recirculating bucket Question

[215meds]

I was interested in building a recirculating bucket system and was wondering when u hook up the pump to the drip feed lines does it put stress on the pump since there is back pressure from not being able to pump alot at once because of the drippers?

[xcrispi]

use a pump that is adjustable like a via aqua 302 .
peace
crispi

[215meds]

Problem is that I already have a pump that is 250 gph but i dont believe its adjustable so i was wondering how it would work with 6 buckets with drippers...

[Racerx]

If there is to much pressure, it will not drip...it will just come out in a steam. You either need a less powerful pump (they really arent that expensive, $20-30?) or you need to be running enough buckets that its power is dispersed. 250 gph sounds like to much for a drip system, but I run a recirculating dwc so I require more pressure.

[215meds]

Im building the recirculating sytem i mentioned above. 6 buckets. Will 250 still be overkill?

[JackdaWack]

It shouldnt stress the pump and im assuming you are ussing drip heads so it wont just stream out. the higher gph pumps use magnets anyway so u dont have to worry about burning out the pump.

[215meds]

Cool Thx. What if I let it stream out through a line about on inch from the top of the buckets hitting ths side of the grow rocks?

[Cyclonite]

The only pumps you can burn up like that are compressor type pumps....the motor will still spin free just not as fast under load.

[MisterE]

I set mine up to stream under the lid instead of drip in to the pots. But one thing else I did was instead of capping off the 1/2" hose, I put a valve at the end, so I can leave it open slightly. It stirs the res water constantly that way, and if I want more or less drip/stream, I just turn the knob a bit. Moving water is more dissolved oxygen too, so I think it's a nice way to go.

[JackdaWack]

yeah actually its good that u will have pressure, this way your water streams under the lid will be efficient. i have a 300gph pump and i run it with an auqau shuttle kit its a 6 drip system. and the pump has a connector that has a small hole and it stirs my res, talk about over kill.

[GodBud]

You could always poke holes in the line that feeds the main the drip line allowing some of the pressure to attenuate also this will help with oxygen.

Peace