Ahhhh sounds good, Trichy. That confirms that I made a good decision in the 8800. Everything seems to be falling in place, and all of my parts should be here within the next week, so everything should be assembled for testing no later than the end of the month (fingers crossed).
I hope so man, so far everyone I've seen jump into this had more snags and took a little longer than originally planned. I was one of the worst myself as I also had some personal life stuff taking my time. Rom30 really showed me up as he didn't have nearly such holdups or issues. Either way, just keep going with it, and we'll try to help you out with all your questions as best as possible. Hopefully you're in this for the love of doing it and not just for getting the quickest crop turnover. If that's also important, I recommend throwing a few plants in a simple system or a few flower pots on the side so you are not pressured for results. Matter of fact, I am about to pop some mothers in sunshine #4 with a dyna-gro regimen so I can have some new strain cuttings when the time comes.
You can rest assured I'm in this 100% just for the interest of the technique, the ride of the build, and the challenge of it all. The crop is of little importance to me when it comes to this project. Yeah, the benefits will be nice, but there are far more reasons that sparked my desire to build one of these setups.
Lol- yeah sorry about that- the thread sort of took on it's own life. Anyway the proven and timer, and one I chose was the ATC 422 flip flip timer. I got the 12v version - make sure you get the octal base and mount kit for a few bucks more. Hammer21 pointed me to a timer on ebay that was nice, and I will review it this week. Only issue for me was that it worked off 110v wall electricity and I still like the idea of low voltage for alot of reasons from safety to off-grid relaibility. If you plan to run 110v then I will hurry on the review because that timer works well and does have a few extra bells and whistles like a res level cutoff switch.
I don't disagree with you very often, but I still have 6 bios I need to send in for better ones... To my knowledge you haven't yet tried the .8gph dig nozzles? I don't know what nozzles were sent to you by hammer, but the digs won't just humidify an area, and they've got a decent throw. I thought your experience with the bio's was similar to mine. I can't remember if you got around to trying your replacements. Not tryin to start a war, I just think a easy to come by $1 nozzle is worth at least a try. Who knows, ya might could like it.
The 110v ebay buy you're talking about, is that the one in this link HERE? If so, that's the one I was very seriously considering. In fact, I've been talking to the poster about it. I really like the fact that it has the 1/10th of a second intervals on it, and I'm probably going to need that kind of control considering the size of my setup.
It would be better if the pause time increments were in seconds rather than full minutes. If you can find one that allows for multiple timing schedules throughout the day and night (or at least a day/night setting) that will give you more flexibility.
Yes, that's the one! Wow that was buried way back in the thread... Anyway it works great and has the 1/10 second intervals just like the 422 flip/flop. I'd say it can do a fine job for what we want here. I do like the red digital countdown timers rather than the rheostatic feel of the 422. The low-res float switch is a nice touch to keep your pump from burining out, although I'd add some sort of audible alarm to it as well...
Wow-Schizo, I'm answering myself!Sorry A- forgot to tell you, it does .10 second intervals...
I've never found one that has seperate day/night cycles- at least not in a timer capable of small increments like we need... However since this is 110v it's real easy to put this timer on a timer that will turn it off a few times throughout the night.
Anyway, let me double check if it is capable to resume the last timing automatically upon re-powering, or if it has to be re-started manually.
Physics says it is a better design for what we want. It allows for a larger orifice (good for not clogging) and more velocity to the fluid as it exits (less friction).
The issue is that the impingement pin must precisely line up with the orifice's fluid trajectory. Also it probably will last longer as the pin can be somewhat sacraficial against the forces of erosion, whilst the cloud tops probably need replacing every few runs... I was trying to say if you tried them perhaps your mushrooming issue would be solved? I don't know for sure, but I'd be curious to try them for a couple days since the roots are already established, aren't you curious?
What exactly do you mean by blank?The swirl pattern is designed to reduce turbulence and generate a more laminar flow into the orifice. Netafim use the same principle in their nozzles, even the blank ones
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Ahh cool. Thanks...The orange nozzle caps are blank, they`re used to cap off unwanted mist heads. Netafims are made up of 3 components, body, insert and cap. The insert turns the input flow through 90degrees and creates 2 jets of water on opposite sides of the insert. The jets fire directly into the swirl channels. There`s usually more to a nozzle than first meets the eye
Thanks for that link, Trichy! It was a very interesting read to say the least! Definitely something to consider for later grows (probably won't do any kind of topping until I get zeroed in with my HPA setup).
Funny I was just looking into this myself! I'm a fan of topping at the 4th node when there at the 5th node then cut the bottom 2 branches off and train those out and lollipop them at 12-18" then flower them. Kinda like uncle bens topping tutorial
Cool man, it was a good summation of all there is to know on the subject. I don't know Uncle Ben's tutorial, but I know he is a good guy and knows what he is talking about on most topics he speaks of. If you read Homebrewer's thread, you'll know Ben is the guy that got him to skeptically test Dyna-Gro against his long time GH routine... BTW- I have the full Dyna regimen sitting around again and will be testing it in aero once I can prove if the Aerolife system works first with Canna since it's better to start with less variables first.
Yea ub seems to know his stuff for sure! Keep me posted cause I'm nearing the end and about to harvest and start a new run of Hp aero girls
