How to build Ebb n Gro Tutorial DIY
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MisterMicro
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DIY all the way!
grodrowithme
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when are we building i got my materials
MostlyCrazy
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I'm going to the bathroom to smoke a dube! Be back next Saturday!
c5rftw
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lol, yah. hopefully notin bad happened.
just started building my 20ftx15ft room. gonna get 2x1000w hps and a portable a/c. CANT WAIT
MostlyCrazy
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Wow, go big or go home! LOL!
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Ok I know I know Fletch is draggin ass. My camera seems to be screwy so i cant get all the pics together How I want but I will start tonight listing some pics of materials we will need and get my camera going hopefully to just gotta open it up and readjust the lens motor a bit...yeah i could buy a new one but I like taking stuff apart..... In the meantime I will share the first tip of money savings for this build... 5 gallon buckets the basic container for this grow along with 3 gallon buckets.. If you look around you find them at most store for between $2.50-$5 each so lets say your doing a 15 site unit thats 15 5 gallon buckets and 15 3 gallon buckets as the 5 gallon is the fill bucket and the 3 gallon bucket willbe the bucket inside holding the plant. If you cant find 3 gallon 5 will work just makes things little more involved and exspensive..Now I personally don't like paying for anything so to get free buckets for this or whatever you can go to local bakeries or bakeries in a grocery store or even some restaraunts and you can ask them if you can have thier used 5 gallon buckets and most will give them to you as they just toss them or give them to recycle centers. Usually the buckets are white which is fine as they are food grade nice and thick and then you have 2 stacked in each other along with the hydroton or such material so lights not an issue. I found going to a few places is best I got about 15 buckets fromeach place and rounded up about 90 buckets in 2 days . I was given 5 gallon and 3 gallon buckets so worked great. So bucket cost for me $0. For this build I am showing a 15 site set up so You will need 15 5 gallon and 15 3 gallon or worse case 30 5 gallon buckets.If you need to buy buckets I found a pretty good place online to get them and 15 3 gallon buckets in black shipped is just around $38 and 15 5 gallon buckets is about $45-60 depending on location.
Now my second money saver tip for this build is 2 fold. We will need a res of good size for this setup so lets stick with the original concept and use a plastic 55 gallon drum. These can be bought for about $35 at Ace hardware usually or any hydroshop from $35 to $80 depending on what shop... Me I like free so we have these local free papers for selling stuff kind of like a printed craigslist called big Nickel and free trader. I grabbbed these from the shelf as they are free weekly and start looking. I found free blue plastic barrels about 30 minutes away and went and picked up a few my cost just the gas in my tank. You may also find these on craigslist along with buckets. i saw a ton of Cali people selling or giving buckets away free. If you cant find a barrel you can improvise and buy a big trash can from the store. Needs to be 55 gallon or bigger and sturdy to hold the water....Now one last container we need and there are options here. The control bucket can be made up of either a 5 gallon square buckets or a simple 5 gallon regular buckets. I again decided to save money and took alook around the house and came up with a square bucket with lid. I used a nice Tidy Cat kitty litter container thats roughly 5 gallons maybe just abit under but will work for a 15 site setup. I also have a link to buy these square buckets in black with lids for about $5-8. I took mine as it was yellow and I had some plastic primer and a can of plastic spray paint in black and painted the outside and sealed it so my cost again was zero dollars as I used what I found and had...Ok I got some images I had prior to camera messing up and forgot I had them on my drive already so I will do a few posts on some of the materials we will need. I will make a ton of posts as the way pictures are displayed it will work best 1 item one pic per post so heer we go..
Now my second money saver tip for this build is 2 fold. We will need a res of good size for this setup so lets stick with the original concept and use a plastic 55 gallon drum. These can be bought for about $35 at Ace hardware usually or any hydroshop from $35 to $80 depending on what shop... Me I like free so we have these local free papers for selling stuff kind of like a printed craigslist called big Nickel and free trader. I grabbbed these from the shelf as they are free weekly and start looking. I found free blue plastic barrels about 30 minutes away and went and picked up a few my cost just the gas in my tank. You may also find these on craigslist along with buckets. i saw a ton of Cali people selling or giving buckets away free. If you cant find a barrel you can improvise and buy a big trash can from the store. Needs to be 55 gallon or bigger and sturdy to hold the water....Now one last container we need and there are options here. The control bucket can be made up of either a 5 gallon square buckets or a simple 5 gallon regular buckets. I again decided to save money and took alook around the house and came up with a square bucket with lid. I used a nice Tidy Cat kitty litter container thats roughly 5 gallons maybe just abit under but will work for a 15 site setup. I also have a link to buy these square buckets in black with lids for about $5-8. I took mine as it was yellow and I had some plastic primer and a can of plastic spray paint in black and painted the outside and sealed it so my cost again was zero dollars as I used what I found and had...Ok I got some images I had prior to camera messing up and forgot I had them on my drive already so I will do a few posts on some of the materials we will need. I will make a ton of posts as the way pictures are displayed it will work best 1 item one pic per post so heer we go..
