DIY pH automation for hydroponic reservoirs

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7 жыл бұрын

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PARTS LINKS used in this project (below):
Milwaukee single pH controller: goo.gl/TPoL9J
pinpoint dual pH controller: goo.gl/bSLrSE
Blue-Lab built in controller: goo.gl/ojvPfJ
ABS project box: goo.gl/NaDea6
Peristaltic Pump: goo.gl/vnt7PT
DC fem barrel connector: goo.gl/cwgBdp
Meanwell APV12-12 DC power: goo.gl/NUeZaX
Wall-wort 12v: goo.gl/C1bZg5
PG7 gland connector: goo.gl/rBMR4w
Step drill bit: goo.gl/ahrWkq
Irrigation
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Cleanable Inline strainer for hydro pumps: goo.gl/HkPtYM
Cheap DC controllable hydro pump: goo.gl/LjXvTz
Res float valve RO: goo.gl/5KLl26
Nutrients I use:
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Remote LED driver to COB wire (4 conductor): goo.gl/1leXmr
Sexy little waterproof connectors: goo.gl/tnVTM0
Water Resistant ABS project box (diy connections): goo.gl/0fFjqm
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AC Daisy chain female port: goo.gl/620niF
AC Daisy chain cord: goo.gl/U7Acv4
DC power barrel connectors: goo.gl/mq2rn4
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Пікірлер: 396

@gilly1422 7 жыл бұрын

bad ass.. being an ex electrical engineer now a state licensed grower I really dig this. great work. clean lines.

@pusher2borntorise424 7 жыл бұрын

I do appreciate these types of videos that you post. I've already learned and applied a lot of the LED information you've shared before. The trust is there bro. This stuff just makes me want to #1 continue to to improve as a grower and #2 continue to spend more money on cool shit like this. Lol I love it

@EBKong 7 жыл бұрын

I don't even run a reservoir and I'm already thinking about this. You'll be the death of me yet Sir! Great work as always on all fronts, the build and video

@grashperinafizzle3240 7 жыл бұрын

The DIY GURU👍🏼 Great stuff, please keep these type of videos coming!

@nutetools6042 4 жыл бұрын

We love the torus hydro pod! Works awesome for keeping the pH at a steady range. Never spikes above 6.5. Suuuper efficient way of keeping RDWC and hydro systems regulated

@wmhaynes5632 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I travel so I needed the automation and ... it works great! The plants are loving steady/stable pH!

@peterrolfe528 3 жыл бұрын

Good shit man its a great idea and its even better that u actually went on with the thought and mastered it and made a full professional looking and working build of it. Anyone thats got negative things to say about this vid are just making themselves look stupid. 100% man u got talent.

@MGarafano 7 жыл бұрын

Brings me back! Had a similar setup when i was running an aeroflow 60, PH was constantly drifting up, dosing pump and Milwaukee controller did the trick.

@blood2bleed24 7 жыл бұрын

Ty for the amazing video. You make smalltime growers like me happy with all these DYII projects that are amazing.

@wesmiller6762 7 жыл бұрын

Recharge is so great. I have watched it work within 2 days noticeable. Love this auto water control too.

@RickBarkergoldclaimmaps 7 жыл бұрын

You are the boss on the DIY tech stuff Growau5. Many thanks...

@chrisfuller9077 7 жыл бұрын

always a pleasure watching you guys..all brilliant..

@Not2day-Satan 5 жыл бұрын

You are a gentleman and a scholar kind sir. Thank you for this info.

@sethpastore7963 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet, seems like automation has been the theme around these parts last week or so, another great piece of info Thanks

@volvo09 7 жыл бұрын

super bad ass! in such a small test tank I'm surprised you got it to settle! I could imagine slowing down the pumps with lower voltage (essentially what diluting did) would help with control for some folks.

@doctoreden 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing build. Well explained. Just what I needed! Subscribed!

