Ravi Singh
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Yea I plan on making a journal thread for setting up my new grow; I am testing a 5x5 HydroHut (silver). I spend a bunch of money on this new grow, over $5k with all the bells and whistles like Co2 w/CHHC-4, UV-b, etc. I am setting up the Icebox with a 2245 gph Ecoplus pump (~3/10 hp) and the chiller with the appropriate sized pump of 1056 gph (also an Ecoplus). Both pumps will be in the 50gal rez; the chiller will be in a separate bedroom (hosing through the wall) along with the Galaxy select-a-watt ballast. The Icebox, fan and reflector will be setup as so in my closed circuit room:
air ->-> [==reflector==]{##IceBox#}(~~Fan~~) ->-> air
My old grow was a fairly identical setup - HydroHut Silver, Sentinel CHHC-1, etc.........spent a shit ton of money on it.
A couple of things - you mixed up your pumps and uses (1056 should be for Ice Box, 2245 for chiller), and the second is that the Ecoplus pumps lose LOTS of head pressure when stressed - I have ~15 of them, and they're great pumps, but they can't handle the head pressure that a lower rated mag drive pump can.
I love my Ecos for for little projects, but for something that's going to be putting constant strain on the pump, I'd go mag drive all day.
Good luck.
EDIT: watch the zippers on the HydroHuts - had to throw away my 4x4 because I broke two of the zippers, but that being said, still have my 2x4 and use it as a veg tent, so maybe I was just a little too rough with the 4x4.