6 400,s 4 Flood Tables Perpetual

drgreentm

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Very nice set up dude, i just today set up my first tray. I was doing perpetual aero/top drip in 5 gallon buckets, decided i instead needed more plants, less veg time (6 weeks), and less fucking hassle. aero is a bitch, all the hoses, clogs, leaks..ooooh the fucking leaks.. so ebb & flow was the way to go, clay pebbles instead of rock wool cubes, better aeration i figure. perpetual, every two week, under soon to be 2600 watts, plus 1200 watts for veg.
very nice my friend, ladies look healthy and happy i love flood and drain.
 

drgreentm

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That's a real pity mate, I however have never had issues, tried ebb&flood a short while back and just had to go back to aero, it was more down to my own personal situation with water falling from tray to res in the middle of the night making too much noise, a neighbour even asked if I had a leak....yikes!!!!!
lol this is funny cause my veg tray is in my room closet and come 4am when its finished its cycle and draining its pretty noisy lol no neighbors hear but i sure can lol.
 

drgreentm

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Pump failed to turn on and i was gone for less than 12 hours is all it took all dead
hey man i got the system today and all i have to say is WOW i love it already, very easy to set up. i ran it with just some water and it worked great (no leaks no probs controller works great). now i have the controller as close as i could get it to the res ( less than 1' away) but i have some long feed lines and the pump keeps tripping like you explained earlier ( buckets seem to drain slowly to the controller) i heard to kinda turn/tweak the float senser on the bottom a little to the side is this true.
 

drgreentm

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sorry no pics still got dead battery for the camera will get some tomorrow and for sure take some pics, i had all the buckets set earlier and cut all the hoses to fit but didnt get a pic, should be a nice grow though got 12 clones vegging till this batch harvests and then its on lol.

p.s
thanks for all your help hellraizor your the shit my friend i owe you lol
 

newworldicon

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hey man i got the system today and all i have to say is WOW i love it already, very easy to set up. i ran it with just some water and it worked great (no leaks no probs controller works great). now i have the controller as close as i could get it to the res ( less than 1' away) but i have some long feed lines and the pump keeps tripping like you explained earlier ( buckets seem to drain slowly to the controller) i heard to kinda turn/tweak the float senser on the bottom a little to the side is this true.
Is this a RDWC system you speak of?
 

drgreentm

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here are a few pics of the system looks a little messy cause of all the plants in there now but i had it running for the whole night and seems to be doing fine, figured out what was tripping the pump as well. on the drain line back to the res, on the inside of the lid i had a hose going from there to the bottom of the res that was creating a siphon and pulling water from the res to the controller kicking the pump constantly, removed it and good to go.
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and here are also just some of the plants. the bubbas in the tray are 3 weeks tomorrow the bubba mother in the middle is 2 weeks tomorrow and the WW mother is 1 week tomorrow all looking good and healthy.
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hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
Dr start of by raiseing the float switch side of the control box by as little as a 1/8in a peace of cardboard should work.
Im some cases turning the float switch it self is needed

Also those leed lines are to long shorten them up by sliding the res closer
Those linr should go strait up out of the x box to the res
 

drgreentm

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Dr start of by raiseing the float switch side of the control box by as little as a 1/8in a peace of cardboard should work.
Im some cases turning the float switch it self is needed

Also those leed lines are to long shorten them up by sliding the res closer
Those linr should go strait up out of the x box to the res
ok will do im will cut those lines down and prop the control box up a bit and give her another run, thanks as usual for the advice man just cant wait to get my clones in here but im not going to rush it as i want some good vegged clones this time around.
 

drgreentm

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Damn, how big is that room your growing in? Niiice set up btw.
lol its a 14'x16'x9' im using half the room for the grow if i wanted i could get a tent to veg in on the other half which i might do in the near future, and thanks for the compliment.
 

Niko Bellick

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lol its a 14'x16'x9' im using half the room for the grow if i wanted i could get a tent to veg in on the other half which i might do in the near future, and thanks for the compliment.
luckiest bastard I know lol. Can't wait to see some trees in there.
 

drgreentm

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luckiest bastard I know lol. Can't wait to see some trees in there.
lol i dont know about that but hey we all work with what we got and im just glad i had the space, i cant wait ether i just transplanted my bubbas from my flood table to the pots but they arent trees and prably wont be massive yielders but figured they could use the room i will post pics in a few.
 

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
Looking good man!

One thing im thinking is you may not get the super yield due to the fact there
Not started in the bucket but i could be rong, you have a scrubber running in there?
And if you dont mind can you break down your cooling systems, im fighting heat
And RH and looking for ideas
 
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