How to build an aero setup
- Thread starter FilthyFletch
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I would wire up 1 20 amp breaker for 2 1000w lights. It really isn't hard I have done it in several apartments that I have rented and the landlords never knew after I moved out. See what I always did was build a box and then had that box on it's own breaker. The breaker went from the fuse box to a set of outlets. One was for the veg and the other for the flower room. It really is simple, the hardest part is figuring out how to run the wire from where you need it to where it needs to go. After that it's just screwing wires into terminal.
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Glad to have helped. Right now I am still waiting on my nice new CMH light to get here. I ordered the ballast and the bulb like three days ago, I have been running the system from time to time to see how it will act before I put plants in there. I am still working out a lot of kinks as you can imagine sense I have never done a system like this before.
surfnugget
Well-Known Member
i like to have my boy do any tricky wiring. he just so happens to be an audio installer, and has learned all sorts of nifty things.
*props.
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I agree I have felt the blow of many a 120's... I once was working for a contractor at a job putting up vinyl siding. I was on a ladder placing a strip near the rear peak where there was a motion sensor light. Unaware that it was still on, and live I was fitting the wire through a small hole in the siding. The wire popped through and hit me right in my left nostril. I lost vision in my left eye for about 45 seconds... it wasn't black but bright blue.
BE CAREFUL AND MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN ALL POWER TO THE AREA OF WORK IS OFF OR DISCONNECTED.
Being found dead while building a growbox is no way to go out lol. Can you see reading that in the paper...
klepto
Active Member
that box looks like a power supply from a computer...
Yes that box is a PC PSU. I use that PSU to power my pump, I have a 12v DC diaphragm pump. Although it is only 12v DC it is a crazy 10 amps minimum.
Now for anyone that is wondering how I got it to power up with out a motherboard attached here is the trick. If you look at the long 20/24pin motherboard connector you will see a green wire. If you take that green wire and connect it to a black wire the PSU will power on as long as it is plugged in with the switch on.
You can check out this tutorial here... This is also great for powering fans, I have several 120mm PC fans and out pushes 130CFM. You can even find 240mm fans now which would be great for circulating air.
Now for anyone that is wondering how I got it to power up with out a motherboard attached here is the trick. If you look at the long 20/24pin motherboard connector you will see a green wire. If you take that green wire and connect it to a black wire the PSU will power on as long as it is plugged in with the switch on.
You can check out this tutorial here... This is also great for powering fans, I have several 120mm PC fans and out pushes 130CFM. You can even find 240mm fans now which would be great for circulating air.
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Wiring just a breaker is pretty easy to do like shown.Adding anew fusebox I advisean electrician as it involves cutting the power from the electric company to the house while service or boxes are upgraded..The ebb and grow buckets seem to work well I havent grown with them myself yet as I refuse to pay $600 for the setup and am working on duplicating it for cheaper but I have seen them and my local hydro shop displays them running with 7 foot tomato plants with huge fruit so I assume they work well. Im gonna be showing a 4x8 flood table in a grow tent so my plants will be shorter like 3 feet but my buddies have big tables and commerical type buildings and grow 5-6 foters in flood tables.
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
If you mean the ebb and flow setups not exactly I would probably set ti to start flooding 4 times a day you ll have to time how fast it fills the buckets for how long to leave it on. When in full flower Id flood 6-8 times aday
blueyedevil89
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2x 10" Daisy Chained Air Stones Installed In Reservoir.
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120 Plant High Performance Aeroponic Misting Hydroponic Systems
3x Digital Electronic TDS & pH Meters for Reading Nutrient Levels
Co2 Generator System for 45% Increased Plant Yields
4' Foot Carbon Scrubber w/ Activated Virgin Carbon & Pre-Filter
Powerful 265 CFM Blower Exhaust Fan
3-Speed Commercial Circulation Fans for Air Movement
A Powerful Air Intake Fan w/ for Bringing In Cool Air
A Powerful Exhaust Blower Fan for Exhausting Stale Heated Air
Three High Capacity Outdoor Belkin Industrial Surge Protectors
Digital Thermometer and Humidity Meter w/ LCD Display
250 GPH Submersible Mag Drive Pumps w/ Pre Filters
Dual Output High Capacity Air Pump for Maximizing O2
2x 10" Daisy Chained Air Stones Installed In Reservoir.
120 2" Net Baskets w/ Hydroton Rocks & Rockwell Cubes
Sun Lift Professional Light Hangars for Easy Light Adjustment
Ducting, Hose Clamps and Wiring Accessories
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FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
Blue is that your shopping list or was there a reason or question that went with the list??
surfnugget
Well-Known Member
same question, but with a faint chuckle and sense of accomplishment.
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
lol it just lost me why he posted that stuff?? Im getting amped up all my new toys will be in tomarrow. I found a secret spot to get 4x8 grow tents for Right at $200 shipped priority.Its a wholesaler who says they are the same as homebox tents but he buys them from the manufacture before they get the logos so much cheaper. Got my 4x8 table ready for 1 tent 2 brand new 400cfm fans I got new for $18 each, a nice slightly used 450 cfm hydrofarm can fan thats gonn be my carbon scrubber fan cost $40. 4 clip mount oscalating fans $5 each.My local dro shop gave me a ton of freebies to try out to let them know how they work gave me like 4 bottles of Dutch Master conissour grow A&B,Flower A&B,light penetrator,silicia,humbodlt countys gravity,purple max,Bushmaster and 3 other bottles of additives so gonna give them a whirl and then talk them into a free batch of advance nute and set up the second grow tent with 6 aero tubs 6 plant setups like I sell and do a show and grow journel on those too.Gonna use 2 600 watters in the flood table and 3 400 watt lights on the aero tubs..Hopefully the tubs will have some TGAs Flav in it...My 4x4 tent I made will have the 3x3 table in it with Blueberry and sweet purple.So bunch of new fun things to look forward to not to mention Im am gearing up to start welding and building my version of the BC Bloom box Producer with my goal being under $800 with lights and nutes...A new year of fun.
