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TCH

TCH

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TCH said:
Got home late tonight and missed the feeding, but I can tell that they got fed and the water shut off. Looks like the system is gonna work just fine. :D
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Just happened to remember right at 630 thus morning to run back and check on the timer and pump and it ran perfectly. The only "complaint" is that a small, constant drip comes out of the air bleed valve when it's running, but I suspect that's from the low pressure from my pump. Gonna run to Home Depot to get the union valve I need to hook up the larger pump in a few as soon as I finish getting Chicken N Noodles started in the crockpot.
 

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shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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My first timed event went off without a hitch or flood this morning.

"Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific—and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien."

O, Brave New World!

Good morning.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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Laughing Grass said:
Any of you guys experiencing your hose coming out of your floraclips?

had one out yesterday and I noticed most of them had backed up quite a bit from where I had put them.

I think my pump is too powerful. The hoses move around a lot when the pump kicks on.

I added some rubber grommets to keep them in place.

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Found them, genius, thanks!
 
TCH

TCH

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Rsawr said:
I feel like I have spent 30 minutes watering my plants this week with a ye olde watering can, and you guys have spent hours fiddly farting with your hoses. Does the work curve eventually even out?
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At the risk of giving this comment more weight than we have already provided I have a question about a check valve for siphoning.

Does the valve have to be above the bubbler? Or does it just need to be spliced into the supply line anywhere?

I ask because it won't fit in the reservoir due to how I have it set up. I was thinking about putting it near the air bleed valve, but then I remembered opening that valve all the way up and the water still siphoning.

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shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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Rsawr said:
I feel like I have spent 30 minutes watering my plants this week with a ye olde watering can, and you guys have spent hours fiddly farting with your hoses. Does the work curve eventually even out?
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I've spent 7 whole minutes watering this week, so going forward I am going to gain 23 minutes a week on you. Plus it's fun and helpful to work out our kinks together and onlookers learn stuff too. What you call fiddly farting helps keep my aging brain supple.
 
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