str8smokn
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Glad I could help without knowing. :badboy:
No though , that is good to know . I’m sure once you get the kinks out it will be popping nugs left and right.
STR8
Looks awesome, I'm just getting started with an uc system. Looking forward to some results like yours.Well its installed and running nicely, made a new batch of nutes/water and got it all conditioned exactly before filling the system. Took only about 2 hours to move the girls, disassembly the old prototype and reinstall the new design. Once one is tested it doesn't take long to disassemble partially, move it and install.
Dee
Girls in waiting while I swap the systems (sitting in DWC buckets with their existing nutes pumped in before disassembly:
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Back in the new system:
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The control bucket :
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So, you cycle in 4 new plants to flip every month or so? I want to do some thing similar too....Do you ever stop to clean the system? Or do you move the plants for a few hours to scrub out the buckets/lines etc?Gotta love RDWC. I tried many different systems but RDWC rocks. Massive root systems and thick stalks. Your system is very similar to mine. I separated mine into 4 bucket systems and harvest every 4 to 5 weeks.
there backwards.I built this system last year and posted the parts on an older thread somewhere.those are uline buckets and the bulkheads come from marine depot.The water can leak through the threads on the outside of the bucket.You can put 20 gaskets on it but it wont matter.The threads go on the inside of the bucket,the gasket goes on the outside of the bucket with the flange.You cannot seal the threads with a gasket that goes around bulkhead end of story.And you only need 1 gasket to seal it.The double slip is the way to go.Also use a miter saw to cut off the threads.You only need an inch of thread inside the bucket.Makes screwing the locking nut on way easier and less clutter in the buckets.These BH connectors are actually supposed to go in this way. I watched several instructonal videos from the aquarium folks who use these regularly. I tried it the other way and it was a total fail and they only come with one gasket. The gasket has concentric ring raised areas on one side and smooth on the other. the smooth side is supposed to go against the inside of the container with the flange on the concentric bumps and no gasket on the outside. Anyway thats the way it looks like they are typically used. they leak if I put them with the flange out and threads and nut inside. Also, it is about impossible to tighten the nut when its on the inside since there isn't enough clearance for a very large wrench (if one even has one that big in the toolbox). I made a wrench that would fit and no matter how tight they leaked.
Actually I wish there were two gaskets and I may add one on the outside as well just to be sure. I hate leaks in the grow room!
Dee
Yeah, I agree I ended up with the flanges on the outside but I did use a gasket (which is opposite what the aquarium folks say) on the inside as well as the outside because mine seemed to have small leaks on a couple of them. However, you can put a gasket on the inside if you use pure silicone high vacuum grease and it only take a very little bit. This lubes the gaskets and makes a better seal but on the inside it helps to keep the gasket from spinning and wadding up when you tighten the nut. Anyway, like I said in earlier posts there are several different brands of bulkhead fittings out there and many are crap. I had the best luck with the CPR brand. Trimming of that long threaded section is a good suggestion. I should have done that. Maybe i'll trim them off when I break the system down for cleaning between cycles.there backwards.I built this system last year and posted the parts on an older thread somewhere.those are uline buckets and the bulkheads come from marine depot.The water can leak through the threads on the outside of the bucket.You can put 20 gaskets on it but it wont matter.The threads go on the inside of the bucket,the gasket goes on the outside of the bucket with the flange.You cannot seal the threads with a gasket that goes around bulkhead end of story.And you only need 1 gasket to seal it.The double slip is the way to go.Also use a miter saw to cut off the threads.You only need an inch of thread inside the bucket.Makes screwing the locking nut on way easier and less clutter in the buckets.
heres a 12 bucket built,You can see only the flange is on the outside with the washer under it.These WILL NOT leak.
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