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I’ve managed to rig a cool locking system with the smart valve. Works great. for your flood tables do. You have any issues with roots clogging/growing down the riser?

Cheers bud, In relation to this smart home stuff, I’m looking for something that is smart like the smart plug or that smart valve that I can control to move a bolt back and forth to make a custom bolt lock on a door . so far I’m toying with the idea of using the smart Valve and having the...

I was wondering how I would manage to make groves in a custom flood table with timber and a Epdm liner... I don’t think it would be worth the hassle to have groves. I’m thinking of flooding every 45 mins

You think having groves to keep water in the table is good? I thought you’d want all the water out to get oxygen to all the roots?

Got you, but if you have 4 plants per sqft is there enough room for the mat of roots to spread out? cheers

That would only end up being like a 50mm flood depth though right?

Hey klx, when you ran flood and drain with no media now shallow do you reckon the flood table could be effectively? For true sog so straight clones into 12/12. 4 per sqft

They are cheap enough I’ll buy one after I’ve built my tables and check they work before I buy a few of them. Won’t be starting the built until probably Christmas time though. Lots of planning to do in mean time

All this stuff is cool as fuck. I want to design everything so I can empty and refill my Reservoirs from even outside the country. these cool water sensors would be ideal to ensure that tanks and tables never accidentally overflow...

Most reliable would be gravity drain If you’ve got the height. I don’t but I reckon I’m gonna have sensors everywhere for water level etc and get notifications if any pump fails.

For flood and drain the valve won’t be controlling the water as such - the water pump will be. The valve just decides which table the pump will fill. so in the automation code just set the valve to open to the specific table 10 seconds before your pump turns on. the drain pump the same thing -...

Where does it say it takes that long? but if it does it isn’t really an issue edit oh yeah I see it now 5-10 seconds but that shouldn’t reallly be an issue I think.

Regular solenoids I am struggling to find for a decent price - needing a 2 inch solenoid is a pain

Found the solution sm103 smart valve

I’m liking those smart plugs how they easily link to home assistant. don’t suppose you have researched smart solenoids yet? I’m looking for solenoid valves that can link up via WiFi like those smart plugs. That would be ideal

Do you put them on a bread board or something? What’s the cheapest/best option to package them up away from the environment

Great cheers mate I’ve just ordered a raspberry pi, Will order a few of those. I ordered some ESP8266 last night but I’ll bin those and use the one you’ve linked so we’re on the same page incase we can help each other out

Hey buddy I’m just getting round to this sensor stuff. I want to do as you describe here as I will have many many sensors and relays. Which ardunio board do you recommend that can wirelessly connect to home assistant and doesn’t cost a bomb each as i will probably need like 6 arduinos

Looks normal. Hairs turn red/orange as they mature

The way I made 100% sure my dehumidifier was speced high enough was to fill my hydro reservoir and take note of exactly how many litres was in the res. Then exactly 24 hours later measure the litres in my res. So my res was 800l and the next day I had 750L So in 24 hours my plants used 50l...