dirty larry
Active Member
No, it doesn't.
So you see, those pumps and coolers you called "overkill" in all those RDWC systems you deemed "fails" actually serve a purpose you simply didn't understand.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
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So you see, those pumps and coolers you called "overkill" in all those RDWC systems you deemed "fails" actually serve a purpose you simply didn't understand.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
purplelicious
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You are a moron. Bye.
dirty larry
Active Member
Uhhh, right.... You're telling us water flows uphill from the "last" bucket to the controller res, and I'M the moron.
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purplelicious
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It does, with said use of the air water lift system. the same way the drip lines work. I will take back me saying you're a moron, but you're really just not paying attention.
purplelicious
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Here is the water farm air lift plumbing system. You can easily build a dwc with air pumps,buckets and these http://www.amazon.com/General-Hydroponics-Waterfarm-Plumbing-Kit/dp/B002JLC15U for very cheap.
dirty larry
Active Member
<sigh>
How does each bucket "overflow" into the next one?
How does each bucket "overflow" into the next one?
purplelicious
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they are connected to each other, I guess overflow was a bad term. If the last bucket is being emptied into the controller and the first bucket is being filled by the controller, then the water has to travel all the way through the system.
purplelicious
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The controller reservoir is pulling the water through a water air lift out of the last bucket, so gravity and air power the whole system theoretically. I hope this clears things up.
Vumar
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Slow flow no?
purplelicious
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Not fast, but I wouldn't say slow. If you were to pull the water air lift in the controller tank and made it drain to the ground it would take about 30 minutes for almost 30 gallons to drain from system. That is a fairly large volume of water for no pumps. I would say it works with the same theory and different mechanics as a traditional RDWC, that is why I call it one. Technically it is like comparing apples to apples.
mytwhyt
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Change the way you plumb your 8 waterfarms and each waterfarm pumping column will pull it's own water from the reservoir... Every WF will take water from a feed line connected to the reservoir, then gravity returns it via a return line to the reservoir..... If you have eight WFs pumping, each one will pull 6 gal an hour from the reservoir.... Each WF will move about 140 gal a day, to and from the reservoir.... Times however many WFs you have pumping..... It'll only cost a few dollers each WF for this mod... https://www.rollitup.org/t/waterfarm-club.698231/page-20#post-11027652 ... I need to add some pics to that thread.. There's a new mod I've added that keeps the hydroton in the top bucket when it's lifted for a root inspection... will do that later today...
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