My first grow, useing Aerofram

iloveit

iloveit

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I have a few quick questions in regards to the fans your using at the bottom of the room:

What are the specs of them (a link to the item from shopping site will help)?

How loud/quit is it?

Im only asking because I have my eye on one of those but Ill be using it in a drying chamber.
 
morrisgreenberg

morrisgreenberg

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iloveit said:
I have a few quick questions in regards to the fans your using at the bottom of the room:

What are the specs of them (a link to the item from shopping site will help)?

How loud/quit is it?

Im only asking because I have my eye on one of those but Ill be using it in a drying chamber.
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from the looks of his setup, he's somewhere in europe, those may be the equivilent to inline duct fans from home depot, but im not sure, you can use cheap bathroom exhaust fans for drying chambers, i built one out of a rubbermade and used 2, one to push fresh air in, and one to suck air out, just look into cfms and your chamber space as if your were designing your space. also you can use a 4inch inline duct fan like 90cfm pretty cheap too, Al B fuct has a thread on rubbermade drying tubs using PC fans, but i wasnt looking to re-wire shit
 
iloveit

iloveit

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morrisgreenberg said:
from the looks of his setup, he's somewhere in europe, those may be the equivilent to inline duct fans from home depot, but im not sure, you can use cheap bathroom exhaust fans for drying chambers, i built one out of a rubbermade and used 2, one to push fresh air in, and one to suck air out, just look into cfms and your chamber space as if your were designing your space. also you can use a 4inch inline duct fan like 90cfm pretty cheap too, Al B fuct has a thread on rubbermade drying tubs using PC fans, but i wasnt looking to re-wire shit
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Ive seen Al B fuct drying tub but I already have a little area so Ill utilise it, Im just searching for the most silent fan possible, Ive considered PC fans but Im not sure If itll provide enough sucktion through my home made CO2 flter. Thanks for the input mate.
 
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xrayspecs

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Hi boodacious

Don't worry about overwatering-it is not possible for you to do that in an aerofarm really. Overwatering is because so much water prevents oxygen getting to the roots, no problem for you because you spray the roots and they are not in water all the time. In dwc it is ok for the roots to be in the water because the water has added oxygen. Also it is ok for the aerofarm plants to have roots in the water, because the spray hits the water and oxygenates it, but it would be better with more oxygen, so I will probably use an airstone in the water when the roots get in the water.

You could run your pump 24/7 with no problem, it will not overwater. But it might make better plants to have some dry time for the roots.

Hope this helps! :)
 
morrisgreenberg

morrisgreenberg

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i agree, the spashing from the sprayers make super oxygenated water along with an air stone...there you have better performance with aero as opposed to other systems
 
Boodacious

Boodacious

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First, I really want to thank everyone for sharing there opinion & knowledge in this thread.
I have learned alot in the past few weeks..

bdomina
Question: -what do those sprayers look like under the lid ? are they just 2 or 3 - 360* nozzels or are those tube hooked to something inside the res. just curious. thanks
Answer:-They are 2 nozzels which spray 180* degrees. Tomorrow I'm going to take some new Pics of the root & will take Pics of the nozzels inside the reservoir just for you bro..

iloveit
Question:- What are the specs of them (a link to the item from shopping site will help)?
Answer:- The only Specs i have is 100-CZ & I really dont no what that means..lol
- A link to where i bought them, would be no use to you, because I live in North of Europe..
Question:- How loud/quit is it?
Answer:- There are quit. But when I have my ear to the wall of my grow-room, I can hear them :(

xrayspecs
-Don't worry about overwatering-it is not possible for you to do that in an aerofarm really. Overwatering is because so much water prevents oxygen getting to the roots, no problem for you because you spray the roots and they are not in water all the time. In dwc it is ok for the roots to be in the water because the water has added oxygen. Also it is ok for the aerofarm plants to have roots in the water, because the spray hits the water and oxygenates it, but it would be better with more oxygen, so I will probably use an airstone in the water when the roots get in the water.
You could run your pump 24/7 with no problem, it will not overwater. But it might make better plants to have some dry time for the roots.
Hope this helps!
- Wow.. Thanks alot bro for making me understand how DWC works & getting oxygen to the roots. I will probably do as you & get airstone in the reservoir.. :)
- You have been great help ...

morrisgreenberg..
Thanks for henging around & helping us :)

Tomorrow, I'm planning to change the water & continue the same cycle " 60min on & 15min off" 24/7...
 
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xrayspecs

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hello Boodacious, i hope all is going well. i hope to have my aerofarm up and running in 2 or 3 weeks, my little seedlings are surviving, then i will tranplant them to the aerofarm, can't wait!!!!! i am kinda worried that the pump being in the water will heat the water up too much though, do you know what your water temp is? just so you know, ideally it should be 68f or your roots can go bad.
 
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