DimeDubEighth
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Which timers allow you to go on 1 minute and off 5 minutes?
Timer for Aeroponic Waterings?
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Mike Young
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This is your cheapest route.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Repeat-Timer-Fixed-40min-Cycle-Timer-Aero-Hydroponics-/220692718630?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33624fa426
If you're doing low pressure I'd recommend this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Repeat-Timer-Fixed-40min-Cycle-Timer-Aero-Hydroponics-/220692718630?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33624fa426
If you're doing low pressure I'd recommend this.
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
CAP make one called the NFT-1e it works great and I recemend it
DimeDubEighth
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How low is low?
Serapis
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Mike is right. I have two of those cycle timers from eBay and the gal has sold almost 500 of them and they get great feedback. What they have done is disassembled a commercial timer and they have altered it so instead of taking 24 hours for the dial to complete a cycle, it only takes 40 minutes. Each pin represents about 50 seconds.
DimeDubEighth
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I'm planning to hook that timer up to 3x 300 gph submersible pumps, would this be overkill on one timer?
PetFlora
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I have found that much better root growth happens under few than 5 seconds. And as roots grow so does the plant.
Basically, the ideal is to maintain your pod so as it never gets too wet, or too dry. In that scenario 5 seconds is too long, as is 30 seconds, let alone 5 minutes if the lights are on.
Based on input from a mentor, I actually need to increase my 17G pod to 30 gallons to better accommodate a one second spray from my Aquatec 8800 pump feeding a single high pressure low flow mist head. I am still playing with pause times, currently 20 seconds during lights on; manually switching to 40 seconds for lights off.
Consider that a 5 second timer will cost $70 discounted, a Sentinel DRT-1 is around $100. The ~ $30 difference will pay for itself in the first 2+ plant grow.
hth
Basically, the ideal is to maintain your pod so as it never gets too wet, or too dry. In that scenario 5 seconds is too long, as is 30 seconds, let alone 5 minutes if the lights are on.
Based on input from a mentor, I actually need to increase my 17G pod to 30 gallons to better accommodate a one second spray from my Aquatec 8800 pump feeding a single high pressure low flow mist head. I am still playing with pause times, currently 20 seconds during lights on; manually switching to 40 seconds for lights off.
Consider that a 5 second timer will cost $70 discounted, a Sentinel DRT-1 is around $100. The ~ $30 difference will pay for itself in the first 2+ plant grow.
hth
Badbackguy
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they call them repeat cycle timers encore make a pretty good one but its not cheap..
Good luck
Good luck