DaveMcPhee
Well-Known Member
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Long time homebrewer here, who recently got into the the fun hobby of aquaponics, a system that has a lot of similarities to electric brewing, I swear. Aquaponics is a system that combines fish farming with hydroponics, the growing of plants in a soil-less environment using pumped water full of nutrients. In my case, the dirty fish water (full of poop) is pumped into a growbed full of river pebbles, where plants grow, cleaning and filtering the water for the fish. It's excellent fun, strongly recommended if you enjoy the kind of tinkering involved with electro brewing.
Here's why I'm posting here. The aquaponics community is mainly gardeners and off-the-grid type folks, with very little technical experience and guides, unlike this forum.
I need to build a very simple setup of a roughly ~1200W water heater, hooked up to a PID and a relay. Is there a simple beginners guide to setting something like up around here? A quick review and search shows lots of complex systems, but I'm just looking for the basics. Any help much appreciated
I'm looking for wiring guides and considerations, how to select a PID and thermocouple, setup considerations, gotchas, etc. I don't know enough to know what I don't know
And having browsed this forum for years, I know I can trust opinions posted here.
Thank you!
Long time homebrewer here, who recently got into the the fun hobby of aquaponics, a system that has a lot of similarities to electric brewing, I swear. Aquaponics is a system that combines fish farming with hydroponics, the growing of plants in a soil-less environment using pumped water full of nutrients. In my case, the dirty fish water (full of poop) is pumped into a growbed full of river pebbles, where plants grow, cleaning and filtering the water for the fish. It's excellent fun, strongly recommended if you enjoy the kind of tinkering involved with electro brewing.
Here's why I'm posting here. The aquaponics community is mainly gardeners and off-the-grid type folks, with very little technical experience and guides, unlike this forum.
I need to build a very simple setup of a roughly ~1200W water heater, hooked up to a PID and a relay. Is there a simple beginners guide to setting something like up around here? A quick review and search shows lots of complex systems, but I'm just looking for the basics. Any help much appreciated
I'm looking for wiring guides and considerations, how to select a PID and thermocouple, setup considerations, gotchas, etc. I don't know enough to know what I don't know
And having browsed this forum for years, I know I can trust opinions posted here.
Thank you!