Uncle FREEDOM
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Hey boys and girls, old uncle is kicking it new school for a client of mine. He asked me do design of a kick ass flip/flop system for a detached garage with limited amount of power running to it (less then 4k all power included). Here is what i came up with, it's not perfect, but as a added bonus he is willing to let me experiment, and improve on it from crop to crop.
So with out further delay on with the details and the show...
This system is a hanging vertical design that can be opened and shut for plant maintenance. It is composed of 4" pvc pipe and 22.5deg. 2" elbows (abs) to fit the 2" net cups. The plants are held in place by neoprene cut out of flooring squares. As the plants get bigger/heaver they are supported by the safety screen around the lights (which also keeps them from getting to close.) Three 600 watt hps bulbs are strung together with threaded rod, and attached to a light mover that moves the bulbs up and down (one room lights go up, the other down to balance the load).
contactor board and flip/flop board, wires need to be clean up yet, WAY too messy! lol
20 gallon pressure tanks, filled by shurflo 120v pumps 30-50 psi range. pressure is released via 2 solenoid valves controlled by a electronic timer.
Electronic timer, can control up to 6 valves!!!
Cancool chiller, made right in canada! OH YA!!! I believe they are 14000 btu... Notice there is no thermostat on them, i have another use for them since i am controlling them with sentinel controllers... more on that later.
Advanced nutrients water cooled CO2 generator, this thing works AWESOME!!!
This gives you a idea as to how the co2 generator was plumbed up. Notice the rain barrel, at the far right is the hose coming down from the ceiling from the drain of the chiller. I drilled a hole and installed a through hull in about 1' off the ground (to give a certain hight so the pump inside always has water to run.) The next 2 lines are the line from the pump in the barrel to the co2 unit and the next one the run off line. The line out the from of the barrel is drained outside.
The rooms are sealed and cooled with water cooled heat exchangers (mini splits would be preferred but power was a issue) dehumidifier keeps the moisture in check, co2 is provided by a water cooled co2 unit that uses the waist water from the chillers. The water from the dehumidifier is channeled back to the rez per room.
Smell is taken care via 4' carbon filters and small air tiger ozone machines set on a 30min on/off cycle (to clean up any remaining smells)
The tubes are low pressure aeroponic, set to a 5 second spray and 5 minutes off, recirculated back to the rez. Extra water is provided via a RO water unit, for rez changes and top up.
The tubes are hung for easy cleaning under the system (simple broom clean up once a week)
ohh and the thermostats from the cancool units... I wired them up to a relay that will shut the power off to the lights if the temperature rises above 100deg, lights come back on at 80deg. (never know when your going to have a water flow problem!)
I am biased but i think it is pretty dam cool, but there are still things that need to be done and improvements to be made in the coming months.
Hope you enjoy the show, if you like what you see, slide me some karma, and if you have any questions fire away.
FREEDOM!!!
P.s. even bought a new camera for the occasion... check out the model #...lol FATE!!!
So with out further delay on with the details and the show...
This system is a hanging vertical design that can be opened and shut for plant maintenance. It is composed of 4" pvc pipe and 22.5deg. 2" elbows (abs) to fit the 2" net cups. The plants are held in place by neoprene cut out of flooring squares. As the plants get bigger/heaver they are supported by the safety screen around the lights (which also keeps them from getting to close.) Three 600 watt hps bulbs are strung together with threaded rod, and attached to a light mover that moves the bulbs up and down (one room lights go up, the other down to balance the load).
contactor board and flip/flop board, wires need to be clean up yet, WAY too messy! lol
20 gallon pressure tanks, filled by shurflo 120v pumps 30-50 psi range. pressure is released via 2 solenoid valves controlled by a electronic timer.
Electronic timer, can control up to 6 valves!!!
Cancool chiller, made right in canada! OH YA!!! I believe they are 14000 btu... Notice there is no thermostat on them, i have another use for them since i am controlling them with sentinel controllers... more on that later.
Advanced nutrients water cooled CO2 generator, this thing works AWESOME!!!
This gives you a idea as to how the co2 generator was plumbed up. Notice the rain barrel, at the far right is the hose coming down from the ceiling from the drain of the chiller. I drilled a hole and installed a through hull in about 1' off the ground (to give a certain hight so the pump inside always has water to run.) The next 2 lines are the line from the pump in the barrel to the co2 unit and the next one the run off line. The line out the from of the barrel is drained outside.
The rooms are sealed and cooled with water cooled heat exchangers (mini splits would be preferred but power was a issue) dehumidifier keeps the moisture in check, co2 is provided by a water cooled co2 unit that uses the waist water from the chillers. The water from the dehumidifier is channeled back to the rez per room.
Smell is taken care via 4' carbon filters and small air tiger ozone machines set on a 30min on/off cycle (to clean up any remaining smells)
The tubes are low pressure aeroponic, set to a 5 second spray and 5 minutes off, recirculated back to the rez. Extra water is provided via a RO water unit, for rez changes and top up.
The tubes are hung for easy cleaning under the system (simple broom clean up once a week)
ohh and the thermostats from the cancool units... I wired them up to a relay that will shut the power off to the lights if the temperature rises above 100deg, lights come back on at 80deg. (never know when your going to have a water flow problem!)
I am biased but i think it is pretty dam cool, but there are still things that need to be done and improvements to be made in the coming months.
Hope you enjoy the show, if you like what you see, slide me some karma, and if you have any questions fire away.
FREEDOM!!!
P.s. even bought a new camera for the occasion... check out the model #...lol FATE!!!
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