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Fog prep

Nice build and so clean!

Is that a buck converter on the top left? Great idea.

I have built the ghetto version using an ESP01 and four relays on a single board. You can get these integrated boards really cheap. But it's only a four channel. And mine was shoved into an ikea plastic container :D

I assume your case was not printed on an ender? :)

Found an 8 channel with integrated ESP8266 - damn:
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Seb said:
Nice build and so clean!

Is that a buck converter on the top left? Great idea.

I have built the ghetto version using an ESP01 and four relays on a single board. You can get these integrated boards really cheap. But it's only a four channel. And mine was shoved into an ikea plastic container :D

I assume your case was not printed on an ender? :)

Found an 8 channel with integrated ESP8266 - damn:
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Printed on Prusa.

This is an ESP32. Basically I’m using parts I had laying around. If I was to do this for real I would do everything on a single board. I still may the applications for something like this are pretty wide and this does not exist today.

And yeah buck but too big for the job. Same with the block there it’s just what I had for parts.
 
Nesta said:
I have no idea WTF that is, but it look 😎!
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It is a group of 8 ac outlets that can be turned on and off via program or command via Wi-Fi.

This allows me to turn things on and off like fog, O2, pump etc on whatever timing I find most efficient.

Take CO2 for example. With the raspberry pi I measure atmospheric carbon dioxide. If I want more I can send a signal to the outlet that the tank is connected to to add CO2 as needed. In this way I have control over all parameters
 
Moe.Red said:
It is a group of 8 ac outlets that can be turned on and off via program or command via Wi-Fi.

This allows me to turn things on and off like fog, O2, pump etc on whatever timing I find most efficient.

Take CO2 for example. With the raspberry pi I measure atmospheric carbon dioxide. If I want more I can send a signal to the outlet that the tank is connected to to add CO2 as needed. In this way I have control over all parameters
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Which software are you running? Homeassistant? That is what I use, in combination with Node Red when convenient.

Do you have experience with PCB design? To me that seems like the final boss of nerd-dom that I have not conquered :D

My intuition might be way off because I have an ender so the print bed should be sufficient to print a proper case for my contraption...
 
Seb said:
Which software are you running? Homeassistant? That is what I use, in combination with Node Red when convenient.

Do you have experience with PCB design? To me that seems like the final boss of nerd-dom that I have not conquered :D

My intuition might be way off because I have an ender so the print bed should be sufficient to print a proper case for my contraption...
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All the software I am running is custom. Both me and my kid are programmers, so we just did our own thing. Basement is playtime for us.

Yes, I make circuit boards. My first degree was in Electrical Engineering. I use Eagle CAD and Osh Park for short run stuff. I use Fusion 360 for all the design CAD/CAM stuff, Eagle I have been running for decades, now it is all owned by the same company. Makes it really easy.

OSH Park ~

oshpark.com oshpark.com

Ender works great for these kinds of projects, print on bro.
 
That's really cool. What is your tech / stack on the arduino? I guess I'd go with python. I did that initially then I realised I get things to work faster using Homeassistant and esphome.
 
Moe.Red said:
All the software I am running is custom. Both me and my kid are programmers, so we just did our own thing. Basement is playtime for us.

Yes, I make circuit boards. My first degree was in Electrical Engineering. I use Eagle CAD and Osh Park for short run stuff. I use Fusion 360 for all the design CAD/CAM stuff, Eagle I have been running for decades, now it is all owned by the same company. Makes it really easy.

OSH Park ~

oshpark.com oshpark.com

Ender works great for these kinds of projects, print on bro.
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I used to make custom circuit boards using a laser printer, copper board, a steam iron and Muriatic Acid

I'm seriously thinking of getting back into RDWC now that I have the best at my disposal. I hope you don't mind me asking a million questions.
 
