Aero Cloner...Which Sprayers??

THanks for taking the time to read this.

I just built an aero cloner, but it doesn't seem to working too well. I haven't actually put any clones in there yet, but the spray coverage seems to suck.

I got the sprayers at lowe's. They are "full circle" sprayers. Are these the wrong ones? They seem to spray almost flat, but I am thinking I am need something that sprays more vertical than horizontal.

I was going to just get the EZ clone replacment heads, but my hydro shop was out of them today so I got these.

Will the EZ clone replacement heads spray better? I have the sprayers about 6" from the top of the tub. Only the very center is wet. I tried angling the sprayers more, but then I am wasting half of the spray because it is just spraying right back into the res.

Any help with this is much appreciated.

Bob

I was just thinking that maybe moving the spray heads closer to the top of the tub may fix the problem. I have to go to work right now, so I won't be able to do it until later tonight.

Do you think this will solve the problem or should I get different sprayers?

Thanks,
Bob

Its either the sprayers are too restrictive or the pump just hasnt enough pressure to drive them.
After a little digging, it seems the Danner 700gph mag drive is a direct replacement for the ez-clone 120.
Using the same number of ez-clone sprayers as the 120, you`ll need a 700gph pump that has a max head of 12.5ft

http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=52999

Thanks for the replies.

I have a 633gph pump with an 8ft pumping height with 20 spray heads. The water is spraying out of the misters just fine, they just were not placed high enough in the tub. I think raising them up has fixed the problem.

I know where to get ez clone replacement misters, thanks though weediscool. They were just out of them at the store today so I got these instead. The other two hydro shops in town are closed on sunday and monday, so thats why I didn't just get those.

Sounds like your pump is plenty beefy enough for the job, the EZ 120 probably uses a lot more than 20 heads.
I dont use any pump on my aerocloner, my water company supplies good quality water at 75psi so i just use their pumping power instead

Actually the 120 ez cloner has 26 spayers I believe and a 900 and something gph pump.

As long as my entire lid is getting wet with the oxygenated water I should be fine right? I don't need special sprayes do I?

If you use the ez clone sprayers and similar pumping power it should be just as effective as a store bought ez cloner.
I just decided to make the most of the water (and pressure) i get billed for whether i use it or not

Atomizer said:

If you use the ez clone sprayers and similar pumping power it should be just as effective as a store bought ez cloner.
I just decided to make the most of the water (and pressure) i get billed for whether i use it or not

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do you have pics of this setup? do you use a timer or just spray and drain to waste? interesting, seems like a waste of h20 though.

Hi Yak
It uses a cycle timer to control a solenoid valve. It doesn`t use much water, a short pulse at 75psi generates a lot of mist. Running on a 3 second on, 3 minutes off cycle it uses around 13L over 24 hours. Its collected and used on the garden or houseplants so no water is wasted even though its technically a drain to waste system.

Atomizer said:

Hi Yak
It uses a cycle timer to control a solenoid valve. It doesn`t use much water, a short pulse at 75psi generates a lot of mist. Running on a 3 second on, 3 minutes off cycle it uses around 13L over 24 hours. Its collected and used on the garden or houseplants so no water is wasted even though its technically a drain to waste system.

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great idea!

Cheers Yak,
Like everything theres no completely free lunch..the mains water is too damn cold to use straight from the ground
I needed to heat it up from 10-14C (50-57F) to 20C (68F) en route to the solenoid so I used 20ft of 1/2" hose coiled inside a water filled insulated cooler box.
The cooler box water is kept at 20C using a 50w aquarium heater/stat. It takes about 70mins for the water to travel through the "heater" hose which gives it plenty of time to gain the 6-10C.
I`ll see if i can dig up some pics, its made from mostly recycled bits and pieces so dont expect anything too polished