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potpimp said:

I think it's cool as heck to have an engineer chime in. Did you all really *look* at his setup? That is amazing.

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ttystikk said:

I'm impressed when the same job gets done with less complexity and cost, not more.

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potpimp said:

Good for you but I'm more impressed by quality. Nobody's going to get a lot of "ooh's and aah's" with a ghetto setup. Seems like everytime we get a really great grower or someone with a lot to contribute we have some that nay-say and harass them til they leave.

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potpimp said:

I think it's cool as heck to have an engineer chime in. Did you all really *look* at his setup? That is amazing.

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doniboy said:

Exactly. With UC and a large diameter pipe circulating water around through, for example, two plant sites and a res, so there's only 7 sites between the two buckets and the res that are less likely to clog and cause overflow. With a waterfall system, there's the introduction of several smaller diameter sites that maybe clogged from the top/waterfall area.

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widowmaker31 said:

Custom Return with Custom engineered Pumps and I removed the epicenter - with pumps and custom manifolds flow meters return feeds aeration etc the list is endless I am the definition of meticulous or ocd, or..lmao

yeah we grow like this.....


It's all wavy and gravy baby! lolView attachment 3694112 View attachment 3694113

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ttystikk said:

Not unless every bucket has its own connection to the return, think parallel connections for electricity. If they're in series, each one will have a step in water column height from highest to lowest near the return.

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jijiandfarmgang said:

There's a lot of confusing talk about waterfall\Heath setups. So I'll try and set the record straight.....

Waterfall setups don't require any sites to be elevated or something like that.

Waterfall setups can be done in several configurations (talking about drain returns)

UC configurations are pretty standard. (talking about drain return \ plumbing configurations)

Waterfall setups have more smaller lines, but are extremely unlikely to become clogged. The lines should be larger than small drip lines that eventually become saturated with nutrient salts. Also all the water goes through a filtered water pump.

UC setups require only one hole to be clogged to flood the system (they just solve this by making larger and larger drain/exit pipes)

Waterfall can be plumbed with more than one exit line

UC requires a water pump and air pump.....waterfall requires a water pump but no air pump

- Jiji

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