Hackerman
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I am re-designing my watering system and I'm having trouble finding the pump I want.
Right now, all my water is stored in 1 gallon plastic jugs. I have a shower in my grow room so I fill about 15 jugs and let them sit in the shower to dissipate (really shitty city water).
I also have 6 more jugs in a plastic tub with 6 air stones, one going into each jug.
When I water, I take (usually 4 gallons) and pour them into a 5 gallon bucket and mix the nutes there. I let it sit for a minute and I check the pH.
Then, I place a submersible pump into the 5 gallon bucket and it has a garden hose with a "watering wand" connected to it. This makes it super easy to get to all the plants.
For quite some time, I have been using one of these as a pump....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Liquid-Tran...194514&hash=item5b22c47395:g:xFkAAOSwbg9W6ycp
Lately, I have been making some changes and I tried a standard aquarium submersible pump.
However, the problem I seem to have with all the pumps is that they leave about 2" of water in the bottom of the bucket.
I am going to change my setup a little......
I plan to eliminate the 1 gallon jugs altogether. I want to place 5-5 gallon buckets in the shower.
Each one will have an air "stick". It's like an air stone only it's about 10" long. I will suction cup that to the bottom of the bucket.
I can fill each bucket about 4 gallons full (the typical amount I use for each watering) and let it air.
When I want to water, I pick a bucket, mix my nutes, check my pH, (I'll have to put a valve on the bubbler since a bubbler would affect the pH reading)..... and then, instead of a submersible pump, I want to use a nice 110 volt, self priming, wall mounted, pump with an intake hose and an output hose. Preferably a standard garden hose connection.
Then, I can take the intake hose and drop it into the 5 gallon bucket and direct the output hose to the watering wand and the plants.
The problem finding the pump has been....
low gph rating. I need something that is rated at about 100 gph or about 1 to 2 gpm.
I found some RV and boat pumps that were close. I don't mind whatever connections it has as I can adapt whatever to my watering wand. As long as the output is not a tiny 1/8" hose.
The biggest problem has been finding one that is self priming. If I want to mount the pump and the water sits on the floor, it's going to be tough to prime a pump.
So, any suggestions?
Thanks
Right now, all my water is stored in 1 gallon plastic jugs. I have a shower in my grow room so I fill about 15 jugs and let them sit in the shower to dissipate (really shitty city water).
I also have 6 more jugs in a plastic tub with 6 air stones, one going into each jug.
When I water, I take (usually 4 gallons) and pour them into a 5 gallon bucket and mix the nutes there. I let it sit for a minute and I check the pH.
Then, I place a submersible pump into the 5 gallon bucket and it has a garden hose with a "watering wand" connected to it. This makes it super easy to get to all the plants.
For quite some time, I have been using one of these as a pump....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Liquid-Tran...194514&hash=item5b22c47395:g:xFkAAOSwbg9W6ycp
Lately, I have been making some changes and I tried a standard aquarium submersible pump.
However, the problem I seem to have with all the pumps is that they leave about 2" of water in the bottom of the bucket.
I am going to change my setup a little......
I plan to eliminate the 1 gallon jugs altogether. I want to place 5-5 gallon buckets in the shower.
Each one will have an air "stick". It's like an air stone only it's about 10" long. I will suction cup that to the bottom of the bucket.
I can fill each bucket about 4 gallons full (the typical amount I use for each watering) and let it air.
When I want to water, I pick a bucket, mix my nutes, check my pH, (I'll have to put a valve on the bubbler since a bubbler would affect the pH reading)..... and then, instead of a submersible pump, I want to use a nice 110 volt, self priming, wall mounted, pump with an intake hose and an output hose. Preferably a standard garden hose connection.
Then, I can take the intake hose and drop it into the 5 gallon bucket and direct the output hose to the watering wand and the plants.
The problem finding the pump has been....
low gph rating. I need something that is rated at about 100 gph or about 1 to 2 gpm.
I found some RV and boat pumps that were close. I don't mind whatever connections it has as I can adapt whatever to my watering wand. As long as the output is not a tiny 1/8" hose.
The biggest problem has been finding one that is self priming. If I want to mount the pump and the water sits on the floor, it's going to be tough to prime a pump.
So, any suggestions?
Thanks