PPK vert 4 plant 5 light grow show and DIY, 3400w, CO2

[Desert Hydro]

that thing is gorgeous. good work. i cant imagine 64 of those in a room. it would so colorful

 

[Desert Hydro]

i learned a valuable lesson right now while working on my ppk build. the hack saw on the conduit fittings was taking forever so i decided to try my miter saw with a wood cutting blade. the pvc shifted and it damn near ripped my hand into the saw. it scared the shit out of me and DESTROYED the fittings. very close call. dont use the wrong tool for the job! it was dumb to use a rough blade on that material with very little safety room for my hand. dont do what i did lol.

the only reason i attempted is because my dremel died during my last ppk build. im off to buy more fittings and a new dremel haha. stay safe everyone!

 

[delta9nxs]

i learned a valuable lesson right now while working on my ppk build. the hack saw on the conduit fittings was taking forever so i decided to try my miter saw with a wood cutting blade. the pvc shifted and it damn near ripped my hand into the saw. it scared the shit out of me and DESTROYED the fittings. very close call. dont use the wrong tool for the job! it was dumb to use a rough blade on that material with very little safety room for my hand. dont do what i did lol.

the only reason i attempted is because my dremel died during my last ppk build. im off to buy more fittings and a new dremel haha. stay safe everyone!

miter saw wrong fucking tool, cut your fucking hand off!

the absolute best tool would be a lathe but i can do one in about 5 min with an 18 tpi hacksaw blade.

 

[otis33]

god damn D! that is one sexy lookin bud!

 

[DabOnDabs]

I hear you on the growBLOWs bro. We people who sit around these forums are the ones who are genuinely interested in our hobby, and care about our medicine. All these other fools sit back and watch us work and think it just magically appears out of nowhere. As soon as we're gone, running our own shit, they have a dead pile of nothing, and no idea what to do with it. Stupid shit, be proactive, fucking getterdone.

Question about the buckets;

I bought 40 Lowes Buckets before I even thought about the plastic thickness...

Will the .060'' suffice, or will that leak guaranteed with carlon fittings?

For now Im just running DTW with the buckets, there wont be much standing water in them, and no ppk... Think they will work? any advice on plumbing compounds to prevent leaks?

 

[Desert Hydro]

i think they will be ok. you want some flex since the side walls are rounded and when you clamp it down it will straighten out that little spot. use lots of 100% silicone like i did and im leak free

 

[#1cheesebuds]

I had a similar experience with mine. Now there's 64 of them in the rack room, and life is good

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holy cow dude that bud looks super badass.
yummy yumm.

 

[SecondAttempt]

You want "Door and Window" silicone.... The "Kitchen and Bath" has fungicide in it.

I've been helping a patient with his grow and he keeps killing plants with lack of attention/effort... some people aren't made for growing.

 

[flat9]

i learned a valuable lesson right now while working on my ppk build. the hack saw on the conduit fittings was taking forever so i decided to try my miter saw with a wood cutting blade. the pvc shifted and it damn near ripped my hand into the saw. it scared the shit out of me and DESTROYED the fittings. very close call. dont use the wrong tool for the job! it was dumb to use a rough blade on that material with very little safety room for my hand. dont do what i did lol.

the only reason i attempted is because my dremel died during my last ppk build. im off to buy more fittings and a new dremel haha. stay safe everyone!

I'm about to build mine. Just got the tuff stuff tubs and I need to actually do some shopping. What precisely are the 3" conduit fittings? I presume someone at Lowes will know where to find these things but I'm a bit lost...

 

[Desert Hydro]

they are in the electrical section. they are grey plastic PVC looking fittings that are threaded and screw together. cutting the male side down is a major bitch so be prepared. other than that the system is pretty simple to build. remember as stated above, 100% silicone with NO ADDITIVES! the fungicide in the bathroom shit is bad for plants and probably us too.

if the conduit fittings seem like too much DIY for you just go with the 3 tailpieces from the sink plumbing parts area. they are a couple bucks each and you will need three per bucket. the conduit fitting were about 2.50 each so you save a dollar per site but gain easily a couple hours in work load lol

 

[Desert Hydro]

the army of ladybugs doing work. its funny how the whiteflies dont seem to like the chemmy jones much. the others have a bit on them but the CJ is mostly clean. i guess some bugs dont like the smell of rotting meat lol

 

[Grow4Flow]

Flat,
The fittings are made by Cantex, i have been to Lowes and HD, found the male fittings but not the female and ended up driving out to a nearby Graingers.

 

[Globule]

Hey there DH

I'm digging the info you're putting out there and enjoying watching you move forward with your PPKs. I'm learning plenty so thanks for taking the time to post the ups and downs you're going through.

Looking forward to trying these bad-boys out in the near future so keep up the diary bro that I may suck your brain dry of knowledge

Peace.
Globs

 

[SecondAttempt]

Suck him dry.... Suck him dry... Suck him dry...

I chant from the sidelines...

HAHAHAahahahaaa couldn't help myself.

 

[flat9]

they are in the electrical section. they are grey plastic PVC looking fittings that are threaded and screw together. cutting the male side down is a major bitch so be prepared. other than that the system is pretty simple to build. remember as stated above, 100% silicone with NO ADDITIVES! the fungicide in the bathroom shit is bad for plants and probably us too.

if the conduit fittings seem like too much DIY for you just go with the 3 tailpieces from the sink plumbing parts area. they are a couple bucks each and you will need three per bucket. the conduit fitting were about 2.50 each so you save a dollar per site but gain easily a couple hours in work load lol

Found em, but couldn't get the 3" PVC so went with 3" ABS instead (doubt it makes any difference -- ABS degrades in sunlight but these pieces will see no sunlight).

 

[flat9]

Flat,
The fittings are made by Cantex, i have been to Lowes and HD, found the male fittings but not the female and ended up driving out to a nearby Graingers.

Yeah I did find them -- knowing the "electrical" part was key! Thanks everyone.

 

[Grow4Flow]

Yeah I did find them -- knowing the "electrical" part was key! Thanks everyone.

I went the conduit/AbS route too, but I would recommend taking the abs back, they don't tighten up as good to the male conduit fitting. I found a graingers not far from me that had them

 

[Desert Hydro]

silicone the threads. might as well. its cheap insurance lol. thanks globule, i am merely a copycat of the masters here in the vert forum but thanks none the less

 

[flat9]

Yeah second that on using the right tool, btw, DH. Using the hack saw took me about ten minutes and it was annoying as hell (especially since I don't have a quality clamp and table and had to just screw the two pieces together and hold it with the female). It works eventually, you just gotta be patient and make sure you don't saw your hand off by trying something else, LOL.

 

[delta9nxs]

I went the conduit/AbS route too, but I would recommend taking the abs back, they don't tighten up as good to the male conduit fitting. I found a graingers not far from me that had them

any fittings in the plumbing dept will be tapered pipe thread and the fittings from electrical will be machine threads. they are not compatible and the tapered thread fittings are not designed to go all the way down.