DIY 39 pepper Aeroponic System- EP. 1 (Rails)

EPISODE 1- The first in a series of videos detailing my homemeade aeroponic rail system that houses 39 pepper plants. This video details the rail construction and design and reasoning behind the build. Thanks for watching and please subscribe!!!

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Howto & Style

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• Aeroponic
• hydroponic
• aquaponic
• dwc
• deep water culture
• nft
• nutrient flow technique
• micro sprinkler
• mister
• peppers
• nutrients
• how-to
• how to
• indoor garden
• raised bed
• grow room
• net cups
• hydroton
• oxygen
• oxygenation
• roots
• root hairs
• root growth
• vertical gardening
• pablano
• habenaro
• chile
• bell pepper
• banana
• drain
• garden
• gardening
• grow
• grow light
• garderning

[19Photographer76]

Well Jason, your educational videos are very detailed with outstanding explanations and reasons why. They are just as awesome as your well planned and executed system set-up. My only question is on the elect male used for the drain. My assumption is that you used an O ring on the inside with a compression connector or nut. Are your holes drilled above the nut?

This is definitely the PRIMO rail set-up on YouTube!!

[Jksax914]

@19Photographer76 Hi Dave, There is a o-ring on the inside of the rail. The male 1 inch conduit fitting is on the inside of the rail with the female fitting being located outside. The o-ring is pushed down over the threads of the male and sits flush to the fitting. So then you simply drop the male thru the drilled hole and use the female to hand tighten down the oring against the rail. Also by doing it this way you can drill the holes in the male right down to almost where the oring sets.

[Jksax914]

@19Photographer76 continued, So when the rail drains all the solution leaves the rail except a slight film the thickness of the oring. About as thick as a tooth pick. Its important to use the male inside the rail. For one the male is shorter than the female and fits below the T nut mount for the cap. The female is to tall and wont fit under the T on the inside. The second reason is the male were to come from outside the rail in you would not be able toi drill the drain holes because cont.

[Jksax914]

@19Photographer76 you would drill the threads of the male. Hope this makes sense. In a later video I will show this setup its much easier to see it visually. Thanks for the comments.

[mediamaker2000]

I'm holding off questions til the end of the series because you explain everything so well, I'm sure you will cover all my questions. I will have one down the road which is how much electrical cost is involved. Are you running kill-a-watt meters etc?

[Jksax914]

@mediamaker2000 Dont have a kill-a-watt meter yet. Maybe that will make a good you-tube video down the road. It would be interesting to see the power draw. Thanks for the comment

[imatelly]

how is your rail set with sprayer heads held in by pressure.

its all i cant figure out on this thing.

id figure pressure would push it apart not hold it together.

[assmonkey75]

This is fantastic. Really brilliant. Good job!

[210482fmj]

there are some nice little mods you can add to make ur system really unique. I have seen waterproof pc fans you could add to an aeroponic chamber to blow air intot he resovoir or extract air to prevent high temptretures. its not about arguing if it is beenfit but it makes ur system unique. i figuredpumping more fresh air into an aeroponic root chamber would be worth trying and would make ur system unique

[bjdaddyjr]

This is the best system I've ever seen,and I love it. I would love to build one of these. Can you provide a complete list of parts needed? Do you have a blog of something with the steps to put it together? Any info, would be appreciated. Thanks

[kushtastick]

Really amazing setup! The most professional DIY I have seen for sure.

[JoshABand]

your system is flawless my friend. im really glad you are doing such a detailed explanation on it, one day i might switch to aeroponics as well. :) right now i just have eb and flow with some DWC systems set up. i like your setup quite a bit.