217;s intentional I can&#8217;t prove \u2013 but as a computer scientist it does surprise me that a simple piece of logic along the lines of &#8220;<em>IF the sensor returns implausible values, THEN show a clear error message on the display<\/em>&#8221; is apparently missing here. Such a message would have spared me the whole hunt. I strongly assume that Zehnder, perhaps with AI support, will stop leaving out such IF\/ELSE checks in the future. But either way \u2013 mistakes are part of it, and you just have to learn from them.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, I&#8217;m very happy: I got to learn something new again and probably saved 300 \u20ac in the process. The original sensor alone costs about 80 \u20ac, plus the installer would have come on top of that. And the best part: I can now service and clean the unit myself, and I&#8217;ll keep an eye on the supply-air sensor regularly from now on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;d like to tell you about a small but instructive repair. Our Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 ventilation unit was manufactured on 05\/07\/2019, which makes it around seven years old now, about six of which it has been running in our home. Until recently it worked reliably. But in June 2026 it suddenly displayed the message 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