Aeroponics Reservoir Suggestions

I am trying to come to a conclusion to my reservoir temperature issues.

I do not want to spend a couple hundred bucks on a chiller just yet. in the mean time i've been throwing frozen bottled waters in my reservoir to keep temps down.

the guy at the hydroponics store suggested that i can have a bucket/reservoir thats tied into my main reservoir. The secondary res have my pump(which creates slight heat) and have a few 2 liter frozen bottled waters in it. So that my roots are not sitting (if they are long enough) on ice , and also so that the temperature is more blended in (warm and cold) rather than just blasting it with An ALL the sudden low temp.

After thinking about it all day, it might actually work. If i load the secondary reservoir up with a crap load of 2 liter frozen waters it should keep cool all day on a warm day.

I am sure others have already been through this , and possibly have a second reservoir for specifically this.

Any inputs on how yours or ones you have seen are mapped out. I am still trying to figure out how my layout is going to be . (how its all gonna tie into each other)..

I'd prefer something less stationary, meaning having them connected with something that will be easy to disconnect and change reservoirs. i do not want both reservoir's permanently connected to each other..


Any input would be great..

This is the only draw back with aeroponics, keeping that temp around 68f without spending a couple hundred bucks on a chiller.

Get a metal trash can use that as res. Get copper tubing wrap the trashcan with tubing connect one end to a tank of refrigerant and solder or braize a cap on the other end. Open the valve and the tubes will freeze cheap chiller dude.

puff, can u explain better, i still am trying to understand

if you're really serious about sticking with aero you will eventually buy a chiller. it's just necessary for aero stuff if you live in an area where temps get over 80F outside.

What are you unclear about?

puffntuff Get a metal trash can use that as res. Get copper tubing wrap the trashcan with tubing connect one end to a tank of refrigerant and solder or braize a cap on the other end. Open the valve and the tubes will freeze cheap chiller dude



Can u explain better. What do u mean by connect one end to the tank of the refrigerant and solder the other end. whats the refrigerant?

The shit that keeps your ac cold refridge cold. R-134a for cars the stuff like propane shit like that. Hvac stuff

i cannot afford one right now, nor can i run up the electricity any more.

i still dont understand the design puff, Would u be able to draw a quick picture in paint? or show me some of others?

If not, I still apreciate all your guys's inputs. much help

ayy i think i get it now. So the tubing wraps on the outside of hte trash can, and the can of refrigerant connects to the tubing while the other end is soldered. How do you connect the bottle of refridgerant to the copper tubing? its not just gonna hook right up will it?

do NOT use copper in your res tanks. copper will leech out, especially with nutes. use stainless steel coils only if the coil or water through the coil is going to touch your nute soup.

toasty, i belive he said to wrapp it on the outside of the trash can

bighomey said:

toasty, i belive he said to wrapp it on the outside of the trash can

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i believe he did as well....

igloo cooler. but if you put a pump IN it the water will heat up. I run a 1/2 hp chiller to cool less than 40 gallons just because it was like new and half the cost. I have 3 pumps in a 150 liter igloo , one 1000 gph submersible running to and from the chiller which is 20 feet away in another room. I have a 1500 gph sump running the vinyl fence rails and then I have a 400 gph pump just running a filter in the res. i believe an insulated cooler is the only way to go , but when you put a pump in the res and don't cycle it ( less than 1 on, 4 off) you're gonna get heat , especially if the res is insulated, they hold heat just as well as they do cold.Cycling the pump not only makes for less heat but it also gives your roots a chance to dry a little between sprayings , assuming you're spraying nutrient. I forgot to add some shit.... if you find you just can't keep temps down its probably a good idea to keep a good supply of h202 around, h202 and c02 got me thru times of high temps(very high) in DWC. I put together a veg cooler and put a 400 gph submersible and ran the sprayers 24/7, I found heat built up real fast and temps weren't acceptable, so I went out and bought a pump that can be run inline and intend to place it on the 3/4 inch male hose drain on the cooler and plumb back into it to run sprayers, then I decided to cycle the pump already in the cooler, my temps went from mid 70s to a solid 65 for days, my roots have a chance to dry a bit and tend to be more fluffy and white.

You got it no you need to solder a female end to the other side. It's like a basic condenser. The nuts solution will never touch the copper so you'll be fine.