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Could you pm me some more photos and information on this setup? I have been working on a dwc setup- I would love to have a conversation with you about it. Silly, but I want a 2 pot recirculating system for a legal tent grow at home and a larger hobby build at the new shop.
I can PM as well but there is a thread I built for a complete DIY setup for an 8 bucket RDWC UC system in the hydro topic forum. It is cheap to build (minus the chiller) at about 300-350 US for a 8 site. However, I would suggest adding the modifications that Heisenbubble shows such as two 2" exits to the control (epi) bucket etc. It can be sized to anything from 2 buckets to 16 or more. Easy as hell to build and very effective and durable. These systems are easy to run as well if you have a chiller and your environment is well controlled. I could leave my room for 1 - 2 weeks and not worry because there is a top off reservoir (not shown in the original design but easy to add).
The system shown below id for very short veg cycles but in the room it is currently in I could go to 4 buckets or even two depending on how long I let them veg before I move them into the flower room. I have a UC setup in veg as well....
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community...formance-under-current-for-300-or-less.94487/
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Dont know why people trying to peddle backwards when this is really not that difficult.what your doing now I have already done and it dont work.
It's an aquarium filter,my res stays sparkly clean.all my nutes including calmag stay mixed in the top.off res.
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Freinds dont let freinds drive dwc with spaghetti clump roots. Lol
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Seems to be the case more often than not,people asking for advice and disagreeing until they hear what they want to hear.like telling your home boy about a woman that's no good,wont listen till they see it for themselves.Better get used to giving good advise and ppl disregarding it haha.
Often i will see a thread know exactly how to fix the issue and the op w overlook my advise to listen to some schmuck because its what they wanted to hear haha
Its closest to the pickup on the pump that goes to the cooler.i want the shortest distance possible from the pump to the cooler.i dont have a technical reason other than this is the way I have always done it.i usually insulate the line that comes from the chiller.picture is when I just built it.i cut all the pipes and glued everything in a different room and just assembled it in that room.So my big scree up with this build like I said a million times is nothing but uniseals and 5 gallons of water per container, everything else is identical. If that's my big failure this go i can live with that.
The water usage can be fixed even with these buckets but i agree that would be a bandaid. But then again if i grow 5' plants again, though I doubt it, they'll be perfect.
I agree based on your observation what the issues can be but as I said before, I'm a far cry from going backwards!
Heisen, why do you put your cooler so far from the epi? Not judging just interested if there was a reason beyond just because.
Check out my other 3 post,its been so long since I designed it the way I did I knew there was a reasonNot arguing but trying to understand.
Is there a reason you couldn't put the pump closer to the epi. Just have longer hose from the T to the pump and then put the cooler right next to the epi?
The reason I was asking is because that was my plan. I'd put 2" pipe from the T to the bottom of the epi outside of the tent. This would be about an extra 5 feet of pipe than if in the tent. Then from the other T I would run 1" reducer to the valve then to the 1" hose then to the pump. After the pump I would run about 3' of 1" hose to the cooler then from the cooler a 1" hose to the top of the epi.
Any ideas why this is not a good idea?
The less air you have to bleed from the line the better.you want the pump close to your pick up or it will just dry cycle until it grabs water.might take longer to kick start the system but theres no reason you cant do it either eay.Not arguing but trying to understand.
Is there a reason you couldn't put the pump closer to the epi. Just have longer hose from the T to the pump and then put the cooler right next to the epi?
The reason I was asking is because that was my plan. I'd put 2" pipe from the T to the bottom of the epi outside of the tent. This would be about an extra 5 feet of pipe than if in the tent. Then from the other T I would run 1" reducer to the valve then to the 1" hose then to the pump. After the pump I would run about 3' of 1" hose to the cooler then from the cooler a 1" hose to the top of the epi.
Any ideas why this is not a good idea?
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