guy incognito
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I ordered the same heater and pump as legally. Just got my heater in the mail yesterday. Now I just need to get a gasline up there and ill be in business.
Looks like you have the identical unit that I have so there are two ways to increase the rate that co2 is produced. The "winter" setting will use both sides of burners and really jack up the rate, I would keep it on summer and just crank up the "heat" or "temp" knob which just increases gas flow. The water knob adjusts the flow rate of the water through the unit which is a little moot.
Two notes on that unit. The springs in the battery compartment in mine had to be stretched a little bit to ensure good contact and with my pump, if I have the water flow set too high the unit won't switch on. Also depending on elevations, a siphon can start and the unit won't shut off but it sounds like you don't have this prob.
Congrats on the install. Nice, clean, and pro install. Always the sign of a quality grower!
That chiller is friggen perfect. Make sure to keep the coil covered with water. It can evaporate fast. Also make sure you have about an 8 ph or just city water that is already buffered to minimize interaction with the copper.
I think I'm going to expand my space so I'll likely break out the old marey 5l.
I'm just going to find suitable sized heat exchanger, have a shroud made and start experimenting. I know hydroinnovations has something like this in the works.Yeah Im pretty happy with this chiller too! Its been cold since set up so I have been leaving it off as to increase my water/room temps. Just barely hit 82 in room last night.. but the cold will soon be gone...Still waiting for the sheet metal hvac vent/cover..
So my next thing is a custom Icebox with like a Fleabay radiator. That should piss of Highdoefarm/China big time! Was wondering if anyone has any experience here? In my situation my chiller is right below my hood line intake, so it would be real easy to mount up a radiator right there on the wall. Now the Icebox calls for the unit to be installed at the exit of the light(s). So I am wondering if the unit will work at all if I install on the wall at the lite intake or opposite end? Because Im on movers I have to go this route.. I know my temps are a tad low now but that wont be for very long, which makes me think, if I dump the light exhaust inside temporarily how much will my temps go up? anyhow maybe Ill do a thread on this when I get some more research done..
Thanks man
i bet a small ford heater core and a decent fan on it would drop it quite a bit if you ever need it. I always thought that a passive system would work with a co2 gen though.thought i'd check in too. Mine is still running strong and keeping the girls happy. for those of you with chillers or people who think they need one, well you very much might not. I have a 55g drum setting directly under the heater, the temps will climb to about 95 but quickly drop to ambient in the night cycle, even in a 18/6 veg. Yes 95 is a bit hot for a tank full of water but your already running AC so, so what
thought i'd check in too. Mine is still running strong and keeping the girls happy. for those of you with chillers or people who think they need one, well you very much might not. I have a 55g drum setting directly under the heater, the temps will climb to about 95 but quickly drop to ambient in the night cycle, even in a 18/6 veg. Yes 95 is a bit hot for a tank full of water but your already running AC so, so what
tell me more about this pump. Where to get, how much , GPH? I was using a utility pump from lowes on mine. Worked well, but this same pump seems to be leaking lubricant into my RO water. Inline, does this mean hose in and out. sits outside of the rez?
sump pumps are not made to have any back pressure, which the regulator in the heater puts on them. your best bet is to get a inline transfer pump there a bit more money but are made to do what we want.