TurboTokes
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I am building a plan for a new indoor setup that the wife finally approved. It will be a 4x4x6.5' drain to waste setup in an existing closet (giving up my own closet, Im commited lol), top feeding using drippers.
The closet happens to be overtop of my small basement crawlspace. My plan is to keep the resevoir container in this space as there is a water tap/hose within arms reach, aswell as this area is much cooler so water temps could be kept low. There is also my sump pump / sump well so I can easily run my wastewater to this as well as dump the res if I need to. No heavy lifting YAY!
But all that comes at a price of having the resevoir on the level below the grow space, which would be about a 6 foot lift from the resevoir pump to the drippers. My concern is that I need to buy something like a waterfall pump rated for lift, but Im not sure if they could ever be dialed down to a slow drip, or if a larger size hydro style pump would be fine and well? I think my biggest is about 400lph
Any experience keeping the res at on a lower level below the grow space? I can put it in the grow space if I have to, but would take up valueable space and being as Ive never grown hydro or used a res before Im not sure how water temps would be affected. My initial thought is because Im using a cycle timer and something like 20 second cycles every 3-4hours the pump wouldnt affect the water temp, but the lights and ambient summer temp in the room would.
The closet happens to be overtop of my small basement crawlspace. My plan is to keep the resevoir container in this space as there is a water tap/hose within arms reach, aswell as this area is much cooler so water temps could be kept low. There is also my sump pump / sump well so I can easily run my wastewater to this as well as dump the res if I need to. No heavy lifting YAY!
But all that comes at a price of having the resevoir on the level below the grow space, which would be about a 6 foot lift from the resevoir pump to the drippers. My concern is that I need to buy something like a waterfall pump rated for lift, but Im not sure if they could ever be dialed down to a slow drip, or if a larger size hydro style pump would be fine and well? I think my biggest is about 400lph
Any experience keeping the res at on a lower level below the grow space? I can put it in the grow space if I have to, but would take up valueable space and being as Ive never grown hydro or used a res before Im not sure how water temps would be affected. My initial thought is because Im using a cycle timer and something like 20 second cycles every 3-4hours the pump wouldnt affect the water temp, but the lights and ambient summer temp in the room would.
