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  1. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Well most of this fittings are not too expensive... The nozzles are about $9 each, the barbs are $7... Tees are about $3.50... Various sections of connecting pipe (Technically threaded nipples) run from a few bucks to upwards of $10 for the 8" inch sections... Honestly not much more expensive...
  2. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Yeh... McMaster really is great... Nice catalog... And cad files for lots of stuff too. I'll let you know if the fittings stay solid... I've personally tried the 2 nozzles I posted about one full cone, one hollow cone... No really appreciable difference as far as I'm concerned... I ended up...
  3. The Mad Hatter

    MY True HP Aero Plug&Play Pods

    Probably a DIN socket... Does it look like the connectors on the back of my solenoids? If so there are lots of nice options for hooking it up... Check out: http://www.canfieldconnector.com/product-category/din-connector-products.htm
  4. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Just a few bonus shots here: Keyence pressure sensor amplifier... These are really slick units... Wide range of pressure/vacuum sensing with different pressure heads. Lots of operating modes (The manual is 14 pages of charts and graphs), 2 alarm outputs that can drive a transistor, and one...
  5. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Going to fall asleep with my head on the keyboard here in a sec... So I'll put some comments on these in the morning... The distro manifold and pump. Solenoids on the bottom of each sub-manifold will regulate flow on a timed cycle cascading from one spray bar to the next continuously. Have a...
  6. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Man... Once again all kinds of good info! Thanks TF... Nice thing about living in an area where lots of people have a well is that Lows has half an isle dedicated to high pressure pumps, accumulator tanks, and all that jazz. I was wondering what those pods of yours were made out off... A...
  7. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Thanks man... Been hard at work for the last few days... But new pics are coming tomorrow morning :-)
  8. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Thanks for all the good advice man! The misters are from McMaster Carr www.mcmaster.com Item #: 3178K47 They are 10GPH @ 40 PSI, 22-66 micron droplet size. I really did want to go with something bigger... I looked and looked though and just couldn't seem to find anything that had a decent...
  9. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    It's been a busy morning here. Big parts order came in from LA yesterday evening so I took some shots and laid down some pipe :-) Sprayer testing went better than I could have hoped... The last few shots show the amount of mist that accumulated in approximately 30 seconds while I was taking...
  10. The Mad Hatter

    HP vs LP Aeroponics

    I gotta ask about the pump... $70 for 1000GPH seems a bit on the low side... I know there are all kinds out there, but you really got to pay attention to the numbers. A cheep aquarium pump may be rated at 1000GPH but that figure is going to drop like a rock once there is any amount of...
  11. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Good advice man, thanks! In all honesty I was just hoping to get one good grow out of it while I researched something a but more robust. Hoping to pick up something surplus from the food industry but I just can't quite stomach the price right now :-P And they are right down the street should...
  12. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Laser beams bishes! :-P
  13. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    So it's the end of another day stuffing more stuff in a small box with bolts the size of my pinkey nail :-) It's done though... So I fired up the pump and hooked up a few nozzles so ya'll could see the nice spray they put out. And damn if I can't make one hell of a mess... But at least the...
  14. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Few more pics of the new power box for the pump. I'm still working on this part, but it should be finished up today. I wanted to have a switch and pilot light mounted on the pump so that when tubes start popping off I'm not reaching for the extension cord :-) You know; sometimes that warm...
  15. The Mad Hatter

    The new pump...

    Figured that I would post a few pics of my new setup as the bits start coming together. The whole thing won't be up and running for a few more weeks, but this way at least I can get some comments and feedback and hopefully not screw up to badly in the process. I've done DWC and Flood & Drain...
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