rotary atomizer 40-50 micron

I take it thats a no just trying to see if it is viable the company has sold them to a grower he put them in 8ft tall root chambers. Any thoughts on how it would work in 2-3 ft high chambers

Do a Google or Yahoo search for air assisted aeroponic atomizer and it comes up its the penguin series. I contacted a rep. and they said it could be made to produce 40-50 micron droplet sizes. The one im looking into would not be air assisted it would be the 12in model without the air assist

You should be asking this question in treefarmers thread. The guys that know this stuff are there, and it's just a couple people that could even answer this.

https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/254876-my-true-hp-aero-plug.html

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OregonMeds said:

You should be asking this question in treefarmers thread. The guys that know this stuff are there, and it's just a couple people that could even answer this.

https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/254876-my-true-hp-aero-plug.html

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By what I have seen their systems are huge. Like in big enough for about a 1200 square foot aero system. They seem to be something like what one would use for a small commercial sized aero tomato or lettuce operation etc. Looks like their smallest small micron unit is rated at 0.5 galloms per minute. The atomizers are something that would run constant. You only want about 10 ml per minute per cubic yard of roots chamber space. A half gallon per minute is 1892.5 ml per minute. So [(1892.5 ml/cu yd) / 10 ml] = 189.25 cubic yards (189.25 * 2/3) = 126 square yards (126)^0.5 = 11.25 yds by 11.25 yds or about 33.75 ft by 33.75 ft. Ie that is about 1140 square feett if the green house root chamber is three foot high.

So I would have to be growing in a warehouse with huge chambers for this to be suitable. The rep did sell to someone for a warehouse set up I was just trying to see if they were suitable to scale down. thanx for the info. down

fatman7574 said:

By what I have seen their systems are huge. Like in big enough for about a 1200 square foot aero system. They seem to be something like what one would use for a small commercial sized aero tomato or lettuce operation etc. Looks like their smallest small micron unit is rated at 0.5 galloms per minute. The atomizers are something that would run constant. You only want about 10 ml per minute per cubic yard of roots chamber space. A half gallon per minute is 1892.5 ml per minute. So [(1892.5 ml/cu yd) / 10 ml] = 189.25 cubic yards (189.25 * 2/3) = 126 square yards (126)^0.5 = 11.25 yds by 11.25 yds or about 33.75 ft by 33.75 ft. Ie that is about 1140 square feett if the green house root chamber is three foot high.

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why couldnt one just limit the amount of water supplied to the rotating disk? wouldnt that limit the amount of mist created?

anyway the solution is simple. You panda wrap and entire basement. You cut holes in the floor of the first floor, floor. You put netpots and plants in those holes. You put a few fans in the basement. The basement becomes the root chamber. THe upstairs becomes your grow room. You become the envy of everyone, kind of like a god.

another thing to consider is the reality of distributing the mist across the size of area fatman mentions... its nearly impossible. Likewise, you can limit the area, for mist, can be blown around by fans. If you were to put a bug screen like used in windows, and somehow vented the mist air through some sort of screen or cheese cloth, you can pull the mist down out of the air. Point is... too much mist can be solved without needing a huge large area.

I still say just limit the amount of water you let hit the disc, and the problem is over. Id like to see someone use these disks, dont let the other guys talk you out of it.

Of sure reducing the nutrient water imput by about 97% would work fine. We buy that logic. Not!

Hey I'm new to aero growing but these rotary atomizers look great! If one had a large enough root chamber couldn't one of these systems do wonders? and fatman are you being sarcastic?

hey everyone new to aero and very interested in these rotary atomizers! I'm going to have a pretty large root chamber about 8by12by5 feet deep. wouldn't one of these bad boys work great if i can figure out how much water to run through it? And if this would work how do i figure out how much water to use?

Hi everyone

I'm new here and have been reading many forums and watching youtube regarding true aeroponics..I have info overload

Well while reading this thread I remembered this video from youtube and thought this way a great idea. This guy used a dremel to create a mist.


Here's the dremel DIY version he made. Thing is he didn't make a DIY video for it. I would like to try this version for me myself as a first timer into true aeroponics. I was wondering if anyone here can instruct me on how to do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKsElmoVnpA

He also has hacked a timer (watch his other videos..total of 3 only)) and it's dirt cheap and can be bought at walmart or most places like HD . He has a DIY hack for the timer. Real simple and takes about 5 minutes.

I want to grow my own veggies for personal use and find that (Pot) forums have alot of info regarding hydroponics and every other version of hydro systems so I hope you guys and gals don't mind me picking your brains.

This guys version seems to be real cheap $ wise to start out so his route is the one I want to try but have no clue on how he jimmy rigged a dremel.

If anyone can give me advice on how to jimmy rigg
a dremel I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

PS: Great Forum !

without even looking at the link or anything I would say there are much better ways to get mist than putting electricity and water together...