Would This Work: Outside Hydro?

pinkjackyle

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u wood have 2 cool the water. coil bout 50ft of tubing in a cooler with ice in it and circulate it thru the reservoir want 2 keep it round 72deg f i believe
 

Widow Maker

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what if I kept the reservoir inside?
Bottom line it needs to be around 70*. Wether you keep it under ground, inside, on a chiller or whatever. Dwc and aero are temp sensitive. Go with drip or ebb and flow if you dont want to worry about temps. WM
 

logzz

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True they do sell really cheap water chillers and if you buried them it would be easier.
 

Widow Maker

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I have the ebb and grow. I only bought the brain bucket or controller bucket whatever you call it. I took the controller box and sensors and wired it to a 5 gallon bucket. The 2 or 3 gal buckets it came with are crap imo. Im doing a 9 bucket system in a 4x4 tent. The only thing is I should of used a 7 gal bucket for the controller and will probably end up switching here pretty soon.
 

Widow Maker

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True they do sell really cheap water chillers and if you buried them it would be easier.
Cheap?? $300-350 for a 1/10 hp. Not too cheap imo. I made a 3/4 hp for cheap but most people dont have the skills to build a refrigeration unit from scratch. please link to a cheap chiller that will work.
 

logzz

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Sorry its late I was thinking of the heaters I have seen there is definitely DIY options here is one as you know. If you buried it I cant see it getting to much hotter than the soil around it.
Cheap?? $300-350 for a 1/10 hp. Not too cheap imo. I made a 3/4 hp for cheap but most people dont have the skills to build a refrigeration unit from scratch. please link to a cheap chiller that will work.
 
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