Lost In The Fog

CraZysWeeD said:
Yeah it's always hard to sketch up things or just try to explain how u think.

I've noticed they often leak from there to. We have some aggressive environments at work were those kind of leaks develop.

Never thought of using pex... don't have more of than a pipe. :) The purpose of my choice is the ball valves I wanted a small ball valve. My first thought was to use plastic connections and pipe called +GF+, Georg Fischer. We use them to all dosage at work but the ball valves they got is huge compared to ballofix I use now.
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They make direct crimp pex ball valves too. If it comes down to doing that, I'm confident you could make it all happen. Biggest problem with pex is the crimp tool required to set all the crimp rings. I've got 2 that were over $200 each... but those are for special "Viega" pex fittings. The standard "sharkbite" crimps are nice & simple, last forever, and the tool is like $30.

Is there going to be any tension on those pipes? (Picking up light by pipe, or hanging light from that pipe) movement can cause those ferrel rings to shift. That was the reason my brain went straight to pex.

Keep them pipes from moving around and you'll stay watertight!
 
Preston9mm said:
They make direct crimp pex ball valves too. If it comes down to doing that, I'm confident you could make it all happen. Biggest problem with pex is the crimp tool required to set all the crimp rings. I've got 2 that were over $200 each... but those are for special "Viega" pex fittings. The standard "sharkbite" crimps are nice & simple, last forever, and the tool is like $30.

Is there going to be any tension on those pipes? (Picking up light by pipe, or hanging light from that pipe) movement can cause those ferrel rings to shift. That was the reason my brain went straight to pex.

Keep them pipes from moving around and you'll stay watertight!
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Ad epoxy? ;)
 
CraZysWeeD said:
Ad epoxy? ;)
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I doubt you will have the same leak issues that I deal with. Low/no real pressure should make it fairly easy to keep the water where it's supposed to be. We can be upwards of 80 psi on the water lines I deal with.
Epoxy should handle anything you're throwing at those lights.
 
Preston9mm said:
I doubt you will have the same leak issues that I deal with. Low/no real pressure should make it fairly easy to keep the water where it's supposed to be. We can be upwards of 80 psi on the water lines I deal with.
Epoxy should handle anything you're throwing at those lights.
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How much pressure is it rated for 10 bar? We deal all pressure here at bar. :)

Last one welded.
 
CraZysWeeD said:
How much pressure is it rated for 10 bar? We deal all pressure here at bar. :)

Last one welded.
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5.51 bar would be the equivalent to most residential pressure I deal with
 
CraZysWeeD said:
Yeah, it's what we got here but I ment how much pressure does the brass ring connection hold for, 10 bar?
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Sounds about right for what i use! Ferrules can be rated for a ton of psi/bar, I just never see it in my job. If we're above 80psi/ 5-6 bar, it's a bit concerning for us because toilet seals can leak under the pressure.
 
Preston9mm said:
Sounds about right for what i use! Ferrules can be rated for a ton of psi/bar, I just never see it in my job. If we're above 80psi/ 5-6 bar, it's a bit concerning for us because toilet seals can leak under the pressure.
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I get u. The filler can't close it's valve due to over pressure?
 
CraZysWeeD said:
I get u. The filler can't close it's valve due to over pressure?
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Yup... it's a notorious problem with new home construction. House goes for days without anyone noticing and can actually be pretty destructive.
 
Water is one of the most destructive forces we have. We got back suction when running one of our emergence pumps at work an blew in a 40mm harden glass window. Disappeared without any trace. Ordered one in acrylic and put in a vent hole in it. It's hold out for now. :)
 
PurpleGunRack said:
Hey I found you :) How did I miss that journal link :D

Very nice liquid cooling system, and you just have to run a tiny bit if the tube outdoors and the Swedish weather will make the liquid comes back inside at around absolute zero :p

God ryger nabo :passitleft:
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I get that a lot, people missing the link. ;) U are very welcome PGR!

Yes, I hope it comes out working for me. But I think so. Hopefully I don't need to pump it outside. Will be using a mini heat pump in a heat exchange element. They are called peltier elements and produce a heat difference of 60+C degrees between the sides of it. So it's very effective to cool down or heat up a very small place, like a heat exchange.

Don't know what will happen if I would introduce sub zero temperatures in the cooling blocks on hot lamps. It would probably start giving of condensate so I have to find a optimal temperature for this. But it's by failing we learn.... :)

Had some white widow in my fridge since last summer yesterday. Veeery smooth smoke indeed....
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Haven't got to testing the third block yet. I'm in progress of thinking out how the heat exchange is going to look, or be constructed. Thinking of using acrylic and plates on this too.

It takes a lot of weed in this process of thinking..... :ganjamon:
 
Killerbudz said:
After this build is all done how do you think it will affect temps? Gonna run 5 degrees cooler?
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Haha, no idea. Haven't even guessed. :)

Just made the conclusion that this is more efficient to move the heat from the space than with fans. I'm sucking out that space 200-300 times an hour with the lights on as it was before. Seems not very efficient and that's always based on what the outside temp is like. This way I can cool the lamps without creating a hurricane. :) I'm happy if I can get the outside room temp in the tent. It's round 24C year round if its not extreme one way or the other.
 
CraZysWeeD said:
Haha, no idea. Haven't even guessed. :)

Just made the conclusion that this is more efficient to move the heat from the space than with fans. I'm sucking out that space 200-300 times an hour with the lights on as it was before. Seems not very efficient and that's always based on what the outside temp is like. This way I can cool the lamps without creating a hurricane. :) I'm happy if I can get the outside room temp in the tent. It's round 24C year round if its not extreme one way or the other.
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I don't like you taking time off from growing, doesn't seem natural :laugh:
 
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