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Hydroponic Automation: Measuring water volume added to reservoir

OttoGardener
9 years ago

I am maintaining my reservoir level by topping off with plain fresh water. When the amount of water added equals half of the total reservoir volume, I dump the nutrients and start over.

It's easy enough to automate the top-off with a float valve, but it leaves us blind to the volume of water added.

I would like to discuss options for tracking the amount of water added to the reservoir. I've looked into some flow meters, but haven't yet found anything with reviews confirming accuracy and reliability. Then I was thinking there could be a better way to do this than introducing the complexities of a flow meter. Ideas?

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