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I've priced out tankless water heaters and they're outrageous, easily double the cost of a 'regular' water heater. Are CO2 generators really that expensive..???roughly 1 part calcium nitrate, 1 part epsom salts, then some formulas have iron/micro's
ok, ill give one. Tankless waterheater vs CO2 generator
All right, here goes nothing - wanting to get a cool coil for my reservoir and a a watercooled CO2 generator for my grow space, but didn't want to pay the astronomical prices they wanted for them from HydroInnovations (and they stopped making natural gas CO2 generators, anyways).
$139 for the cool coil -
$339 for the generator -
So, I did a little research, and decided that I'd rather get a beer wort chiller (which the cool coil is a branded version of) like this for a lot cheaper (I actually went with the 50' version, giving me 150% of the cooling power for 65% of the price of the "branded" HydroInnovations model):
$54 (and five feet longer) -
$179 -
If you'll notice, the products are identical, except one says "Marey" and one says "Hydrogen" on the front.
I actually got the 16L model in a natural gas version, but since most use propane I thought I'd throw that link up.
If running drain to waste off of a pressurized water supply, you need to buy this piece from them:
$70 -
Orrrrrrr, you can go on Ebay and buy it for a little bit cheaper :)
$35 (half the price) -
Total cost for the three "brand name" parts - $550
Total cost for three unbranded parts - $270, or a little less than half.
EDIT: here's a video of the three of them in action if anyone's interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTX5CqEALw
I've priced out tankless water heaters and they're outrageous, easily double the cost of a 'regular' water heater. Are CO2 generators really that expensive..???
I've priced out tankless water heaters and they're outrageous, easily double the cost of a 'regular' water heater. Are CO2 generators really that expensive..???
I'll look for one of the cameras and try to get a photo of the Gardener & Bloom product that I'm using to replace Dr. Earth. I personally think that, for around $20/12lbs it's a great deal, especially since you can make teas to grow more microbes.
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