CertifiedRefugee said:

I think if you had the HYDROTRONIC installed on the leader pump it would prevent the siphoning from even happening it also has a built-in non return valve.

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Feggy said:

I was seriously thinking about getting it. Do you own it? I wanted to know if you could bypass the feature where the pump starts when is senses incoming water.
I am going to be running these off timers instead

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CertifiedRefugee said:

I'm put my parts together also but your layout has some similarities to mine are you also trying to use the pump to mix your nutrients and if so why two 55gal barrels? also the bucket company layout looks sweet

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CertifiedRefugee said:

if you install the HYDROTRONIC on the leader pump you don't need timers the controller i showed you up top do all that you program it how long you like the valves to be open or close if that be seconds,minutes,hours...the hydrotronic has sensors built into it so it picks up the change in pressure in the line it automatically cuts the pump on and off according to the valves open and closing...

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Feggy said:

Yes it’s to mix the nutes.
I just realized that the shutoff on the vertical pipe should be up higher, that way I can close it for just recirculating the tanks. The valves on top of the tanks will hopefully let me adjust the pressure of system and help with siphoning

I’m not sure what I’m going to use 2nd tank for, maybe ro water or nutes, I can close it off to the system if needed.

I got the tanks for a great deal
In Toronto so I bought 4 just in

Feggy said:

Thanks this is what I’m eventually going to get to. That would be the ideal setup for me

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yes the cutoff should be higher but if your going to be there to manually to open and close the vales why you need a timer?

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