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08/13/2016 - Fixing little things

A project log for Automatized Hydroponic Vertical Crop

Ideally, Stablishing an underground crop based on hydroponic technology and controlled through genuino to sustain a plant storage.

roberto-vicente-romeroRoberto Vicente Romero 08/13/2016 at 19:460 Comments

Today we have realised the leak was not fixed at all. As soon as we crossed the door, we saw the floor… I mean, our new pool, because it was covered in water.

Apparently, the duct tape could not contain the small flow of water inside the tube and from its right corner, it was dropping all night long.

So, we turn off the pump (which, by the way, is an aquarium type and whenever the water level is below the pump, it overheats) and started to clean the floor.

After dismantling the prototype, we bought special glue for PVC pipes. The purpose was to seal the right side. We looked for waterproof material and we chose a regular plastic. The idea was to fuse both materials together as an entire structure.

Unfortunately, the glue needs between six and twelve hours to achieve its maximum endurance.

On Monday we plan to assemble the whole prototype again and check our progress.

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