Rootsruler said:
I used to make custom circuit boards using a laser printer, copper board, a steam iron and Muriatic Acid

I'm seriously thinking of getting back into RDWC now that I have the best at my disposal. I hope you don't mind me asking a million questions.
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He got me off to a great start! I'm so glad I went this route. Get your buffering figured out and the rest just seems to happen on it's own. My top-off method is a bit different but everything else has been Moe-approved. With your experience, I'm sure you'll be asking all the right questions before you even begin. I know I like to have at least a basic understanding before diving into something.

I couldn't imagine mixing nutes, watering, testing runoff and fighting dirtbugs EVERY day MULTIPLE times a day.
 
Rootsruler said:
I used to make custom circuit boards using a laser printer, copper board, a steam iron and Muriatic Acid

I'm seriously thinking of getting back into RDWC now that I have the best at my disposal. I hope you don't mind me asking a million questions.
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Single sided boards are better than nothing but the real power comes with multi layer stuff.

Now is a great time to start building and RDWC with winter not far off.
 
  • Light intensity: The amount of light that is available to the plant.
  • Light quality: The wavelength of light that is available to the plant.
  • Photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD): The measure of the amount of light energy that is available to plants for photosynthesis.
  • Temperature: The measure of how hot or cold something is.
  • Relative humidity (RH): The amount of water vapor in the air relative to the amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature.
  • CO2: Carbon dioxide is a gas that is essential for photosynthesis.
  • Dissolved oxygen (DO): The amount of oxygen that is dissolved in a liquid.
  • pH: A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
  • Nutrients: The substances that plants need to grow and thrive.
  • Water: The amount of water that is available to the plant.
  • Soil type: The type of soil that the plant is grown in.
  • Soil pH: The pH of the soil that the plant is grown in.
  • Soil moisture: The amount of water in the soil that the plant is grown in.
  • Wind: The movement of air.
  • Leaf surface temperature (LST): The temperature of the leaves of a plant.
  • Vapor pressure deficit (VPD): The difference between the vapor pressure of water in the air and the vapor pressure of water at the leaf surface.
heres 16 controllable Variables

but the 16 that you are controlling via the SwitchBox Above, Curious.
 
Anthem275 said:
DFG
First off funny that is the water police here in Cali, or was. department of Fish and Game. Humic is not needed in Hydro. Molasses is to feed the microbes in the system and will create a spike in population what will die off once the molasses has been consumed by the microbes. Best to just use a folvic product with hydro.
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I use great white in my DTW with GH, what kind of fulvic product do you recommend? Have been using Diamond nectar thinking it was humic and it was helpful in hydro. Both things I guess are wrong...no humic in diamond nectar and its fulvic not humic I want lol. Good to know this!!

*looked up Diamond nectar and even though the label doesn't list humic acids, I found some ad copy for Diamond nectar saying "Diamond Nectar is extracted from naturally mined Leonardite with a high profile of low molecular weight Humic acids."
 
Oo found another variable.

Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP)

measures the ability of a lake or river to cleanse itself or break down waste products, such as contaminants and dead plants and animals.

When the ORP value is high, there is lots of oxygen present in the water.
 
ZombieRider said:
I use great white in my DTW with GH, what kind of fulvic product do you recommend? Have been using Diamond nectar thinking it was humic and it was helpful in hydro. Both things I guess are wrong...no humic in diamond nectar and its fulvic not humic I want lol. Good to know this!!

*looked up Diamond nectar and even though the label doesn't list humic acids, I found some ad copy for Diamond nectar saying "Diamond Nectar is extracted from naturally mined Leonardite with a high profile of low molecular weight Humic acids."
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Fulvic acid is available thru Mr. Fulvic and I think the cost includes shipping. I tried that and it works well but I have also used Ferti Organics which is more cost effective. Ferti is dry powder and the stuff is hard to mix. If you had one of those bottles from the health food store with the metal cage in the bottle it would probably work better. Bill Farthing who is on several forums stated the liquid products are better because the drying process removed amino acids.
I try to avoid the hydroponic store tax for nutrients as much as possible, it is not as easy as buying the premixed bottles. There are things in those bottle that are not required to be on the label. All the manufacturer has to state is the NPK minimum value and that is it.
 
