For All Cap Ebb and Grow Users
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hellraizer30
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Ive got a pic of what I set my timers to flood and how long to flood. In my journal, any ? You have ask im pretty
Up to speed on most the issue.
Up to speed on most the issue.
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
jdmcwestevo
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so here is one of my grows i have going on right now. initially it was designed to be a 20k watt flower room with a 4k watt veg room. 96 buckets in the flower room with 48 in the veg for a perpetual harvest. we had some complications because i wanted to try some new things like the CAP dual trigger electric panel which is meh, the sunlight supply hoods which blow compared to CAP lumenaires. It is a sealed room with supplemental CO2 from 2 20lb tanks with sentinel fuzzy logic controllers. It is cooled by a 2 head split system LG 2 ton A/c. for the 5 hoods in the row there is one 8" 735 CFM valueline fan pushing and one pulling. i have 2 big carbon filters with 12" valueline fans i believe like 1100 CFM or so. i also have a bunch of oscillating fans in the room to keep air moving. these pictures are from my cell phone i had when we were still building, but gives you a good idea of this design. i'll post pictures of my 2 other rooms i just finshed both of them are 20k watt grows as well. one is with all mellonhead hoods and CAN Fans and quantum ballast. the other is with all CAP stuff. i'll start some journals too when i get time. 
collective gardener
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http://www.hydroshack.com/gl-hydrocorn-50-liter-bag-vcbpglcorn.htm
It's larger than hydroton, lighter as well. Seriously cleans off in a good dunk and a rinse. My res stays dust free so far.
hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
Nice setup bet the power bill on that is crazy
jdmcwestevo
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ya with industrial power i think the last bill was somewhere around 2k. in my other building it is shared power and the bill for the building gets divided up based on your sq ft. hahahaha my power bill for 20k watts and 4 tons of a/c is like $400 ahahha ROFLMAO pretty funny stuff. i'll post my other setup its much cleaner than that one like i said that is my nightmare room everything that could go wrong did lol.
dbkick
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ok then, can anyone show me a detailed shot of their reservoir lid? I'm not understand how this goes together, they have a "special" 90 degree barbed fitting that the instructions say to place that inside the lid with the hole in the elbow facing down, and then hook tubing up from the fill pump to that elbow, my question is how do you connect tubing to the topside of the elbow that actually pumps to the control bucket?
researchkitty
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Another easy fix.
Tools required:
Garden Hose with water
Screwdriver
1.) Poke bag of hydroton at the bottom with the screwdriver.
2.) Insert garden hose in top of hydroton. Turn on hose.
3.) Come back in 10 minutes.
Done!
researchkitty
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hellraizer30
Rebel From The North
View attachment 1714339View attachment 1714337ok DB hope this helps
researchkitty
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Why are there even fittings being used? Just use tube, one to the pump, other to the top. All of those 90 degree elbows and fittings are totally unnecessary.
dbkick
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oh god no, you're idea of clean and mine must be two different things! but I did use that process TOO. my roks are pretty clean if you don't shake them up much :\Another easy fix.
Tools required:
Garden Hose with water
Screwdriver
1.) Poke bag of hydroton at the bottom with the screwdriver.
2.) Insert garden hose in top of hydroton. Turn on hose.
3.) Come back in 10 minutes.
Done!
drgreentm
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mine is set up a bit different, the "special" 90 elbow pops through the lid from underneath and you have to put the hose on the top of that with a hose clamp on it (see pic 1) so that when the pump kicks on water falls back to the res (see pic 2) now when the pump kicks off the little hole in the 90 will break the siphon to the controller so it doesnt continue to fill when the pump kicks off.
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dbkick
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hellraizer yeah I think I see what you've done, you've taken a straight fitting with a short piece of tubing and the "special" vacuum break elbow below that, I thought from the instructions it said to place the vacuum break elbow in the grommet but that must not be the case since you can't fit a piece of tubing to the topside of the elbow because its too short, thanks man,
dbkick
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Ah, I intended to clamp that sucker anyway, thanks for the info.
drgreentm
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one of the supplied (should have been anyway) hose clamps. there is not allot to work with there but it does work for mine, a zip tie would suffice as well.