help with hydrofarm co2 system

[guudbud]

whats up
I'm trying to get my haydrofarm activeair c02 system going but ran into a few problems. 1st I set up the tubing with the holes feed it through the eyelets and well the tubing just wants to curl back up like it comes packed in the box and won't stay straight. 2nd it leaks at the "T" fitting, I tried zipties and no luck,super glue did not work either... Is there a easier way to dump the co2 over the plants without the tubing with this system?

 

[BigBudBalls]

Warm the tube to straighten it out. Or hang a weight off it for a day or so.

So what if it leaks at the T fittings? The circulation fan will move the CO2 around.

 

[Fuzzotany]

And here I thought leaving yeast+sugarwater in a milk jug above my plants would suffice... CO2 shouldn't be this hard...

 

[guudbud]

Warm the tube to straighten it out. Or hang a weight off it for a day or so.

So what if it leaks at the T fittings? The circulation fan will move the CO2 around.

I warmed the tube with a heat gun briefly with no change, the weight thing sounds like it may work... to me if it's leaking from the t it's not pushing much out of the pin holes above the plants like it should. fans go off so the temps go up and the plants soak the c02 up...

 

[guudbud]

And here I thought leaving yeast+sugarwater in a milk jug above my plants would suffice... CO2 shouldn't be this hard...

it's not hard it's just a pain in the ass to position a tube above something and it curls back up

 

[GrowTech]

Use tubing clips, or duct tape to keep the tubing in place. You can use silicon caulk to seal up aroud the fittings.

 

[BigBudBalls]

I warmed the tube with a heat gun briefly with no change, the weight thing sounds like it may work... to me if it's leaking from the t it's not pushing much out of the pin holes above the plants like it should. fans go off so the temps go up and the plants soak the c02 up...

Not the vent fans, the circulation fans.
The circ fans should always be on.

Use the heat gun and weights at the same time. but be careful!! I can see it collapsing or stretching out.

Higher temps are not needed for CO2. They help only a tiny bit. The temp/CO2 thing is a cover up for high temps.

 

[mixin]

i bought a hydrofarm c02 regulator and its apparently not supposed to be used with electronic controllers (even though it never said that in the description on ebay) so i am screwed for now... and of course htgsupply never answers their emails...

 

[sweetsmell]

i bought a hydrofarm c02 regulator and its apparently not supposed to be used with electronic controllers (even though it never said that in the description on ebay) so i am screwed for now... and of course htgsupply never answers their emails...

No offence but if you bought something off ebay and you were emailing my place business asking me questions about a product you bought somewhere else I would not answer your emails eather.

 

[BigBudBalls]

i bought a hydrofarm c02 regulator and its apparently not supposed to be used with electronic controllers (even though it never said that in the description on ebay) so i am screwed for now... and of course htgsupply never answers their emails...

Is it this one:
Hydrofarm - Active Air COSYS20 Hydrofarm CO2 (1-20 cubic feet per hour) with Timer

If so, I see no reason it can be used with an electronic controler. Just ditch the flow meter and plug the solenoid into the controller (just check ratings)
And drop pressure to about 20psi/1.3bar