legallyflying
Well-Known Member
So after finding out that many a commercial "water cooled co2 generators" were simply on demand tankless water heaters, I picked up a small one on e-bay.
Ran the NG lines to the grow room, buried a 50 gallon barrel in the ground , threw a sump pump in it, ran the hoses, and connected the water pump to my co2 controller. Tadahhh.. works like a charm!!
List of equipment and cost:
6 liter tankless NG water heater $165
harbor freight 1/2 HP submersible pump $40
50' length of heavy duty rubber garden hose $40
50 gallon plastic barrel = free
About 25'of NG pipe and misc fittings $60
never ever ever half to fill up another Co2 or propane tank and produce co2 at a FRACTION of the cost ... Priceless.
(I should note that if I bought the $375 hydrogen unit I would have needed all the stuff above anyways)
Some pics...
ok, I know the gasline looks kludgy at an angle but I won't risk running into it if I come into the room when its dark. The two other pictures show the routing of the water hoses around the room and out a vent to the barrel outside.
At first I cranked the unit up using both burners and maximum burn. The unit shut off at 1500 and then levels promptly kept rising to 2200. So I reduced the level and shut off one of the burners using the "summer time" setting. The Co2 turns on the water pump at 1425, the burner instantly clicks on, runs for about 4 minutes and shuts off at 1525. Levels then rise to about 1700. I put that fan on the ceiling to route co2 towards the controller on the other end of the room.
The unit barely puts off any heat. I would say its equal to a stove on the lowest simmer setting or about 5 big candles.
Just thought I would pass it on. Works like a charm.
Oh what the hell, whats a grow room photo without some god damned bud.... mid 6th week here.
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Ran the NG lines to the grow room, buried a 50 gallon barrel in the ground , threw a sump pump in it, ran the hoses, and connected the water pump to my co2 controller. Tadahhh.. works like a charm!!
List of equipment and cost:
6 liter tankless NG water heater $165
harbor freight 1/2 HP submersible pump $40
50' length of heavy duty rubber garden hose $40
50 gallon plastic barrel = free
About 25'of NG pipe and misc fittings $60
never ever ever half to fill up another Co2 or propane tank and produce co2 at a FRACTION of the cost ... Priceless.
(I should note that if I bought the $375 hydrogen unit I would have needed all the stuff above anyways)
Some pics...
ok, I know the gasline looks kludgy at an angle but I won't risk running into it if I come into the room when its dark. The two other pictures show the routing of the water hoses around the room and out a vent to the barrel outside.
At first I cranked the unit up using both burners and maximum burn. The unit shut off at 1500 and then levels promptly kept rising to 2200. So I reduced the level and shut off one of the burners using the "summer time" setting. The Co2 turns on the water pump at 1425, the burner instantly clicks on, runs for about 4 minutes and shuts off at 1525. Levels then rise to about 1700. I put that fan on the ceiling to route co2 towards the controller on the other end of the room.
The unit barely puts off any heat. I would say its equal to a stove on the lowest simmer setting or about 5 big candles.
Just thought I would pass it on. Works like a charm.
Oh what the hell, whats a grow room photo without some god damned bud.... mid 6th week here.
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