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Right you dodgy bunch! I managed to aquire one of these off egay yesterday cheap ( rrp is something mental into the thousands! )



Now... this is a controller without pumps etc and outputs 240V AC - first thoughts were peristaltic pumps.... however on a small grow I can imagine over dosing is easily done. ( I have no idea how refined the controller is, some only allow 5-30mins frequencies - so other than a majorly diluted solution this is not an option )

Second thought.... Hospital IV pump - VERY precise however with a controller kicking in and out, they usually require setup per dose, and have a battery backup so when the controller cuts the feed, it would continue - NO USE!

Third thought - Syringe driver.... swaying towards this tbh, trying to find one that will autostart when power is applied with no manual buttons to be pressed - possibly rewiring a hospital one but I might also need a pot to limit the speed it works at on full voltage!

Anyone got any ideas? Anyone done anything mad like this before?
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It's like talking Chinese to me. Got no idea. Like I am listening to Musk speaking about artificial intelligence.. you better get in touch with him mate surely he will sort something out for this situation :laugh:

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hahahaha bulls, B.G ( the ugly fecker ) is going to have a word with a mate for me regarding this also - fully automated yo!

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I had no idea you spoke Japanese Grouse !!!!!
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What does the unit use as a standard if you bought it as an all in one kit?

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gmo its not like that, it plugs into pumps. I want fine controll pumps mate, not 300L/h etc. I can make it control any speed/type of pump

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Black Grouse wrote:gmo its not like that, it plugs into pumps. I want fine controll pumps mate, not 300L/h etc. I can make it control any speed/type of pump
Ahh yea, I get ya. I was just thinking if you knew the standard option you could reverse engineer the specs to meet your requirements

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I think its a universal depending on the scale - when I get it I can see how refined you can make it as well, it might do 1 second bursts meaning a bigger pump could be suited etc - I personally want a 1ml/H or similar pump so if it asks for an hour thats all it gets if that makes sense. Over engineered both ends for safety :)

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Black Grouse wrote:I think its a universal depending on the scale - when I get it I can see how refined you can make it as well, it might do 1 second bursts meaning a bigger pump could be suited etc - I personally want a 1ml/H or similar pump so if it asks for an hour thats all it gets if that makes sense. Over engineered both ends for safety :)
I get what ya mean mate. You almost want just a portion doser with a single dump and refill

The smallest single stage pump I could find was 5v 100l/h pump

I'll need to look into it further really but I'd be looking for something like gravity fed 1ml syringe doser with a servo actuator

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Medical syringe drivers do 0.1ml/h but... I'd have to modify one to auto start stop and throttle down as max is like 100l/h

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