Mitus
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I'm still in progress drizzy, but i'll let ya know!!
@morris, so you're saying having a smaller pvc made higher water pressure? do you think a more powerful pump could have the same effect?
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Aeroponic Tub Setup (1000w)
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@morris, so you're saying having a smaller pvc made higher water pressure? do you think a more powerful pump could have the same effect?
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morrisgreenberg
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for your tub a 250gph or even that 396 are perfect. smaller pvc will actually maximize a smaller pump, basically like a bottleneck
Hey Mitus I love your DIY aero setup Im trying to put something similar together myself but Im having a hell of time finding a proper tub for my babies
. I see your using a Toughbox but I cant find one anywhere. Do they sell them on the web at all? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
. I see your using a Toughbox but I cant find one anywhere. Do they sell them on the web at all? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mitus
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I'm working on a big/little side project 
. Inspired by my buddy GoHydro. Basically its four 3 1/2 foot pieces of 6" PVC. They are all laying parallel to eachother with elbows that join together into one 2" pvc, which drains out the side of the 4'x4' growtent, into the res. The water is supplied by sprayers that are punched through the top of the PVC next to the netcups. So the water sprays the roots and runs back down the pvc, out the elbow, into the 2" pvc, which drains back into the res, and is repumped back into all the sprayers and follows the same process again.
So far i've set up my tent, built the frame for the grow chambers, i've cut the 3 & 1/2 foot grow chambers from the 6" PVC and i've glued the elbows to them. the other end is covered by a rubber endcap which is removable with a screwdriver.
The first 3 pics are of GoHydro's system (where i got my idea from). The last couple are of my progress so far.
. Inspired by my buddy GoHydro. Basically its four 3 1/2 foot pieces of 6" PVC. They are all laying parallel to eachother with elbows that join together into one 2" pvc, which drains out the side of the 4'x4' growtent, into the res. The water is supplied by sprayers that are punched through the top of the PVC next to the netcups. So the water sprays the roots and runs back down the pvc, out the elbow, into the 2" pvc, which drains back into the res, and is repumped back into all the sprayers and follows the same process again.So far i've set up my tent, built the frame for the grow chambers, i've cut the 3 & 1/2 foot grow chambers from the 6" PVC and i've glued the elbows to them. the other end is covered by a rubber endcap which is removable with a screwdriver.
The first 3 pics are of GoHydro's system (where i got my idea from). The last couple are of my progress so far.
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morrisgreenberg
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may i make a suggestion, just for where i am, i used the "mogie" method and its basically same unit, you can find it in DIY section of riu, anyway my main reason for going fencpost is i only found small amount of 6inch PVC and it was shedule 40, $50 for a 10' and the caps were 30bucks each cus they are rare so i went with 4inch PVC and had great results, take it from a guy who built 2 differenct styles of system, the square fencepost hold more volume for roots and are easy to keep up right, round gully units like these need to be paid good attention to when fastening down, fence posts need no fastening, thos drainage elbows if available is 6" must be very pricey, they are around $20 for 4", performance wise they are certainly equals, but it cost me 4 times asmuch than fencepost method, lowes has 7' and 98" for $18 and $23, 4inch pvc at home depot is $9 for 10', also i know i hit on the plants likeing to tip cus of the curvature, but since the plants site or hole you cut out is also on a curve, the plant stem and all will want to lean over, as compared to the flat side of the posts, thank you for letting me voice my opion on your thread bro
naturalhigh
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looks good..the other one seems to have a ton of tubing...all you really need is one hose inthe middle of each then run your sprayers from spinder lines..
Mitus
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@Morris - I'm lucky enough to have a hardcore plumbing supply place locally. They have ANYTHING you can imagine as far as piping goes. And I completely agree with you on the stability of the square posts vs the large round pvc. BUT... As you'll see in the 2 pics i'm posting, my drainage system stops the peices from rolling. That 2" PVC runs out the side of the tent to the res. I found that for making a draining system that fit my needs there was no way to properly attach a drain to the squair posts i had (which were 4 3/4" posts). With this design im using now, everything conects perfectly and if i do say so looks pretty cool
. Now i'm working on setting up my plant sites and entry points for my spayers.
@naturalhigh - If you're talking about using soft tubing, then i disagree with you. I don't want to have to worry about leaks so i opted to go with sturdy pvc and pvc connectors. If you werent talking about soft tubing then please explain to me what "spinder lines" are
Thanks guys!!
I'll post more pics as i make some progress.
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morrisgreenberg
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actually i wish i had something like the elbows, i was gonna order aeroflo replaecement drains, but i couldnt wait that long and i couldnt come up with a good solution, i too wanted a mutual drainage system, since i have the rez underneath, i needed something very wide and lucked out with 54gal rubbermades, they are short and wide enough to fit 5 fencposts, so i did what i normally do, i drill holes into my endcaps, one thing about those larger drains roots can and will get in there, just do yourself the favor and dont glue those joints, just for easier access, without realizing the drilled holes also serve as a pre-filter for large chunks atleast, may i make another recomendation, i see the sprayer manifold is very intricate in those pics, i and some others run one straight 1/2pvc line parralell to the tube and dril holes for the 1/4 poly spray lines from there, the pressure is excellent, you would think there wll be a drop off in performance but works great, but i found out fast when someone likes a system the way its designed they copy it, you know it works so good luck and keep posting, in all honesty im nrevous about pix, i dont even talk about my set up in detail since i have a"few"
southern homegrower
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damn mitus u ben busy. looks great man didnt no u stared a new thread was wondering what happend to u