Setting up a new room 7`x14`

diggs99

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I'll let others help on sizing.

Argggh.. I wanted a 1/4 horse but the amp draw was noticeably higher than the 1/10th horse. Nearing my circuit limit....
ya i just noticed that, and im starting to run low and whats available circuit/ampeage wise in the room too. So I might have to get my sparky bro to upgrade a couple breakers for me or something.

Def gonna need chillers i think, i have this room on lockdown, its completely hidden now, so i have no desire or place to run my reservoir outside the room without it being noticeable.
 

TintEastwood

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ya i just noticed that, and im starting to run low and whats available circuit/ampeage wise in the room too. So I might have to get my sparky bro to upgrade a couple breakers for me or something.

Def gonna need chillers i think, i have this room on lockdown, its completely hidden now, so i have no desire or place to run my reservoir outside the room without it being noticeable.
Yeah....when I was first setting up, I had a breaker issue. Fortunately I had space for a single 15amp to solve it.
Hidden.....Nice! Time for a rip session to celebrate your progress. (that's a good enough reason, right? lol)
 

Renfro

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the 1/4 is $714.99

it says rated of flow is 264-660 gph....does this mean i need a pump thats inside those perimeters? @Renfro is this what you were referring to earlier?
Yes thats the proper flow rate for the chiller.
You only need a chiller if your roots are submerged all the time like in DWC.
 

diggs99

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Yes thats the proper flow rate for the chiller.
You only need a chiller if your roots are submerged all the time like in DWC.
Seriously? So i dont have to worry about my res temps getting too high/warm? That changes things. Once again see, got baked, said yep, def need a chiller lol
 

ANC

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ya i just noticed that, and im starting to run low and whats available circuit/ampeage wise in the room too. So I might have to get my sparky bro to upgrade a couple breakers for me or something.

Def gonna need chillers i think, i have this room on lockdown, its completely hidden now, so i have no desire or place to run my reservoir outside the room without it being noticeable.
Better make sure the wiring can carry the power before changing that breaker... growing some dank isn't worth burning down your place.
 

diggs99

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Better make sure the wiring can carry the power before changing that breaker... growing some dank isn't worth burning down your place.
No worries and i def agree, i like my house way more than weed lol, im at my limit when it comes to electrical work, i built my lights and hooked up the controller, thats it lol

Everything else i get my sparky bro to come do for me, just to make sure everything is done properly. I dont even mess with it ,
 
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ANC

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People would pay me in cigarettes to install circuit breakers into their switchboards when I was like 14...
So glad to see adults are getting more responsible.
 

diggs99

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People would pay me in cigarettes to install circuit breakers into their switchboards when I was like 14...
So glad to see adults are getting more responsible.
did you stay in the electrical field of work? from reading previous posts and your knowledge about this stuff, i would assume so

or did you just become addicted to cigarettes? lol
 

diggs99

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Only at the hobby level, I've always used my skills to make extra income, my dad did the same thing.
I might not have much in the bank but I got a roll of fuck you money in my pocket.
haha i love it man, good on ya


@Renfro

how about this? is this what your talking about?
Pvc setup.png
 

diggs99

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yeah. No need to make it more complicated when it only has two take offs.
Ya theres only gonna be 9 ports open with lines running to pots between the 2 manifolds, you think i should just put a ball valve or pressure valve, whatever its called on each riser, just to control things a little better?r. might be overkill and not needed, but for sake of few bucks and 2 mins work , might be worth it?
 

Ryante55

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People would pay me in cigarettes to install circuit breakers into their switchboards when I was like 14...
So glad to see adults are getting more responsible.
Haha nice hustle when I was 14 i bought boxes of stupid toys like sticky hands an stupid brackets wholesale at the flea market gave some stuff away to get it hyped then jacked up prices an hired a few friends to sell it haha i made like $100 every Friday for a few months that was more than enough for a 14 year old I can thank my grandma for teaching me that hustle haha
 

ANC

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I got busted for selling government-issue condoms when I was like 14... It was a real mission to get them...
 

Renfro

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Ya theres only gonna be 9 ports open with lines running to pots between the 2 manifolds, you think i should just put a ball valve or pressure valve, whatever its called on each riser, just to control things a little better?r. might be overkill and not needed, but for sake of few bucks and 2 mins work , might be worth it?
Well it could be handy to have the valves, say you are harvesting and don't need the other outputs you can turn them off... can't hurt. it's something I would do lol. did you get those emitter stakes that have the little flow adjusters on them?
 

diggs99

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Well it could be handy to have the valves, say you are harvesting and don't need the other outputs you can turn them off... can't hurt. it's something I would do lol. did you get those emitter stakes that have the little flow adjusters on them?
nah, they aren't here yet, they are in the same order as the new manifolds, hopefully this week sometime.
Im just gonna run the lines to the pots and use those line stakes to hold them in place for now. But that also means I don't have any control over pressure/flow until the new emitters get here and are hooked up.
 

Renfro

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Well you would have the valves on the take offs to control pressure and you can moderate pressure to the whole manifold if the pump is too strong by putting a tee in the reservoir in the line off the pump and put a bypass valve there with an outlet that just shoots back into the reservoir. This would let you bleed off pressure right at the pump if it's way too strong.
 

diggs99

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Well you would have the valves on the take offs to control pressure and you can moderate pressure to the whole manifold if the pump is too strong by putting a tee in the reservoir in the line off the pump and put a bypass valve there with an outlet that just shoots back into the reservoir. This would let you bleed off pressure right at the pump if it's way too strong.
Fkn eh man, that's a problem solver right there lol

I like that idea. And it's so simple to do.


Hey earlier you mentioned chillers weren't important for the reservoir unless running dwc, stopping me from buying an unneeded chiller( thank you lol) Could you elaborate on that tho? I just assumed the water in res would get real warm sitting in a room at 86f.
 

Renfro

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Hey earlier you mentioned chillers weren't important for the reservoir unless running dwc, stopping me from buying an unneeded chiller( thank you lol) Could you elaborate on that tho? I just assumed the water in res would get real warm sitting in a room at 86f.
It comes down to airation. The water holds more dissolved Oxygen (DO) when it's below 70 degrees. Since the roots in a DWC are submerged constantly they only get oxygen if the water can hold it. So to prevent root rot people running DWC try to maintain lower temps to allow them to better oxygenate the water. In a system where some air gets to the roots between waterings/feedings you don't need to be as concerned with the water temps. In soil, overwatering is not the use of a lot of water and getting runoff, it is watering too often, not allowing the soil to dry out thus not allowing the roots to get oxygen between waterings.
 
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