Ooh maybe that wasn’t your picture I looked at, the black tote with yellow lid with two holes in the top. Can’t seem to find it in the threat at the moment
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So nething special for a rdwc?
is this to me… I don’t understand…
Yes sorry @Retiredoldguy i was wondering anything diffrent we need to do rdwc
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well RDWC means recirculating so you need a pump and possibly a chiller… is this what you are looking for…
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Ooh so you only use one side at a time. Oh! Inspection port! Duh!
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correct inspection and suck out and pump in new nutrients…
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How strong of a pump
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this is what I posted above in this journal…
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Thank you. Im gonna make 7 5 gal buckets and the res will be a 12 gal tote.
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excellent… sorry I don’t have any first hand knowledge on the RDWC type setup specifics…most are DIY so each is different…
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It works for menandnu are a wealth of knowledge
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Any ideas why all the RDWC setups use 2” pipe but the aircubes only use 3/4? I believe they are ebb and flow.
Anyone have any preferences between the two?
I’m having a hard time justifying the much larger pumps and therefore energy consumption with these compared to the aircube
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I’m using DWC and can say RDWC uses 2in pipe due to the volume of water it needs to move to keep the water between 65-70F .
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RDWC keep steady water lvl and has to be circulated to keep temps, air cube is ebb and flow , fill to empty, water is not circulated and the oxygen is delivered to the roots via as the water lvl drops in air cube.
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Aaah ok, that’s why air cube is just the one pump+chiller and its pump second to the res.
A a 5x8 room in a trailer is being built. Changing things a bit..Thinking 6-12x12” -8gallon square buckets. Rdwc, 40 gal res. 90gal chiller. Debating on a filter, I’d rather not. I want to plug in as little as possible. Does running for an hour every four hours sound reasonable for the circulating pump? Then top drop can run 15 minutes every hour. Air pump with 4” disks run all day.
I just need to get the proper gph for the pumps. I’d rather upsize with variable speed
What’s everyone’s opinion on Vivosuns controller and lights?
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