4 Reservoirs… 1 Chiller

[Shroominnm]

I'm not a fan of aeroponics because it's unforgiving. It's also no faster than RDWC and a lot less robust.

I did sort of what your talking about! I had multiple reservoirs, and I got online and ordered a power steering pump cooler or whatever it is, a mini radiator basically. It had a half inch nipple in and one out so I just ran a half inch line from one res- through my active aqua chiller and into the next reservoir, where it would cycle through the power steering pump chiller and then back into res #1. Someone on here actually gave me the idea! I'll take some pics when I get off work. It works great I live somewhere where the Temps can get up there in the summer and with this, each res stayed at real life Temps 60-65. Give it a shot!

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[Shroominnm]

I did sort of what your talking about! I had multiple reservoirs, and I got online and ordered a power steering pump cooler or whatever it is, a mini radiator basically. It had a half inch nipple in and one out so I just ran a half inch line from one res- through my active aqua chiller and into the next reservoir, where it would cycle through the power steering pump chiller and then back into res #1. Someone on here actually gave me the idea! I'll take some pics when I get off work. It works great I live somewhere where the Temps can get up there in the summer and with this, each res stayed at real life Temps 60-65. Give it a shot!

I have recently fixed the water on the lids which caused algea , this was a previous grow.


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[Shroominnm]

Sorry about the three posts don't flame me lol

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[Budley Doright]

I've been looking on Amazon and other places and wort chillers start at $150 plus shipping here. Why the hell are things like 3x as much. It really grinds my gears lol. Even buying 3/8 stainless tubing is redicules here, $250 for 50' . I have decided to go with gastite gas line and just remove the plastic sheath.

 

[ttystikk]

Sorry about the three posts don't flame me lol

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So you drop this whole thing in the res? Should work fine.

 

[ttystikk]

I've been looking on Amazon and other places and wort chillers start at $150 plus shipping here. Why the hell are things like 3x as much. It really grinds my gears lol. Even buying 3/8 stainless tubing is redicules here, $250 for 50' . I have decided to go with gastite gas line and just remove the plastic sheath.

http://www.nybrewsupply.com/beer-home-brewing-equipment/wort-chillers.html

You may now kiss the ground I walk on, lol j/k

For an even cheaper alternative, just use 1/2" OD copper HVAC tubing, a 10-15' foot length coiled up small enough to fit works awesome in a control bucket. Do not put copper in the same res tub as a plant because contact will kill the roots.

 

[AKGrowAreo]

This is the one you need brothers and sisters! Trust me they work great, mine was $40, looks like the went up $10 bucks. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064ODYWW?keywords=stainless steel wort chiller&qid=1450600359&ref_=sr_1_8&sr=8-8

 

[Budley Doright]

http://www.nybrewsupply.com/beer-home-brewing-equipment/wort-chillers.html

You may now kiss the ground I walk on, lol j/k

For an even cheaper alternative, just use 1/2" OD copper HVAC tubing, a 10-15' foot length coiled up small enough to fit works awesome in a control bucket. Do not put copper in the same res tub as a plant because contact will kill the roots.

I would (kiss the ground) but they don't ship to Canada lol. I've got 50' of stainless corrugated gas line I'm going to use I think. Buying shit on line sucks here due to shipping costs being real pricey. Also our dollar is like a peso right now.

 

[two2brains]

So I'm confused (as usual lol). I run sprayers and thought until my last grow that temps were not s huge deal as the roots weren't flooded but as my water temps got above 70 root rot came with a vengeance. Now that I've lowered temps to 65 I have gotten rid of the rot so why would a flood and drain be different? My root zone actually got quite warm due to ambient temps when sprayers were not running also.

With flood and drain you have the ability to cool the root zone via air flow. If you run smart pots or plastic pots with holes and run a fan on them they will stay cool. Its the same as when you jump in a pool or ocean you get out and the wind blows on you and you freeze

 

[ttystikk]

With flood and drain you have the ability to cool the root zone via air flow. If you run smart pots or plastic pots with holes and run a fan on them they will stay cool. Its the same as when you jump in a pool or ocean you get out and the wind blows on you and you freeze

That's called evaporative cooling and it works a lot better in swamp coolers than it will on your roots.