Hello all,
I had a scary moment yesterday after refilling my nutrients for the first time. I just recently made the switch into hydro when a friend gave me and ebb n flow 12 pott system (after getting his "montster" system). I am no stranger to the concepts of hydroponics but have been a very "traditional" gardener.
Everything has been grand for the first week or two of using the system. No leaks, no problems, everything looking healthy and wonderful (I started with about a 1/4 tank of a 55gallon drum that had been being used already). I just recently filled the tank near full as it was time to add some more nutes to the tank, and to my surprise re-entered the room to about 5 gallons of water dispersed around my room with the controller bucket being the main source of overflow (the last bucket was also noticeably overflowing.
I am pretty sure that it is just the pressure the extra was was pushing water up the fill hose. Only thing that I can see is that the drain hose has a 90 degree elbow with a small hole in it, is that supposed to be on the fill tubing to escape siphoning issues?
I had a scary moment yesterday after refilling my nutrients for the first time. I just recently made the switch into hydro when a friend gave me and ebb n flow 12 pott system (after getting his "montster" system). I am no stranger to the concepts of hydroponics but have been a very "traditional" gardener.
Everything has been grand for the first week or two of using the system. No leaks, no problems, everything looking healthy and wonderful (I started with about a 1/4 tank of a 55gallon drum that had been being used already). I just recently filled the tank near full as it was time to add some more nutes to the tank, and to my surprise re-entered the room to about 5 gallons of water dispersed around my room with the controller bucket being the main source of overflow (the last bucket was also noticeably overflowing.
I am pretty sure that it is just the pressure the extra was was pushing water up the fill hose. Only thing that I can see is that the drain hose has a 90 degree elbow with a small hole in it, is that supposed to be on the fill tubing to escape siphoning issues?
