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Yes it is ok just not ideal. Makes maint easier outside and potentially helps keep temps down.

If you can keep res temps at 72 that is the sweet spot. 80 is too high. In between can get dicey depending on several factors.

Are you doing sterile or live res? Got pics of the setup? We can help you thru it.
 
moe.red said:
Yes it is ok just not ideal. Makes maint easier outside and potentially helps keep temps down.

If you can keep res temps at 72 that is the sweet spot. 80 is too high. In between can get dicey depending on several factors.

Are you doing sterile or live res? Got pics of the setup? We can help you thru it.
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Looks like I better get another chiller on the way.
Running live...hydroguard20250321_074235.jpg20250321_074227.jpg
 
moe.red said:
That’s not a lot of water. What are your temps running now with lights on?
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In the tent is 78f to 82f.....
I can get a 1/4hp chiller for right at $100 or a 1/10hp for $150. I have the 1/10 one now on my 25gal res and it works great. I don't think I'll need all that for this though...
 
R those 5 gal buckets? Like moe said, I'd try to get the res on the outside if you can. Went through my first grow, w many snags, would've been harder though if my res was inside. Just my $.02 which is actually worth 1/100 of said value :) Best to you and your grow, I'll most definitely be following your progress!
 
Skinnypuppy80 said:
R those 5 gal buckets? Like moe said, I'd try to get the res on the outside if you can. Went through my first grow, w many snags, would've been harder though if my res was inside. Just my $.02 which is actually worth 1/100 of said value :) Best to you and your grow, I'll most definitely be following your progress!
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Yeah after laying it all out it's going to be best outside the tent. Got a portable ac that's got to go....
Yes 5gal
 
Would it be ok for the hose from the res to have a hump in it as it enters the tent?
The water should all come to the same level....right?
 
Driver77 said:
Would it be ok for the hose from the res to have a hump in it as it enters the tent?
The water should all come to the same level....right?
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It will work but it may be a point of reduced flow. Bubbles will collect in the high spot and reduce the effective size of the pipe. If you can incorporate a small bleeder with a tee and 1/4” line going up to above the buckets it will prevent that and allow bubbles to escape.
 
Ready for the first victims!
Bourbon Berry auto that just won't die is going to have to bounce between tents as best I can. I don't have the heart to kill it after all it's been through. ;smoke 20250327_090742.jpg
 
If you see anything wrong feel free to help a brother out!
First victims are in...the transplant wasn't pretty. I wanted to start in rockwool but couldn't find my cubes ;smoke ended up in coco and found my rockwool the next day. Probably would have been better to wait another week...oh well they're alive....for now.
No leaks!!
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Driver77 said:
Got this....it says for 60l...I paid $114 all in
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Could one of these be used as a chiller for coils in a drying box?. The price is right, Its the poorest part of my growing, I dry at the mercy of the temperature in my basement. I can get the RH close to 60% but temp is 68f+ I was looking at wine coolers but they don't quite cut it and Cannatrols are out of my price range. Cold water filled coils with a fan over them??? unit outside coils in??? hmm would that work? or is this another brain fart???
 
Pipecarver said:
Could one of these be used as a chiller for coils in a drying box?. The price is right, Its the poorest part of my growing, I dry at the mercy of the temperature in my basement. I can get the RH close to 60% but temp is 68f+ I was looking at wine coolers but they don't quite cut it and Cannatrols are out of my price range. Cold water filled coils with a fan over them??? unit outside coils in??? hmm would that work? or is this another brain fart???
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Not sure if this one is your answer...I'm not impressed with it. It's barley keeping up already. I'm returning this one and getting another like the one I have for my other tent.
 
Driver77 said:
But I got the top drip too....let me see if I can find it.
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I found it. Including the drip rings. I ordered 2 sets. We're going to try them out with greenhouse bell peppers.

Edit: Let me know how those thermo-electric chillers work for you. I'm going to need something like that.
 
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MiGrampa said:
I found it. Including the drip rings. I ordered 2 sets. We're going to try them out with greenhouse bell peppers.

Edit: Let me know how those thermo-electric chillers work for you. I'm going to need something like that.
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The thermoelectric chiller is underwhelming...I ordered one with a compressor for $150
 
I've seen a copper coil in a dwc setup before using it to cool the water, I think. Id have to find it for more info sorry, maybe someone here has the other part of that knowledge to know what I'm referring to.

I've been looking into peltier cooling, one guy got it to -90c/ thought, if one could connect that to help cool a dry box at a fraction of that efficiency?

Budget growing gets complicated to do it "right" lol.

There's no way I can dry anything right now where I'm at with any type of proper env
 
Observer said:
I've seen a copper coil in a dwc setup before using it to cool the water, I think. Id have to find it for more info sorry, maybe someone here has the other part of that knowledge to know what I'm referring to.

I've been looking into peltier cooling, one guy got it to -90c/ thought, if one could connect that to help cool a dry box at a fraction of that efficiency?

Budget growing gets complicated to do it "right" lol.

There's no way I can dry anything right now where I'm at with any type of proper env
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It definitely cools...just the capacity is low. It draws 185w and as inefficient as they are probably only 100w of cooling. Right now it runs constantly with lights on and is holding at 73f.
I played with something similar back in the day to overclock a cpu. As long as the load isn't too high it works great.
 
 
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