by Morten
Is this pump strong enough?
12:54 pm in electronic components, Getting Started, made from scratch (without a kit), pumps, Seeking Advice, Version 2.0 airlift system by Morten
Hello Windowfarmers!
I was just introduced to this idea through my brother and now we are planning on getting started. The first step is to pick the right pump. I have no experience as a gardener, nor as an engineer, but none the less I am determined to make this work. Somewhere I found someone linking to this pump and I would like to ask you farmers what you think the capacity of the pump is? How many pots will it be able to support?
http://shop.petworld.dk/product/luftpumper/luftpumpe-cr-10.aspx#top
If I understand it correctly it’ll pump 72 litres per hour. I think it sounds like a lot, but as a rookie I found that it would be best to seek the advice of my fellow farmers.
Apart from that, it looks like the pump has two vents going out. Is this understood correctly? Does this mean I can start out by making one window farm, for example the 2.0 system and then if it works out, and I want two farms, connect another 2.0 in the other vent of the pump?
The last question is if any of you knows if this pump is going all the time and how much noise it makes?
I hope you can help me and I’m looking forward to hear your answers.
Best greetings
- Morten
Hi Morten, If you use the t-joint method, you should be able to do work 2 windowfarms . You can put it on a timer so that it comes on for 15 minutes every hour and I think your should use 3/16 inch (internal diameter) tubing. You should wash out the tubing before you use it.
If you put a t-joint at the top too, you can work 4 windofarms with your pump. I don’t have time right now to find pictures to show how all this works but maybe if you click on some of the tags on the right of your screen, you can find them yourself.
Brian
I have bought the bigger brother cr40 and it is way to big for what I Hope to do which is a 4 column window farm