diy uc issue with grommets/uniseals

[crisscross]

Hey now

I am building a UnderCurrent DWC system with square buckets and using PVC in lieu of tubing. I guess I'm using PVC because I figure it will last longer, less prone to breakage etc. I am now rethinking my decision because of one issue:

I ordered 1.5" uniseals....my local hydroshops (yes, plural) tell me that 1.5" are backordered. I don't like ordering things online, I like cash so this is the only way to acquire said materials. Well, I had to settle for 3/4" uniseals for pump returns to my chiller.

I have not yet tried to use the 3/4" uniseals. They look really small, much more difficult than the 3" uniseals I have already and they say Botanicare 19mm on it. WTFuck?

Has anyone used the 3/4 aka 19mm botanicare grommets with pvc?
It says 22mm holesaw on the grommet as well. I am uncertain about these 19mm grommets although they look like a miniature 3" uniseal. I don't need leaks whatsoever. Also, I don't know of what size hole saw to use. 22mm holesaw...yeah. I doubt home depot has that. 13/16" or 7/8" holesaw compatible?

I know this is a rant but I'm totally confused and really really really want to build my system and rock this chiller asap. It's getting hot already in the south.

 

[farmari]

It sounds like they didn't sell you Uniseals. The manufacturers website should tell you what hole saw size to use.

 

[mr.shiva]

Those botanicare ones I used a 7/8 forstner bit. I don't think PVC would work well with those grommets, there more for building a ebb/flow bucket system. The Ngw 3/4 tees & elbows work great with those grommets.

 

[PrivateAero]

19 mill is close enough to 3/4 you'd have to do some converting to find the size. I used those with barbed sprinkler fittings with no problem, but I don't see why there'd be a problem using pvc. Try it out on an old 5 gallon bucket, do it right into the bottom if you want and cap the tube and wait.

Privateaero

 

[crisscross]

eff it. I just got a friend to order the correct uniseals from us plastics to his po box. Goddamn stoners can't run a hydro shop to save their lives...might as well have it be run from the government. It'd probably be just as efficient. Thanks for the help everyone.

 

[farmari]

Odd, I can't find their website anymore. There was a site that sold them at low price with all the install instructions and dimension numbers... I thought it was the manufacturer or their US distributer.

 

[RM - aquagrower]

I used 2" shower drains from home depot for the last system I built. They come with 2 gaskets and screw togather. I even used the stainless steel grate (snaps in) in a aquaponic set up without any problem. Bullet proof.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

I used 2" shower drains from home depot for the last system I built. They come with 2 gaskets and screw togather. I even used the stainless steel grate (snaps in) in a aquaponic set up without any problem. Bullet proof.

That's a really good idea.
Undercurrents are just expensive versions of Heath Robinsons high flow converted Aquafarms,(undercurrent dude pm'd H relentlessly for every little detail, then marketed his system with a bunch of needlessly complicated doodads tacked on) Heath used ordinary PVC pipe, with compression fittings for his system. The compression plumbing fixtures are commonplace over here, but from what I gather from other posters, don't seem to exist across the pond.

 

[RM - aquagrower]

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...ngId=-1&keyword=2"+shower+drain&storeId=10051

Here is what I used for my old aqua system. Bullet Proof!

I had heard that stoty 'bout Heath. What an asshole.