Auto Drip Systems - Anyone build one?

[Cronk]

My tent is on a second floor with no water, I have to carry the water every day if I want to water every day. Then I have to carry the runoff away and dump it in the garden. I'm looking into building a really small drip system ( no waste) so I just fill the reservoir when it's empty. This will make flushing easy too. All the videos I find are pretty bad at explaining things so I'm asking here

Does anyone know a good info resource for this?

Foraflex looks nice but seems expensive for what it is, some folks build cheap systems from parts at any hardware store. I' talking small, for a 3x3 tent so I think it would be really manageable

thanks

[BlueBudz]

Hey cronk. I wouldn’t think it would be hard. Just finding all the parts you need. You could build a very cheap one with a bucket small pump, lines and shut off valves or no valves and a timer on the pump to cycle as often as you see fit

[Cronk]

Thanks Blue, yes the parts are readily available but the right ones are hard to know. a lot of vids I see show leaking joints, cheap parts, inaccurate timers, failing pumps, etc.... hard to know what's the good stuff.

[BlueBudz]

Ya I think if your looking to save money it’s just part of it. Trial and error. You could simply find a reservoir and elevate it. Run some small hoses with small shut off valves to each and regulate the flow with the valves. Bus as water level goes down so would flow rate.

[BlueBudz]

I’m going to be making a top feed dwc today if that helps lol

[Waltermelon]

They sell entire kits at home Depot. The systems may need to be modified to fit your set up, but all the fittings instructions, and pieces you didn't even know you needed will be in it.

[Cronk]

thanks, mang. I'll check it out

[Potted]

I built a cheep one when I went into the hospital for a week. I used a I’v bag hung above plant gravity fed with a clamp to slow the drip to desired amount. I think the same thing can b done with any type of container and could b split to drip more than one plant. My2$

[Cronk]

Timers. I hear youtubers talking about timers on their systems but I have yet to see a clear shot of one, or an explanation of what it is, exactly

I've seen hose timers and light timers. What kind of timer allows you to set up multiple times per day for seconds at a time to turn on and off a pump?

What kind of timers are you folks using?

[Cronk]

thanks Insight. I don't think that one does seconds, according to info there. Or at least what some reviews say

do you have experience with this one?

[Insight]

Cronk. I use them and they are settable to 1 second ON or OFF.
Scroll all the way down the description page and you'll see........
"With LCD display. 12/24 hour mode selectable. Can be down to second. Max 8 daily or weekly ON/OFF programs"

[Cronk]

right. thanks again