Big DWC experiment (newbie)

@Greymangenetics, Here we go... 2 years at mushrooms has taught me a lot! I wont post links here by cause I assume that never read any terms in here, so I dunno if this is wrong, but I may pass this thru PM, or you may find the best product for you on Chinese site that you prefer, and just send me via pm so I can help you not to get something wrong. I suggest Al.Exp. Peltier, my freind... This device is a square of 4cmX4cmx4mm made of ceramic. One side will heat, and the other will cool. The difference from one side to the other is around 20 to 70 ºC, depends on the potency of yours. There's a full detailed chart on the internet if you search for it's reference. For all purpuse i'll suggest device with 12V because peltier is 12V, and you must get a 12V energy source, and you must use heatsink paste, I do suggest gd90, very big, good and cheap. You must learn how to use it, don't put too much, just a thin layer over the peltier, both sides. The HOT side must be cooled so the COOL side become cooler. You may do that by many ways, I have 2 suggestions : Easy : buy a heat sink, large, like these from leds and put a PC fan over it to cool. I took mine from a water cooler that use peltier. (You might not know but peltier is in these devices and in many other, like coolers that don't have compressor.) Not that Easy : Use a Water block (it's already 4x4cm) and make water pass thru it with a water pump and put a small radiator, you may find that easy because the kids are using it to cool their pc processor. So you put a fan on that radiator. Hard? no, but not that easy. The COOL side: Put a water block and use a pump that will suck the water from the reservoir and pass thru it, the water will become cooler. To control the temperature not to get too cool you may use a temperature control called : W1209. Very simple, configure it and put the reader inside water, and will cut the power of the peltier when the temperature reach X until it become Y and will turn again until turn X again to infinity and beyond. Make sure : -That you press the peltier on the heatsinks/waterblock so the heat will be transferred. -To pass the paste as it should. -To get the correct water pump. I use " 12v water pump 240 L/h" -To get a strong enough power Supply. -To get a strong enough Peltier. If you are using the temperature control you may get a stronger peltier(15a) and it will be switched off when it should. Or you may get a weak(6~9a) and run constantly or 12on/12off, or as you wish. Just giving seeds of idea, you make it become flowers. So, what will happens is: The peltier will get hot on one side, and you will dissipate that heat so the other become cooler and you now can use this cool side to cooler the water. If you have independent Reservoirs and want to cool them all that might become harder to chill with just one system as described. It would require a closed system, with the water not coming from reservoir, but passing inside each one with a Aluminum/cooper hose and cooling each one... That's hard. Not so much, but this time isn't easy. You may find it too hard, but save the idea, copy and paste somewhere for later. The first time I read that you must switch the light schedule from 18/6 to 12/12 for cannabis to flower I tough "Shit, this is a hard job to grow smoke plant" now after many readings I not even need to comment what I think of the difficult level of switching light schedule. My shrooms only trigger pins formation at 22ºC, i had to create such a device, and used a system to cool the water inside the terrarium, and put the W1209 sensor on the Spawn. Worked fine, although it took some time to figure it out all this that I've described above... I wish you luck, and any other help, just ask me. What we can discuss in here, let's do so others users may learn the Word of Peltier... You always can buy ready devices and pay 8 times more than making your won, and with that you become lazier. Not Saying that everyone who buy ready device is lazy, it's not everyone who has time to create things... People are occupied getting money, so they must pay others people to use their time to create things for them... In this case is just a matter of time, no special tool is needed. Maybe a drill to make holes on heatsink and put screws to press the peltier against both heatsinks or water block.

@Psilocubensis,please tell me more ???

@GreenHouseLab,thanks man. It hasn’t always been the case . 😂 My thinking is “the more you put in the more you get out!” 👍

@Greymangenetics, i read a scientific article to that effect recently, not 100% on the engineering of it ! 🚀

@CRiSPrGrow,😂😂😂 yea it’s getting close!! Basically 50/50 air n water ratio! Got my brain thinking about atomising nutrients to the roots or trapping them in a sealed mist . Going to experiment lol . I thought about a cheap hot tub outside running like a dwc pot. Would be insane but would bankrupt you with bills lol

@Greymangenetics, "float like an air ballon if it was any smaller lol" this is the next level in hydro : floataponics 🚀

@Greymangenetics, not a grandmaster lol 😅 holy cow look at that plant though 🚀 👊

@CRiSPrGrow,thank you very much mate. It’s like having 10 tamagotchis on the go and doing a crossword at the same time but it’s going to be worth it 😂. Seriously if you are going to do DWC make sure you don’t have a wife 😂😂 Thanks again for your praise it means a lot from a grand master 😂😎 konichiwa!! 👍👍

@Greymangenetics, Nice! thanks. Do you buy the water, or do you have the RO filter? And how about these bacterial products for Hydro, doesn't it needs the soil to work?

@Psilocubensis, thanks mate. I am running a 65l/min koi pump. Three 8” air stones in a 96l pot. Works great. I also start my clones with a mister/cloner with a orca and RO nutrient mix. All I can say mate is get on the Reverse osmosis water!! Game changer!!! 00ppm all the way!!!

@Asa_Nouka,thanks man much appreciated 👍👍👍👍

@RastaMouse,thank you bro. Getting there now. Now about to check your latest entry. Happy growing

@ChefDan420, scrogged.... but not scrogotten !!! Lol

@ThatoneAKguy,hey bud, yes that was a 7 day old clone transplanted Into canna hydroclay. I keep my water level so it just laps against the bottom of the net pots and that works great. Pics of those clones are on my other diary. Cheers