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Yeah there seems to always be a lot of variables with this method of growing I’ve read. What size chiller do you use?

I’d have to look into it no I mean 40c it’s just coming into summer heat and where I live the coolest days will be 35c so that’s why I’ll definitely have the ac on with a chiller

I mean without ac and my light on the room will sit around 40 degrees due to the heat from outside so I’d say the reflective container won’t be able to reflect that sort of heat but I’d say with ac on it’ll sit around 21 degrees which is right on the outer edge of the safe side so definitely...

Yeah in that case I guess it worked out in my favour buying this system. do you just mean fill the system and then just let the temp stabilise and see which way it goes? I’ll be growing in my spare bathroom which will be air conditioned throughout the day whilst lights on as I’ve got a lot of...

Yeah nice I’ll look into the insulation and I’ll do some more research on the system and go from there with that being said if it’s got it’s own reflective material maybe it won’t need to be insulated

On the system that I purchased on the system I purchase or something else?

Yeah nice I’ll have to look into it a little bit more and work something out! Yeah nice I’ll go and have a look at your diary

Hahaha living on different sides of the world! Yeah I mean I’d rather not cover it up but if Im going to chill it and it means that the chiller won’t have to work as hard I think I’d rather go that way just means more money in my pocket

Well when you say insulate the whole system what do you suggest?

Do you mean with the silver reflective bubble wrap or is there something more effective?

Yeah sweet that makes me feel a bit better about the purchase! This might be a dumb question but does it take long for the chillers to bring it back down those couple degrees as the water gets warmer or does that more depend on air temp and other factors?

Yeah ok sweet I was just more concerned if I did buy the 1/4hp system if it was just going to use 500w of power constantly I get with this method of growing they’re pretty much required in the warmer months but it’s a massive chunk of power especially with electricity prices in australia

I wish I understood any of this hahaha I’d have to do a lot more research into it as this will be my first doing it so I don’t really know nothing about anything to do with this sort of stuff I was more looking for a plug and play type system but I’d definitely like to learn more about making...

Yeah I live in australia so we have a few more options with the Hailea chillers which is good. so when they switch into sensing mode do the cut back all power until the temp rises again and they turn back on? Or do they constantly run a full power 24/7? Yeah I thought the pump would have to...

I’ve never done Rdwc before i assumed that the control res was the 5th bucket that you add all the water and nutrients to or is it something else?

Yeah my issue is the power consumption though does it run at full power all the time or when they go into sensing mode does it cut back to say next to no power and then when it kicks back in it goes back to full power? If I could get one that say runs at half the power but still does the job I’d...

many the whole system is 180L but obviously that’s with the buckets completely full so I’d assume with the water being roughly an inch below the net lots the system would probably be 130-150L in total running so it’d be 35-40 gallons of water Yeah I’m not that smart when it comes to that sort...

I’ve just purchased this system and it states that I need a 1/4hp water chiller but I’ve seen on other sites that I’d get by with a 1/15hp to 1/10hp chiller can someone point in the right direction as I don’t want to over kill it and get one that’s to big and then under do it and have the...

Yeah I use to grow in a tent which does obviously limit grow space but I’m just gunna grow I’m my spare bathroom which has 12 foot ceilings so height isn’t a concern for me this time around

Yeah 4 site system with a control res