@hattyhashbrowns 7 жыл бұрын

Ha!! I super knew you would do this!! As it came up on the round table and more and more people in chat asked about it ...then you touched on the aquarium controllers ...I knew it was on!! You never disappoint sugar! 💚 3 minutes in and I can't wait to see how it goes! (Not to mention I'm totally enamored with the way you say peristaltic😍)

@GrowMau5 7 жыл бұрын

hey Hatty, !! thanks so much for stopping by and showing the luv. cheers

@somefunguy9583 7 жыл бұрын

nice grow hack! that light is looking dope in the background as well

@mcconaughey8408 7 жыл бұрын

Love it man! Always breaking down all the details!

@MrSUPAFROG 7 жыл бұрын

sweet build dude!!

@miamiheights2651 7 жыл бұрын

Really cool, never seen a DIY one before thanks for sharing brotha

@stevedavis8526 3 жыл бұрын

I built one very similar using the same controller. It is working perfectly! The only diff was I bought pre wired adjustable pumps...it was cheaper. Nice idea and TY.

@fuckyoutubehandIes 7 жыл бұрын

Just the video i needed, setting up my own PH automation in a day or so.

@martintanana4109 7 жыл бұрын

that was a bad ass video!! keep them coming!!

@SuperRoyGBiv7 6 жыл бұрын

Was thinking of figuring out how to do the same thing, you did it and did it so well. Amazing

@woodcutter23 7 жыл бұрын

I learn somthing new every time I watch ur vids mate ,I just wish I had your skills to recreate it lol ,growers love from the uk ✌️

@mickwoody8741 7 жыл бұрын

you are a guru keep making these videos man

@SebastianKlahr 7 жыл бұрын

Awsome job, love your channel! keep on growing XD

@horthydro3987 7 жыл бұрын

That's a great build,love the stickers to.

@snozzberry1916 3 жыл бұрын

Even if I never make this project, I had never heard of a "project box" before, thanks. Very cool, I've got a few projects that could use those.

@dankgbsmokes5354 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet set up mau5!

@MiamiBeachMan 7 жыл бұрын

Using similar skills and components, you could make a flow battery for high energy backup storage.. pair it with some solar, wind or hydro power and you've got a complete energy solution. Not only would you have backup power, but you could take your entire operation off the grid.

@mbullify 7 жыл бұрын

Yup that's awesome love this kinda stuff your lights are amazing thank you

@Dave-wl2qe 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome work!

@jupiter4018 7 жыл бұрын

Love it. Once she stabilizes after your initial water change it should be smooth sailing. God i hate doing my ph. Great job man and keep rocking.

@mick1963 7 жыл бұрын

Great vid brother!

@DenverHolden 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video dude.

@hostilesinbound3241 6 жыл бұрын

Holy, I like this guy more and more every video.

@GrowMau5 6 жыл бұрын

hostilesinbound 😍👍

@2061JamesMann 7 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this

@Lokash80 7 жыл бұрын

Maaaaaate. You are a dead set legend. This is awesome 👏🏻 thanks for sharing.

@twistafarian7041 7 жыл бұрын

So badass brother!

@t91med2 7 жыл бұрын

always good information.

@southtex4354 7 жыл бұрын

Great build nice and clean.. need to get a project box for my temp controller useing a old plastic box. great job on the trial and error on the solution ratio, hope this works out for u.. peace and blessings

@TheStp77 5 жыл бұрын

Good video man, well explained!

@NW-rr4zy 7 жыл бұрын

Epic. Thanks for the vid, man.

@ilampaulino 7 жыл бұрын

that was so cool i had to watch it twice!

@selotozi9468 6 жыл бұрын

Very good great video ! Never see like this before

@mackenziewood4619 3 жыл бұрын

Built the same one with identical parts and cost me about 350$ CAD total (Half the price of the Bluelab controller), just got it set up and doing a test run but so far so good. I opted for a 30:1 mixture because it was using so much of the 50:1 solution. Next step is setting up 5 gallon pales with PH up and PH down solutions and wiring up a float switch to shut off the controller when the solution runs out to prevent the pumps from burning out.

