Re: Quest for 1g/w: 1k hps liquid cooled on a 6' mover in a 4x8 tent.
Keep a checklist on a clipboard by the door. Sign it, check it off or whatever you need to do it will help. Stoner's need visuals and not just form being HIGH either..
Sh*t happens to us all. We all end up in that same position some time. Anyone who says they haven't messed something up in their grow room is full of well....or they haven't been around long enough.
Like the "clumps" you know to change out the rez. Wouldn't know to do that if you hadn't had the issues you did in the past. So I say good job to you..
thanks bro. . . when in doubt, change the res.
Aquarium chillers vent heat into the room as well, you'll have to vent the heat out of either one.
yeah very true. . . that why i like the window ac in the window option. genius. I always knew copper was bendable, just never struck me to do that.
Not to mention they draw high current and use a lot of watts. I love the free A/C mother nature gives us in the winter.
me too, but what do we do in the summertime? stop growing? ha! gotta deal with somehow. right now all of my cooling amounts to about 30 watts for the pump. everything else is passive.
I know so I thought I'd just stick the chiller out side the room since I can adjust the length of hose. I probably will need to insulate it so it does not condensate all over the place like a dirty chicken rag. I am just not sure if that 1/4hp chiller will be able to handle the job of all that badass heat. Plus the chiller will be on a nice cool concrete floor, a nice some what natural heat exchanger...lol.
I know they draw some decent current but I doubt if it is anymore then a standard window unit. I mean a chiller btu is the same as a window unit btu just like a led watt is the same as a HID watt. 5000btu will require the same amount despite the application it is used for.
if you can put it into another room, and at least have some air movement in that room that would be a great option.
The fresca site says that you should try to keep your res a couple degrees warmer than whatever the dew point is, and you won't get any condensate. if you go too cold, the biggest problem would be the dripping on your plants, not sweat off the res. . . just dont keep it so cold. any 1/4 hp chiller will have digital temp control. just find out the dew point from the weather and add a couple degrees and youll be safe.
the fresca website also says: You can put two 1000w on a ¼ HP chiller with a 40 gallon reservoir. For three 1000w on a ¼ HP chiller you will need a 100 gallon reservoir.
I would still go 50 gal and 1/4 hp chiller for 2. make it easier on the chiller.
Hey man wondering how well that PH meter works for you? I was looking to get this guy here:
SH Hydroponics, Inc. > Automatic Digital pH Controller What do you think?
the meter or the controller? I have two to be redundant. . . from the link I guess you mean controller. . . one of my favorite purchases!!
that controller looks fine to me, but i can only speak reliably about the one I own. "American Marine Pinpoint pH Controller" if you google it it will come up. it's $20 more. . . but I can say that it works perfectly. I could not imagine being able to be as rock steady on my pH by hand. the second my res hits 6.20, not 6.19, 6.20 exactly, it doses down to pH 5.4x-5.5 where x is a random number.
a couple things to note. to make this work as a doser and not just a meter, you have to buy a pump or a solenoid to control the dosing. I bought a parastaltic pump for $100 because it works better and looks cooler.
the first thing i learned was to get a larger dosing "tank", for instance i'm using a 1 gal Arizona Ice Tea bottle. Then put an ounce or so of pH down and top it off with water. . . this will increase the accuracy it can dose to by 50 fold. very very useful to know.
another thing i learned was that there is always some drift under where you set it. for instance, i have mine to dose at 6.2-> down to 5.6, but because of the short delay due to some currents in the res it could get down to 5.5 or 5.46 or .47 or so. in 6 weeks I haven't ever seen it drift more than .15 or less than .05, so .1 is an easily manageable lower limit.
good luck bro.
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