DWC to Perpetual

[ttystikk]

CAP wouldnt be making all those cool products anymore? They may have had shitty bulkheads but the rest of their stuff atleast had variety.... I cant say I tested it all.

There's another brand that makes it, whatever it was.

 

[firsttimeARE]

The acronym C.R.A.P. wouldnt have came about for nothing.

 

[firsttimeARE]

@ttystikk
@dbkick

You guys said the stepped drill bits at harborfreight were good? The largest ones on the largest setting?

 

[ttystikk]

@ttystikk
@dbkick

You guys said the stepped drill bits at harborfreight were good? The largest ones on the largest setting?

Yep. Drills a perfect hole for a 1" bulkhead fitting every time. Just don't push too hard, let the bit do the work.

 

[firsttimeARE]

K

Still need to find some containers. 27gal is a bit too much. Dont like the idea of 200+ gallons of water fill ups.

Im looking around the 10-15gal sites.

 

[ttystikk]

K

Still need to find some containers. 27gal is a bit too much. Dont like the idea of 200+ gallons of water fill ups.

Im looking around the 10-15gal sites.

Shit... The more, the better! More solution means slower swings in pH, EC and temperature. Slow= manageable=a good thing.

If you're worried about cost of nutrients, then it's time to quit with the waterbottles.

 

[firsttimeARE]

I know i need yo get on my dry nute game.

Once im done with these GH bottles

Not worried about cost of nutrients though. Worried about mixing wrong and having to dump it.

And needing a bigger chiller which means more electrics. Bill was 250 last month running only 1 600w

 

[rkymtnman]

K

Still need to find some containers. 27gal is a bit too much. Dont like the idea of 200+ gallons of water fill ups.

Im looking around the 10-15gal sites.

i built a 4 site rdwc. used 3 of those 27 gal black/yellow totes. had 2 plants in each one and then one outside the room as the control tub. less tubs equals less bulkheads and less chance of leaks. do you have a floor drain nearby just in case you join the "flood club"??

 

[firsttimeARE]

ah fuck it. 27gal walmart tough boxes...imma be just like you!

15 bulkheads. 2 cross tees. 1 tee. 4 elbows. 4 tough boxes.

what size pump would i need 4 site. 400gph?

 

[firsttimeARE]

i built a 4 site rdwc. used 3 of those 27 gal black/yellow totes. had 2 plants in each one and then one outside the room as the control tub. less tubs equals less bulkheads and less chance of leaks. do you have a floor drain nearby just in case you join the "flood club"??

I dont have a floor drain. I wanna put the chiller and control bucket outside the room in the laundry room adjacent to the room. I wanna put a mop sink in there and empty changeouts in there and run fillups from there as well.

Im planning for 3 bulkheads a bucket. With a maximum of 34 possible leak spots. 15 bulkheads plus 3 for the tee plus 8 for the two cross tees plus 8 for the 2 elbows.

 

[rkymtnman]

you doing an inline pump?

 

[firsttimeARE]

you doing an inline pump?

Naw. Putting the pump in the control bucket to the chiller which the output will go to a supply manifold to supply each bucket with a waterfall

 

[ttystikk]

i built a 4 site rdwc. used 3 of those 27 gal black/yellow totes. had 2 plants in each one and then one outside the room as the control tub. less tubs equals less bulkheads and less chance of leaks. do you have a floor drain nearby just in case you join the "flood club"??

It's not an exclusive club. EVERYBODY joins, sooner or later lol

 

[firsttimeARE]

maybe i should rethink this rdwc idea then. I am in a basement so if I had to join that club it wouldnt be so bad. id prefer to not join the club tho

 

[rkymtnman]

Naw. Putting the pump in the control bucket to the chiller which the output will go to a supply manifold to supply each bucket with a waterfall

that's kinda how i did mine. i built something like the sprayer on your kitchen sink that was a waterfall in each tub. i only had 4 airstones in my control tub.

i think mine was 900 gph. i'll go check it out.

 

[rkymtnman]

knocking on wood, haven't had the pleasure of joining the club. my room is right next to my mech room with floor drain so wasn't too worried.

 

[rkymtnman]

i was way off. sunleaves 590gph was my pump.

 

[ttystikk]

As long as water comes out every port of the manifold, it's fine. I've actually drowned a couple plants recently, in part because the topfeed was putting out too much water.

 

[firsttimeARE]

As long as water comes out every port of the manifold, it's fine. I've actually drowned a couple plants recently, in part because the topfeed was putting out too much water.

What size pump was that?

 

[firsttimeARE]

i was way off. sunleaves 590gph was my pump.

That works well for a 4 site?