LarsVegasNirvana
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I'm prepared to find my entire reservoir in the bottom of my tent one day. It's only 10 gallons.
LarsVegasNirvana
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Well maybe I got lucky and one of mine failed early. 
LarsVegasNirvana
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If you want to grow trees in aero you're going to need a 8 foot tall root chamber. It generally needs to be deeper than the plants are tall. That's why I do a v-scrog.
pinner420
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That's certainly a limiting factor. any good builds you would suggest?
I dont know why I shouldnt thinked about it earlier (ip water resistance ). so these two sensors + that solenoid valves and flow meter would be enough ? what would I need for the programmable light switch schedule and dimming ? Thank you very much for the tips I would look for those relays and I really appreciate that you would be uploading the whole script on github. @lars One more question, you mentioned that you are doing v scrog and that you need the chamber to be 8ft deep. If I decide to do sog + most importantly keep mothers in aero and would use root trellis, would less deeper root chamber be enough? Anybody got diy idea for root trellis? I only saw multiponics selling them, but the shipping is too high to my country, my idea is to substitue trellis with the sieve which is used when people are making plaster coating on the wall. I, I dont know how the thing is called, but usually its white, its also used as diy window mesh/screen and it should be maded from nylon. the only image of it what I found is this :
http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/1206321268/Nylon_Mosquito_Netting_Nylon_Mesh_Nylon_Window.jpg
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A fine mesh will encourage the roots to form a dense root mat at the top of the chamber. You just want a coarse (open) support structure to guide the roots where you want them to go. It can be as simple as cup hooks screwed into the underside of the chamber lid that you can hook the roots onto as they grow long enough to reach.
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you mean like in soil ? can you elaborate on that little more?It`d be quicker and cheaper to run additional mothers
I wanted to edit this post but it was not possible because I did it once before, it wont let me do that anymore.
I was checking out the some expresso machines, with that pump, It was pretty loud, probably not loud as chinese pumps but still I would want to minimize the noise as much as possible, do you think it would be possible to do that by adding pads from sorbothane or silicone ? and adding the whole pump to some kind of insulated box ?
Do I need the pressure relief valve incase pressure switch fails plus a pressure regulator ? anything more ?
Thank you
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LarsVegasNirvana
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Yeah it makes noise, but like I said you want to be able to hear it. If it's not running, or if it's running constantly, you definitely want to know about that. Your best bet is probably to use some kind of rubber mounts to hold the pump, and then wrap the whole thing in soundproofing foam. All I use is a little piece of seat cushion foam and then I shove the pump, foam, and accumulator into a little plastic box.
I sleep in the same room as my grow and the pump never bothers me. Those chinese pumps are so loud you will be able to hear it outside your house halfway down the street. You'll see.
LarsVegasNirvana
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Who said anything about a flow meter? They're too inaccurate to use for anything useful. I don't even know what you think you'd use it for.
For the dimming function you just change the output voltage of an analog output pin on the arduino and plug that into the driver instead of a potentiometer.
I didn't say I needed the chamber 8 feet deep. I said you would need that if you wanted to grow trees. My last chamber was 1 foot deep, and my new one is 2-3 feet deep.
My idea for a root trellis is to just hot-glue some really fine mesh (like for screen printing) at the bottom of the chamber, not the top. That way if any roots make it to the bottom they won't touch any pooling water and they will maintain root hairs instead of turning into DWC roots. I haven't tried it yet because I'm waiting to see if they even reach the bottom of this new design first.