~The Vumar Grow~ RDWC

Vumar said:

I have (1) 800 GPH that moves my RDWC setup now. I need to add a chiller. I have no experience on what I will need other than a $300 chiller. Easiest way?

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Not sure buddy, I'd have to look at your set up.

THAN LOOK AT MY PICTURES~!~!~!

Easiest solution is adding a 350-400 GPH water pump in Tidy Cat to the Water Chiller back into the Tidy Cat and vent the exhaust out. What type of exhaust? Liquid?Gas?

But than Im running 1 pump to circulate the system and 1 pump just the chiller itself. Why does it seem like 2 water pumps would greatly depreciate the effectiveness of the water chiller.

try it but it looks like the chiller is gonna be in the same room?

Yes, should it be in a different room? What does the chiller exhaust and how hot is it. AKA Tubing for water drips, fan + duct?

one water pump creates heat.

Vumar said:

Yes, should it be in a different room? What does the chiller exhaust and how hot is it. AKA Tubing for water drips, fan + duct?

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In a closed area they'll make it pretty warm, a 1/10th horse less than a bigger chiller but still you'll have to exhaust that heat

Gots to sleep buddy, starting work 30 minutes early because we have an inspection. start time 6 am, luckily the job is only 5 minutes from the crib.
I'll talk to you tomorrow if you're around, have a good one.

Oh word you mean heat exhaust like from my dehumidifier n shit. yeah yeah I got fans n fans n fans. Just call me Mac Miller~! lol. Yeah I'm okay with units giving off a little heat. I run fans over my ballasts and air pump. Plus my massive fans constantly have gale force winds in my grow room. I prob dont even need to air cool my reflectors lmao.

I turned the 600w off and turned off the heat and fans. The room temp dropped and the 1000w seems to have enough light coverage in the Raptor6 to support all 4 plants till the temps drop and operations can return to normal.

How long do you use your air stones for? Do they get "old", I notice a difference between my old n new stones.

And would it stop fucking snowing so I could go get some weed. Damn it.

Vumar said:

How long do you use your air stones for? Do they get "old", I notice a difference between my old n new stones.

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depends for me, sometimes I get new stones every cycle, sometimes I forget shit and run them several cycles soaking them in h202 that would take your skin off.

I throw them out every grow. $1.80 per stone, $3.60 per plant whatever. Check out my macros in my thread. I thought they came out pretty well.

firsttimeARE said:

I throw them out every grow. $1.80 per stone, $3.60 per plant whatever. Check out my macros in my thread. I thought they came out pretty well.

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buck eighty? you are frugal!
I usually buy the larger ones and they run 4 something.

dbkick said:

buck eighty? you are frugal!
I usually buy the larger ones and they run 4 something.

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Well im throwing them out....

firsttimeARE said:

Well im throwing them out....

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Hows it going up there?

Good -- Shoveled my drive way out. Neighbor came by and widened it with his snowblower. Some of them drifts were 5ft tall.

Lost power for an hour, I tried hard to remain optimistic, power came back on an hour later just before lights on. Crisis adverted.

Still not plowed out! I bought a nice basil plant from a local greenhouse... Brought home insects. Neem oil time~~!

Alright hydroguard holding down the res till my broke ass can afford a chiller. I have to flower soon, lightproofing new room AND putting up a temporary wall to split the room in half (veg and flower OBV). Cycling on & off my 600w MH to keep the res temp down and letting my 1k HPS run consistently. I should probably black and white atleast the Tidy cat bucket. I know thats not lightproof... as for the totes I am not so concerned about.