Zandor or other pro's . combining systems ?

lil bk ground info ,
8 cell waterfarm sys. , 2/ 1000w. hps w/ 4 cells under each 1000w.hps in cooltubes . tried a single 1000w/ n a light track n it just took tooo long to finish girls w/ lamp always movin . lamps stationary is like the girls are on roids , just explode .
my probs. like everyone elses w/ waterfarms is p/h flux , ppm varriance from cell to cell , and roots pluggin up hard airlines in pump coloums that pressurize the drip rings . i have a few physical handicaps and i'm in a w/c so i need a maintence free sys more or less . :(
i'm contemplating removing the drip rings and inner tube from the pump coloum and using a controller from a ebb n gro / multi flow sys. and a big ass rubbermade garb. can as a res . maybe still use w/f supplied pump but run airlines down pump coloums into bottom of cells w/ a bubble wand in bottom of each and just run it as a multi flow / ebb n grow sys. but w/ square cells verses buckets . then i'd only havta p/h -n- ppm. the garb. can now n then due to it's now a recirculating sys .
do you see any draw backs to my brain storm ? :confused:
enclosed is a pic. of controller i'm thinking of using .
many thanx -n- G/B
:)

I think I am aware of what you are talking about. Would it work to elevate your plants/buckets, Run drain lines(1/2 inch tubes) to a low rise resi.( I have a nice 80 gallon that I use) set up a pump on a timer to top feed your plants and let the runoff drain back to the resi? If I am correct you don't have any media?
If that is the case you could either use media (coco/perlite 50/50) and drain out the bottom of the buckets or without media make your drain lines penetrate the bucket at just below the base of your plant.
When the system circulates it will never get above your drain outlet.

Am I explaining it clearly enough?

I suppose it would end up being a recirc system because your bubbler would be in the resi. and you would need fresh water for your roots to float in. If you added media you would only need to water 2-3 times daily.

I am not ignoring your questions about the possible upgrades, but to me I would think that with your disability something like 2 3x3 ebb and flow tables would be allot more less maitnence. You would only have 2 resses to worry about, or you could go with one huge res on both tables. You would only have to moniter 1 or two possible sourses of PH and PPM. With your system you will still have other things to consider if you change, for instance with any type of bubble system, temps are going to play a major role and that means the possibility of a water chiller which run half a grand at least, or the possibility of halling around 2 liter frozen water bottels a couple times a day. You would still have to moniter several buckets and all of the change outs would be a pain, I would think that you would want your grow to be as indipendent as possible, but I don't know your situation, but for my self I have a major disability like you and have to taylor my projects around that factor.
Adieu

hey blue bear , :)
thanx for response , tables are kinda out of the question , for a cpl. reasons = plant count for 1 = any more than 20 in my paticular state = huge time for manufacturing , and we only have 6ft of headroom to work with in this b/s michigan basement . the cooltubes take up a foot of it + the foot between plants n lights = were down to 4 ft. already + the tables being elevated themselves .
temps aren't really an issue it's colder than a witches tit down there lol . + there's 2- 6in. hurricane fans 1 pushing + 1 pulling thru the cooltubes which are inline and on a fan speed controller , they take air from outside the room pull it thru the cooltubes n expell it back outside the room . the res. is outside the room also as are the 2 ballasts to help keep humidity / heat both down in the room . canopy is 80 deg. -n- ambient room temp hi = 73 deg. / lo = 65 deg. and r/h = 50% w/o dehumidifier running .
the use of the air pump n bubblers might not even be nesecary w/ my combo of systems brainstorm ? as the controller floods all 8 buckets n holds em there for 15min. increments / then secondary pump pulls all the water back outa the farms drawing lotsa oxygen back into hydroton n root systems and puts it right back into the res. outside the room . so i would havta check ph / ppm in just the big res. as long as all waters in it n not in farms at that paticular time .
8 bushes would be more than enough to supply me w/ enuf pain managment for a year n then some . not looking to supply the masses or make a buck by any means . it's just my hobby which inturn greatly improves the quality of live .
hit me back up n tell me what you think . i'll add a pic. of the complete system in the next post but you'll havta visualize square cells verses the round ones shown in pic.
thanx ppl. n G/B
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blue bear n others this is the sys. pic. but visualize waterfarm cells not these buckets .
peace
xcrispi

hey calijay ,
we use hydroton ,
i really dont want a whole mess of lines all over due to them making it harder to bunch the cells up when plants are small / or spread them out as they get larger , plus my having to get in there and mess w/ stuff in a wheelchair. but your elevation cure would work , just not for my paticular predicament .
thanx tho
xcrispi