madscientist9
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I started with a 27 gallon hard plastic tub from the home depot store. Tools used were drill, and hole saw attachment, and imagination.
So my current set ups are recirculating DWC with 3" PVC. Normally I would use a 300 GPH pump to feed each unit. The problem being that one res could be on week 8 one on week 5 one on week 2 so they have different nutes but all require a way to lower the res temps.
Easy fix with a few stainless steel wort chiller but once I added the wort chillers and the pumps to feed each wort and the chiller and to pump up to the unit itself that was four pumps in one res so I wanted to lower that obviously as it cost more electrify and causes the chiller to run more as four pumps generate more heat then one.
Next problem I wanted to tackle was to have it feed with one pump and light tight so that no light could hit the water. Solutions was a few bulkheads and a bigger pump.
Next problem was easy way to drain the reservoir which was a simple hole saw a bulkhead and facet.
Added a monitor to keep an eye on temps and p.h. waiting on the ec meter and yes they make tri meters but I prefer the Milwaukee meters.
The inside plumbing was the hardest part of the project and I am in fact changing it again this is the third lay out idea I have tried with this set up.
So my current set ups are recirculating DWC with 3" PVC. Normally I would use a 300 GPH pump to feed each unit. The problem being that one res could be on week 8 one on week 5 one on week 2 so they have different nutes but all require a way to lower the res temps.
Easy fix with a few stainless steel wort chiller but once I added the wort chillers and the pumps to feed each wort and the chiller and to pump up to the unit itself that was four pumps in one res so I wanted to lower that obviously as it cost more electrify and causes the chiller to run more as four pumps generate more heat then one.
Next problem I wanted to tackle was to have it feed with one pump and light tight so that no light could hit the water. Solutions was a few bulkheads and a bigger pump.
Next problem was easy way to drain the reservoir which was a simple hole saw a bulkhead and facet.
Added a monitor to keep an eye on temps and p.h. waiting on the ec meter and yes they make tri meters but I prefer the Milwaukee meters.
The inside plumbing was the hardest part of the project and I am in fact changing it again this is the third lay out idea I have tried with this set up.