@mackenziewood4619 3 жыл бұрын

9 hours later and it's working perfectly, it kicks on once every 9 hours when the PH gets to 6.02 (high setting) and brings it back down to my low setting (5.81) in about 30 seconds without using much solution at all.

@cuntstringer4949 7 жыл бұрын

very cool and clean

@jonosterman2878 4 жыл бұрын

Thankful for this video. Helpful in my research on building flower room aeroponic systems with off the shelf components. Aeroponics would for sure need some guy or gal checking the PH of reservoirs on a constant basis, unless you can PH automation. EC does not fluctuate as much as PH in hydro, so unless it is on a larger scale, I think a lot of DIY full flower aero set ups can run fine with just PH auto control. Eventually I want to have both, but I just don't operate on a large enough scale to make the EC auto control nearly as important as PH.

@wesmiller6762 7 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeaaaaaa boyyyyy love all you do bro.

@michaelhuguley831 7 жыл бұрын

once again, knowledge is cool, thanks.

@DisgruntledVet 7 жыл бұрын

bad ass GrowMou5! thank you so mush for this video! I hate PH'ing with a passion! I'm definitely going to build this even though Im swithing to super soil and eventually no-till, but I will probably play around with hydro. Thank you again for sharing the info. It helps out tremendously!

@mikeo943 7 жыл бұрын

awesome!!!! you definitely got me thinking.

@Solarplex100 7 жыл бұрын

love this project!

@everythingallin4905 7 жыл бұрын

very clean and inspiring work. If I used flood and drain I would build one of these right away.

@420DeadHeadMan420 7 жыл бұрын

wow dude. amazing video

@martelaaron 7 жыл бұрын

another great vid, ty mau5

@coyner585 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing dude! I've always been under the assumption that if you go too far one way to start over cause you don't wanna use both up and down. But either way this is definitely good info.

@senlocke 7 жыл бұрын

awesome vid thanks GM

@meegrownation4031 4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! 🙌🏼😎💯

@woody7652 7 жыл бұрын

I love your stuff, it grows high-tech weed! To answer your question at the end, we just want more Growmau5!

@GrowMau5 7 жыл бұрын

Woody Woody moar anything?? Peace woody :)

@woody7652 7 жыл бұрын

ANYTHING! Peace high tech homie :)

@ccoffey112374 7 жыл бұрын

dam you make me want more stuff lmao. cool as all ways growmau5 and looks like the light from your last video is coming along. looking forward to that video hope northern refill stock soon so you can post

@GrowMau5 7 жыл бұрын

chris coffey me too. !!

@lesaint-pere3710 Жыл бұрын

As a student in automatisation I really like this video

@donovanberry4487 6 жыл бұрын

you are a living Messiah of cannabis growers everywhere

@easygreen4673 7 жыл бұрын

Love it mate

@southerntommygun1353 3 жыл бұрын

Just an observation for what it's worth; Try putting the probe back on the other end of the tank and increase the sample rate of the controller. In process control of this type you generally don't need a PID, just a PI or a straight proportional control. But give the dose time to effect the whole tank and get mixed in by increasing your sample rate.

@tenthousandquills1774 5 жыл бұрын

This. Is. Awesome.

@rollerkitbird 3 жыл бұрын

I have the same pH controller just laying around too... Cheers!

@shrimpstickss 7 жыл бұрын

😎👍 automation like a boss

@MikeM8976 7 жыл бұрын

I don't do hydroponics at all but I still thought this was a great idea and it made a interesting video, I wouldn't have even thought that it would be possible to set something up like that

@jeffreytorres5590 6 жыл бұрын

WISH I HAD A BRAIN LIKE YOURS,LOVE YOUR VIDS.

@homegrown365 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Nice to know. Keep em comin Thanks.

@holygrail4222 7 жыл бұрын

Well done good sir.

@easygreen4673 7 жыл бұрын

Going to build one for sure. Along site res temp control

@psiloatlantis1246 7 жыл бұрын

As usual very helpful information from growmau5.