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Ok so we already talked about the buckets and res and where to get them pretty much so lets concintrate on more parts. First off lets talk about the control box that will run the controll module or brain bucket. This is a very simple part to get and can be bought at Radio Shack or the Shack or whatever they call it now.They have what they call project boxes or project enclosures which basically is just a black plastic box with a botl on back panel. They come in different sizes but I reccoemend and use the 7 x 5 x 3 inch size as this gives us plenty of room. These cost about $6. Here is a link to them at radio shack and then on ebay. I would get it off ebay if you have to order as it will have free shipping and you can sign up for ebates and then get 2% cash back on every purchase as we will need more stuff from ebay later. So here is a link to them at radio shack and on ebay. Same price free shipping on ebay...
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062284
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-RADIO-SHACK-270-1807-PROJECT-ENCLOSURE-BOX-7X5X3"-_W0QQitemZ300298264722QQcmdZViewItem
Cost $5.99
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062284
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-RADIO-SHACK-270-1807-PROJECT-ENCLOSURE-BOX-7X5X3"-_W0QQitemZ300298264722QQcmdZViewItem
Cost $5.99
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FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Ok next we will need one of the main important things of this build and it is the timer. We will use a spa timer from the manufacture Diehl. I have done all the leg work on this and found the best price possible on these. I tried 60 different places and no one could match or beat the price I found and didnt know how they were selling them so cheap but anyways you have to get this exact spa timer and its the biggest cost of the brain unit. The timer is Diehl 24 hour 120volt SPDT TA4079 and can be found here at this site for $28.99 plus shipping got mine in 2 days.
http://www.firethepoolman.com/cartgenie/prod-22013.htm
Cost shipped: $ 28.99 + $7.99= $37.00
http://www.firethepoolman.com/cartgenie/prod-22013.htm
Cost shipped: $ 28.99 + $7.99= $37.00
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Mr I Can Do That For Half
Next we will need to standard single socket wall outlets with grounds that means the sockets have the 3 holes on front not just 2. This is for saftey and to protect your electronics. T grabbed mine at home depot for $2.80 each but look around Im sure you can find them cheaper someplace. Here are the ones I got
Cost 2x $2.80= $5.60
Cost 2x $2.80= $5.60
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Ok so next on the list is abasic grounded power cord. You can use an old computer power supply cord or you can get them at home depot or most hardware store they run from about $2.99 to $6. I paid $2.99 for mine. Its a standard 3 foot cord with ground tip 3 wire. An old orange extension cord will work to just cut the end off giving your self as much length as you want.
Cosr= $2.99
Cosr= $2.99
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So now we will need a few connectors and wire nuts. I got the 12-10 guage female spades which work nice. Doesnt have to be exact same but this size worked best to me. I also grabbed a pack of wire nuts for 16 guage wire. You may have these laying around but I bought some nice new ones at $.98 a package each. Need about a 20 pack of the female spades and a small package of 8 or so of the wire nuts. Good to have fe spares on hand always.
Cost= 2 x $.98= $1.96
Cost= 2 x $.98= $1.96
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The next item can have variations depending on how many rows of buckets you want to run and then what size hose you decide to use to feed the buckets. You will need some simple hydro drains or hull throughs. I recomend using the 3/4 inch size over the 1/2 inch size as the bigger hose will make fill and drains alot faster. The 1/2 inch kind just dont seem to get it done fast enough but can be used if just a few buckets like 6 or so. I decided I was going to use 3 rows of buckets at first but can add additional line later if I want so I used 3 of these as I will use this in a 4x8 tent setup later. 4 is the most I have seen on 1 side of the bucekt but by adding more to the left and right you can easily double that amount later. Ok so I have 3 3/4 inch drains.These I got for $1.25 on sale while back so I bought a few boxes as I use alot of drains.These can be found online at any hydro store or on ebay.
Cost = 3 x $1.25= $3.75
Cost = 3 x $1.25= $3.75
