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I'm thinking about building my own controller. Has anyone built or used the Aqua-hub DIY kit?
I'm thinking about building my own controller. Has anyone built or used the Aqua-hub DIY kit?
Best Ebb And Grow System
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legallyflying
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Yeah. I have two of them. Very high quality kit, easy instructions. I bought my second one about 6 months after the first and they made several changes to make it better. That is a sign on a quality company.
hammer21
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Gave the controller a name Pro-Gro and yes building and selling them on request. They will out preform any and all EBB controllers thats a big statement but i have the facts and proof. All my controllers are hand built in the USA and made to last. any questions pm meFeatures
manuel fill button cycles one time and goes back to auto
Fully adjustable floats
Digital timers seconds and minutes
Heavy duty commercial grade componets
The more cycles you give your plants at a less cycle time the more oxygen inriched nutes they receive increasing your yeild output
Led indicators
Low voltage 5VDC to floats
Upgradable to ultra sonic sensors just plug them in
10 foot cord on floats you can mount it on the wall away from container
legallyflying
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What is the Cost...? Kudos on the adjustable floats! That is money for sure, especially if using to control a DWC set up.
legallyflying
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I'm actually running my control bucket in reverse on DWC buckets. Always full then drains once a day for 45 minutes to a reservoir with chiller on a timer. Can yours do that?
legallyflying
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FYI... I built a 12 site, 4 gallon bucket system for around $175. I used the aquahub controller, food grade 4 gallon square buckets off of craigslist ($1 a piece), 3/4 main feed lines with 3/4>1/2 T's to the individual net pots and square net pots from ebay or HTG.. I got 18 of them for around $25. Took maybe two hours to build but it works awesome and doesn't leak.
I actually have two whole buckets systems, one in flower and one in veg room. What I really like about the 4 gallon buckets (and you could do this with any buckets) is that when doing an ebb and flow system, you can grow in a bucket placed inside the buckets that are being flooded. So I have 18 plants vegging in my DIY tent, then after about 4 weeks I pick the best 12, cull the rest to make more room and after another couple weeks, pick the buckets up and move them into my flower room. Very little down time.
I eventually moved to a similar set up, just DWC because dealing with that much hydroton is a real pain in the ass...and the back.
I actually have two whole buckets systems, one in flower and one in veg room. What I really like about the 4 gallon buckets (and you could do this with any buckets) is that when doing an ebb and flow system, you can grow in a bucket placed inside the buckets that are being flooded. So I have 18 plants vegging in my DIY tent, then after about 4 weeks I pick the best 12, cull the rest to make more room and after another couple weeks, pick the buckets up and move them into my flower room. Very little down time.
I eventually moved to a similar set up, just DWC because dealing with that much hydroton is a real pain in the ass...and the back.
legallyflying
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That is risk is worth the extra $250 in my pocket 
Besides, 110 is not all that powerfull and the controller does have a GFCI unit on it. I say it is not that powerful because I shocked myself once on my bucket system when I was moving the floats around and had some wiring exposed.
Besides, 110 is not all that powerfull and the controller does have a GFCI unit on it. I say it is not that powerful because I shocked myself once on my bucket system when I was moving the floats around and had some wiring exposed.
hammer21
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Just something i read on the local news ..............."The current went through his left arm to his feet," Burkhardt said. During an autopsy Tuesday, Burkhardt found telltale signs of electrocution: an electrical burn on Legallyflying left arm and tiny broken blood vessels in his feet.
Legallyflying was taken to Fort Hamilton's emergency room where he was pronounced dead minutes later, Burkhardt said.
Burkhardt said some people couldn't understand why Legallyflying died from handling a 110-volt line - about the equivalent of a household light bulb. "It's not the voltage that kills you; it's the amperage and the voltage together that make for a dangerous condition," Burkhardt said. "You can get killed with 50 volts if the amperage is high enough." Be safe.....
Legallyflying was taken to Fort Hamilton's emergency room where he was pronounced dead minutes later, Burkhardt said.
Burkhardt said some people couldn't understand why Legallyflying died from handling a 110-volt line - about the equivalent of a household light bulb. "It's not the voltage that kills you; it's the amperage and the voltage together that make for a dangerous condition," Burkhardt said. "You can get killed with 50 volts if the amperage is high enough." Be safe.....
RavenMochi
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Normally its the amps that kill, hence why you have stun guns with such unspeakable voltages that manage *usually* not to kill people.
legallyflying
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Sorry dude, I'm not buying it. There is more risk screwing around with my ballasts than there is working with my control bucket. Your controller sounds sweet, it's just 3x as expensive as other manuals
RavenMochi
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Chances are, your ballast does present more risk. I have a magnetic one, that I got in a kit no less. so yea, I know if I get stupid I'll easily end up dead.
legallyflying
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True enough, the magnetic ones are quite a bit more hazerdous. I can recall that when I wired a new 220 circuit pumping almost 40 amps (3600 digital ballast watts) that I went into my grow room and was using a left over piece of wire to move my hood a little bit. Well I just about shit my pants when the end of the wire touched the hood and ZAPP!! there was a huge spark and the lights went out. After changing my underwear and ensuring the power was dead I went in to figure out WTF was going on that would manage to energize the fucking hoods!!
As it turns out, the ground wire got smooshed into on of the hot wires in one of the outlet boxes when installing them. The weird thing is that my mutli meter read 220 volts and the digital ballasts fired up just fine. That could have turned out pretty bad but I am cautious to always wear gloves and shoes when working with new power circuits. The only thing that resulted from this mishap is that I manage to arc the hood with so much energy that it actually burnt through the enamal coating and melt a nick in the hood.
As it turns out, the ground wire got smooshed into on of the hot wires in one of the outlet boxes when installing them. The weird thing is that my mutli meter read 220 volts and the digital ballasts fired up just fine. That could have turned out pretty bad but I am cautious to always wear gloves and shoes when working with new power circuits. The only thing that resulted from this mishap is that I manage to arc the hood with so much energy that it actually burnt through the enamal coating and melt a nick in the hood.