@CaptainManic2010 7 жыл бұрын

Dude I love your work so much you're an inspiration. However i just don't have the skills required. What I'd love is for you to make a playlist of introductory tutorial videos....electronics 101....parts 101....tools to learn and practice projects 101...before i grow confident enough to attempt some of your insanely awesome projects.

@veger2001 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this is great video :)

@pheno4207 7 жыл бұрын

sick video love this shit keep up the great work brother

@kencochrane1006 Жыл бұрын

so... building this for a 40 litre reservior tank. think i'll add a circulating pump to the ph up or down outlet as well to mix while dosing

@organicminer5803 7 жыл бұрын

Nice @Growmau5. Thanks for adding another project to my list! ;-)

@GrowMau5 7 жыл бұрын

sorry for adding to your work load, lololol. cheers

@benkunze2003 7 жыл бұрын

Bad ass vide mau5. What controller would you look into if you didn't have one already?

@antoineroyer3841 7 жыл бұрын

thanks, I like your video and the information.

@algencanete9424 4 жыл бұрын

Can we submersed the pH probe for a long time?

@TheDrouyn 7 жыл бұрын

You think you could work out a water level sensor? Alert for low and overflow?

@klonestootrichomes4276 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. 👍

@DylanHarris1515 5 жыл бұрын

@growmau5 Great stuff thanks so much, where did you get the tubing small enough to work with those peristaltic pumps? Thanks

@LokiGro 7 жыл бұрын

bro you make my life better

@dp4295 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, thank you. I just ordered all the goodies to build this. PH is the Bain of every hydro grower’s existence. I could not find a dual system anywhere.

@kencochrane1006 Жыл бұрын

how did you make out?

@dp4295 Жыл бұрын

Very well Ken. If I knew how to post a pic I would lol I tried a couple different ratios for both PH up and down and landed on 20:1 for both. I have a 75 gal res feeding 8 25 litre totes (ea holding approx 15 litres) RDWC. Works good but I wish there was a way to pause after a dosing to give the entire system a chance to adjust.

@dp4295 Жыл бұрын

If someone could design and build an affordable system that doses ph up/down and ec that would be amazing. For EC you could have a target with a ratio mixture from 4 or 5 peristaltic pumps. For example if you were looking for an ec of say 1.2 it would dose the desired ratio ie 60% from peri 1, 20% peri 2, and so on. I think you have the know how to build this.

@dp4295 Жыл бұрын

@@kencochrane1006 see comments below.

@DarkShadowPR 7 жыл бұрын

How about adding a bubbler to the pH solution reservoir to make it gets mixed up sure it doesn't settle at the bottom?

@fullboreautogrow1854 4 жыл бұрын

awesome man

@stinknyc8041 7 жыл бұрын

very cool stuff 🐒💣

@TheGamerzXChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Can the pH probe be submerged in the water for one whole grow (3-4 months)? Else how could one fully automate the ph dosing..?

@JuneBugJoe 7 жыл бұрын

Hey @growmau5 , if you get these messages, what was that data logger that will update on a program through wireless to the computer? Didn't hear it get mentioned on the tools show. not to control just to log environmental data, co2, humidity, temp, Volts... There are quite a few different ones out there, could you say which ones you like and the one you prefer or use in your room. Thanks

@michaels8297 4 жыл бұрын

Is nylon tubing safe to leave inside the ph up and down bottle? If so, what kind of tubing did you use on the inside of the pump to make sure the chemicals dont corrode the plastic?

@Gollammeister 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a system out there you could buy that senses water pH temperature nutrients required pH up pH down

@dbrownyzfr1 2 жыл бұрын

I built this and am having problems understanding what stops the pumping without starting the other pump. Seems to just go back and fourth between the 2 pumps.

@dubtroy331 7 жыл бұрын

grown as I got a led grow light mars two and half rows llights are out the rest works what could it be is it the bulbs out our something elese

@CostasHoneyBees 7 жыл бұрын

no till here, but definitely like the ingenuity tech of the mou5, good info 👍👍👍.. jebao is what was talked about friday on the round table as well, they have some pretty cost efficient stuff (dosing pumps and submersible ect) mou5 you still have a tank ?