Not to clutter this ops thread with more randomness , but what happened to the water cooled burner setup? I basically fashioned my new room based on yours.Jesus Christ LOL. Someone has some weird interests outside of growing weedOk, so that sounds like a pretty cool, albeit pretty god damn elaborate system that is going to be expensive to set up as you still need all the environmental sensors. So,another route is to buy this thing.. http://www.zorotools.com/g/00029713/k-G0413971?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Google_Shopping_Feed
and just stick it in the room. When you want to see the temp, humidity, and co2 data, just pull the SD card out and put it in your computer. BOOM.. all data right into an excell file. It's actually pretty damn pimp. I have a similar model without CO2 monitoring, it was $70 and is made by hobo.
Water conservation aside, I've been running drain to waste with the heat all the way up, and flow all the way down. I don't think there is a cheaper or easier set up considering having to maintain pumps and solenoids, pay electricty to run them, and then possibly need to cool a rez. I did however find a cheap solenoid solution. A rainbird Sprinkler controller $15 at Lowes, plus 2x $2 brass garden hose adapters. In the summer I'll run waste to an outdoor rez to feed our veggie garden and lawn.
You added the word "sealed", twice in fact. I never said tightly packed plants wouldn't drop c02 levels in a sealed room, quite obviously they would. I don't know about anyone else but i use a carbon filter,.. meaning i pump air out of my grow room,.. and even in my 11x12x10'ft grow room, using only a little 84CFM PC fan i recirculate the whole volume of air in the room every 15 min,.. which means c02 is replaced 24/7, 365 for free,.. and this is why even tightly packed plants in a room wont drop c02 levels even 100ppm. So why anyone would seal there grow room and force themselves to even think about needing to give the plants c02 is beyond me, but whatever floats your boats
Yeah, you can keep on singing that tune until spider mites, mold spores, aphids, etc get sucked into your room and your harvest goes to shit. Your co2 doesn't get replaced for free...you have to run that carbon filter 24/7 which costs $ plus the carbon will be spent faster. On the other hand, I spend maybe..$8 a month to maintain 1500 PPM of co2 in my room, have no pathway for pests to enter and have COMPLETE control of daytime and night time temperatures and humidity.So why anyone would seal there grow room and force themselves to even think about needing to give the plants c02 is beyond me, but whatever floats your boats
I know the benefits of sealed for keeping out pests and such, and I have not been managing my own grow for very long and already run into a couple problems with bugs. I've been able to deal with it thus far, but my sealed basement grow still gets roly polys and spiders. When I see that shit, it makes me wonder how effective my treatments for my actually hurtful pests are. I don't know how you could ever really FULLY seal. I do those 6 month perimeter sprays outside the building and such.Yeah, you can keep on singing that tune until spider mites, mold spores, aphids, etc get sucked into your room and your harvest goes to shit. Your co2 doesn't get replaced for free...you have to run that carbon filter 24/7 which costs $ plus the carbon will be spent faster. On the other hand, I spend maybe..$8 a month to maintain 1500 PPM of co2 in my room, have no pathway for pests to enter and have COMPLETE control of daytime and night time temperatures and humidity.
So I'm achieving around 30% more harvest weight, higher overall quality and density, and less chance for disease and bug outbreaks for $8 a month. And that Floats my boat...big time
Cant argue with logic like that......Yeah, you can keep on singing that tune until spider mites, mold spores, aphids, etc get sucked into your room and your harvest goes to shit. Your co2 doesn't get replaced for free...you have to run that carbon filter 24/7 which costs $ plus the carbon will be spent faster. On the other hand, I spend maybe..$8 a month to maintain 1500 PPM of co2 in my room, have no pathway for pests to enter and have COMPLETE control of daytime and night time temperatures and humidity.
So I'm achieving around 30% more harvest weight, higher overall quality and density, and less chance for disease and bug outbreaks for $8 a month. And that Floats my boat...big time
Dude,.. you ASSume too much. We don't have those problems in the climate i live,.. and if ANY part of you're rational for adding c02 comes from the cost to run a fan through a carbon filter, you might want to invest in a kill-a-watt meter and get an idea of what things really cost you.Yeah, you can keep on singing that tune until spider mites, mold spores, aphids, etc get sucked into your room and your harvest goes to shit. Your co2 doesn't get replaced for free...you have to run that carbon filter 24/7 which costs $ plus the carbon will be spent faster. On the other hand, I spend maybe..$8 a month to maintain 1500 PPM of co2 in my room, have no pathway for pests to enter and have COMPLETE control of daytime and night time temperatures and humidity.
So I'm achieving around 30% more harvest weight, higher overall quality and density, and less chance for disease and bug outbreaks for $8 a month. And that Floats my boat...big time
and you didn't over reaction at all
Your the toolbox who cant understand "why anyone would seal there (sic) grow room and force themselves to even think about needing to give the plants co2 "
ummm,. How in fuck would you manually test c02 levels?..