GH WATERFARM USERS: SIMPLE RECIRCULATING SYSTEM

[Weedhound]

Luv you ARE aware that pounds per plant is the norm.....POUNDS of plants just DRAGGING those huge arms sized branches down threatening to snap their tender little ...

oops, I'm buzzed...sorrry.....

Good to see you back; hope you are feeling good these days.

GL.....You can do that ....I never have with mine but all O2 is good O2 imo.

Make your hole for airline as high up as possible.

Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 05-24-2008. GH WATERFARM USERS: SIMPLE RECIRCULATING SYSTEM Ok so I was at my hydro store yesterday and the BRAIN pulls out this kit from GH that makes your w/f set recirculating!! Ordinarily this isn't very exciting news EXCEPT...... Get ready.......:jointsmile: It uses an air pump and drip ring set up to move the water through the system. You do NOT NEED A WATER PUMP! Let me repeat that part: YOU DO NOT NEED A WATER PUMP. IT RUNS OFF A BASIC AIR PUMP. Rating: 5

[Opie Yutts]

WH thanks for this info. I heard about this a few months back, when someone was laughed at by the "pros" for saying it's possible to set up this system without a water pump. I'm going to read this again later, and rethink an upcoming design.

[slothy]

Question for ya weedhound, i recieved my upgrade kit today and did a lazy job implementing it. Instead of drilling second holes in the individual WF's, I just kept the T connectors in and added T's to the end modules which go to the intake of the pumping column.

The problem is that the water flow is really slow, it just barly bubbles out of the tube and the PH is way different between the controler and WF units (the controler is 5.8, the WF's are 6.4). Is this because i didnt properly daisy chain the WF's or is this normal?

[Weedhound]

Hey slothy it's because you need to daisy chain them to make it work properly.

[HyDrO ViSiOnZ]

So if i understand this right, the drip tube in the res is pulling water from the farms and putting it in the res. So does water come out of the top and overflow into the res?

[Weedhound]

YES! that's it EXACTLY hydrovisions....you truly DO have the vision for hydro!

[SnSstealth]

this hurts my head...lol, Im gonna re-read the thread when I am sober...Whenever that happens..I am very interested..you know me and "efficient"...I eventually wanna run an entire 20 sq ft set-up solar...can ya dig it?...fuckin a I am ripped...sorry to clutter your thread with rambling WH...lol
WT

[basementjungle]

Is one regular old air pump really enough to drive all those airlift pumps?

[Weedhound]

No worries Stealth.....we all have our days .

Basement,

Yes and its a simple ten gallon fishtank airpump. One thing to consider is that it will circulate your solution extremely slowly so it's not as effective as a water pump set up circulating the system faster (but also much easier to run.)

I think the main advantage with the slower set up is that it CAN be run off a standard air pump and that it DOES help keeping the ppms and ph MORE stable in all the individual buckets than no recirculating system at all and checking and changing all those individual pods gets to be be a real PITA as we all know. :wtf:

[HyDrO ViSiOnZ]

The best way to think of it is this. The res is only connected to the buckets once. The supply. The drip tube that is in the rez is technically just like having it in the bucket. But instead the bucket is hooked to it remotely. therefor, the tube is the same level and water that is in the farm. Just like the bucket air diplaces the water and moves it up into the ring. But this time air displaces the water moves it up and instead of a ring it overflows into the rez. The supply of the res see the drop in water and releases more out. The tube in the controller bucket and the controller should have the same water level at all times.

WH: If i could ask you check out my thread, your opinion would be apperciated!