Thanks for the info. I'm digging looking through your thread. Some great info. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
I GOTTA LOSE THE AIR PUMPS! HOW?! Plus my awesome mini DWC :)
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Very cool. Picked up some things from Lowes. I think I am just going to do PVC for the entire waterfall manifold. Was wondering why the reduction from 3/4 to 1/2 pvc where it T's off into the two totes. Does it have to do with proper waterfall pressure and flow? Thanks again for all the info and taking the time to share our knowledge. Hope you are enjoying 4-20
Airwalker16
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Yes. It's really important if you want even pressure. On 2 totes it might not matter as much. ,but a build like this threads where there's 8 5 gallon buckets, it's necessary.
Ok. Cool. So the only 3/4in pvc is the manifold down the middle connected to the main res/inline pump; the the other two pvc pieces off the T are 1/2in and I fit/slip them into the T with a reducer or bushing? As the 1/2in pvc’s enter their tote and I elbow them down for the waterfall, is there a specific fitting on the end that patterns the water flow? I think I might have seen something like this in one of Frags pics
Airwalker16
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Yes what you can do is use an elbow with a male threaded end on one side and normal slip fitting on the other. You use a thread end cap with 4 holes drilled in it. He drilled them all at a 45° angle each one shooting a different direction. So like if you were to hold the drill at a 45 with the drill towards you, you'd just spin the cap 90° each hole while keeping the drill stationary.
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sorry for takeing so long with the pics but here they are... take it easy on me. the resond why i have the down feed like this is becease. i started out with short roots. so i was going to drill a hole about three inches to one side and move the whole pump and top part over 3 or 4 inches. to make the waterfall. but i started a 12hr shift job. and everything got away from me..
sorry for takeing so long with the pics but here they are... take it easy on me. the resond why i have the down feed like this is becease. i started out with short roots. so i was going to drill a hole about three inches to one side and move the whole pump and top part over 3 or 4 inches. to make the waterfall. but i started a 12hr shift job. and everything got away from me..
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nutes 3 part masterblend with 1 table spoon of peroxide per gal
ph down homemade with with battery acid from auto store... cant tell ya how much you can save going this way... take one gal of water, take one cup out, add one cup battery acid.
i know im useing the green buckets. next grow getting the black ones from home depot. sence there have em in stock now
i used 2inch male and female adapters on the buckets... tips... pick up a back of orings.. and make sure you use the orings on the inside so they dont twist up on you. and get the right size bit. i belive i used 2" 5/16 whole saw.. worked great you had to thread the male end in. tightend up with a pipe rench..
im sure im forgeting something. but thanks again airwalker... ive grown in soil and straight perlite in hempy buckets and single dwc. but this for me is the easiest way to go
lights 2 1000w de
nutes 3 part masterblend with 1 table spoon of peroxide per gal
ph down homemade with with battery acid from auto store... cant tell ya how much you can save going this way... take one gal of water, take one cup out, add one cup battery acid.
i know im useing the green buckets. next grow getting the black ones from home depot. sence there have em in stock now
i used 2inch male and female adapters on the buckets... tips... pick up a back of orings.. and make sure you use the orings on the inside so they dont twist up on you. and get the right size bit. i belive i used 2" 5/16 whole saw.. worked great you had to thread the male end in. tightend up with a pipe rench..
im sure im forgeting something. but thanks again airwalker... ive grown in soil and straight perlite in hempy buckets and single dwc. but this for me is the easiest way to go
Airwalker16
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Don't use battery acid....
Airwalker16
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Your roots are all the way in to the res. You need to upgrade to totes if you're gonna let your girls get that large, my guy.
It looks great though. I sure do hate that yellow hue of HPS. Haha.
So you're saying the waterfalls are feeding into the netpot like that because, why?
Airwalker16
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2-5/16" Hole saw you say? I bet that wasn't one you had in your set and had to get separately Huh? Haha
Airwalker16
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BTW, very happy to hear, even though it's killing ya, that you're lucky enough to still be working at all, let alone 12hr shifts. So congrats.
Airwalker16
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It's Hole Saw homie. Haha. "Whole" is very different from "Hole."
I'm trying to remember who it was that talked about why you should not use battery acid. But I can't remember. Let me do a search real quick.
Jorge Cervantes in the book "Medical Grower's Bible" says to not use battery acid...I remember reading a part about it. Trying to find it now..not sure though
After dealing with pvc and the cement, I can see the appeal of hydro tubing and barbed fittings...prob so much easier to work with.Updated mini system using NO air pumps
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Gond00s
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im using 85% phos acid diluted down to around 60 idk about battery acid doe?
Airwalker16
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But not really... They dont make it any bigger than 1"
Airwalker16
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DO is only important in RDwC when roots are submerged constantly.