Sour Wreck
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my goal is to have to buy new net pots !!!!As long as you flip em FAST they will split a 2 inch with a quickness
But where thers a will there is a way![]()
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my goal is to have to buy new net pots !!!!As long as you flip em FAST they will split a 2 inch with a quickness
But where thers a will there is a way![]()
Butter NutzButter nut?
of what? builheads? plants?Can you show pics?
Now I see yet ANOTHER practical way to be able to disassemble a permanently glued slip X slip fitting using these worm clamp couplers. But I don't like all that fuss.video later.
getting close to what i want...
suggestions, critiques ???
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Well that's neat. But they don't make 2-3" vinyl tubing so...My bulkhead fittings are barb end, hose just pushes on.
Absolutely. That's why I stuck with 1" fittings and hose. And smaller pumps. And return lines in parallel rather than in series. I'm pretty sure I saved a lot of money this way, too.Well that's neat. But they don't make 2-3" vinyl tubing so...
[tl;dr] Uniseal is leaking... [End td;dr].
Finally got my RDWC put together!
20Gal Rubbermaid Brute (x4) + 40Gal Rubbermaid Brute (x1 - Res).
4" PVC connecting each Brute
4" Reduced to 1" Pipe > 1" Pipe into Pump. > 1/2" Pipe from top of pump into top of Res.
Used a hole saw and did pretty smooth holes in the Brutes. Uses a razor blade and smoothed the burred/rough edges (making sure not to remove too much plastic and only the extra specs pointing out).
Used a "goo" based spray as lube and grinded down the edges of the pvc to help insert.
There are no bends or turns in the system. All the containers are in a straight line.
The floor is flat. All the containers are on the same level.
Water Check 1: Filled a few inches above the top of the unseals. Everything is perfect!
Water Check 2: Filled to where I would keep the water-line (just below net pot). Two of my Unseals are leaking! Did some adjusting... now..
..one is a very minor leak , like a drip... it drops to the floor, then another drop leaks out after a second.
..the other uniseal is leaking at a fair bit faster pace, drop-drop-drop-drop.. but not quite a river thankfully. There was still a fair bit of water pooling on the floor..
I feel like the Brute bows very slightly when full, compared to when empty and this might be causing a problem?
At this point, I'm hoping I can find some kind of outdoor water sealant/silicon that I can apply to the uniseals. If not I'm out a fair bit of $ and need new/better containers and maybe bulkheads instead of uniseals?
I am open to any suggestions! <3
Gotta love incorrect instructions...When I first put some uniseals in some 5 gal buckets I relied on what I read on here on what size drill hole to drill. Drilled holes in 10 buckets some leaked some did not. Problem was the hole size was too big. They said in the tutorial to use a 7/8" bit when actually it was a 3/4" bit.
Bought new buckets and redrilled after testing first of course this time and not a single one leaked after proper size hole drilled out.