Anthem275 said:
Fulvic acid is available thru Mr. Fulvic and I think the cost includes shipping.
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Be aware that they sell the same Fulvic under both names; Mr. Fulvic and Mr. Humic. Something about labeling requirements in different states. I ordered Mr. Fulvic and received a bottle of Mr. Humic. I was pretty bummed until moe reassured me that it's the same stuff.
 
GrumpAzz said:
Be aware that they sell the same Fulvic under both names; Mr. Fulvic and Mr. Humic. Something about labeling requirements in different states. I ordered Mr. Fulvic and received a bottle of Mr. Humic. I was pretty bummed until moe reassured me that it's the same stuff.
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Good call. Yes some states do not allow fulvic to be sold.
 
Observer said:
  • Light intensity: The amount of light that is available to the plant.
  • Light quality: The wavelength of light that is available to the plant.
  • Photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD): The measure of the amount of light energy that is available to plants for photosynthesis.
  • Temperature: The measure of how hot or cold something is.
  • Relative humidity (RH): The amount of water vapor in the air relative to the amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature.
  • CO2: Carbon dioxide is a gas that is essential for photosynthesis.
  • Dissolved oxygen (DO): The amount of oxygen that is dissolved in a liquid.
  • pH: A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
  • Nutrients: The substances that plants need to grow and thrive.
  • Water: The amount of water that is available to the plant.
  • Soil type: The type of soil that the plant is grown in.
  • Soil pH: The pH of the soil that the plant is grown in.
  • Soil moisture: The amount of water in the soil that the plant is grown in.
  • Wind: The movement of air.
  • Leaf surface temperature (LST): The temperature of the leaves of a plant.
  • Vapor pressure deficit (VPD): The difference between the vapor pressure of water in the air and the vapor pressure of water at the leaf surface.
heres 16 controllable Variables

but the 16 that you are controlling via the SwitchBox Above, Curious.
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Yes, that is 16 important things, but it takes more than switches to control them.

For this box, I'm controlling things like fog on, pump on, O2 flow, empty pump on 4 fog sites. 4 outputs on 4 sites = 16.

I'll explain better with pictures in the near future.
 
Moe.Red said:
You asking for a new title? Observer of Quantum Yield!
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Haha, actually sounds kinda cool.

I was just curious if you or anyone else has heard that term, I just heard about it the other night from bugbee, I made a bugbee thread and posted videos.
 
Looks like I have some reading to do. I need more hours in the day. Just talked with Aqua over text, he is working 7 days now too, life just gets in the way of the fun stuff sometimes.

We will eventually get caught up!
 
Moe.Red said:
Looks like I have some reading to do. I need more hours in the day. Just talked with Aqua over text, he is working 7 days now too, life just gets in the way of the fun stuff sometimes.

We will eventually get caught up!
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So that's where he's been.
 
Moe.Red said:
Yes, that is 16 important things, but it takes more than switches to control them.

For this box, I'm controlling things like fog on, pump on, O2 flow, empty pump on 4 fog sites. 4 outputs on 4 sites = 16.

I'll explain better with pictures in the near future.
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Of course, I was just pointing out possible controllable/monitorable variables

Makes sense, I didn't think about controls for multiple sites, ie same few variables to on/off.

Appreciate you're work Moe.
 
Curious if a SpO2 meter would pick up anything if tested on plant?
Any idea
Lol?
 
""This is because water is polar since it has partially positive hydrogen atoms which can interact with anions and partially negative oxygen atoms which can interact with cations.""

What/how would this play along with plant interaction?
 
www.aimspress.com

Improvement in growth of plants under the effect of magnetized water

<abstract> <p>The magnetic field can change the polarity characteristics and hydrogen-bond structure of water; therefore, magnetized water can affect plant growth and development. Magnetized water is hexagonal water created by passing water through a specific magnet that can activate and ionize...
www.aimspress.com www.aimspress.com
 
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