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== Description ==
== Goal ==
* Construction of vertical hydroponic windows farm for plants from plastic battlesbottles.
== More information ==
http://our.windowfarms.org/2009/07/29/3-plant-air-lift-window-farm/
step by step instructions:<br>
http://our.windowfarms.org/instructions_dev/index.php?language=2§ion=1
To cut glass bottle:<br>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVyz3ZwEivw
== Obstacle ==
== Components ==
* glass Glass bottle (recylcling should be better, pet is pretty bad for you)
** can be simply mate bottle, the geeky feel is a plus
* water Water pump :
** the first solution is a hornbach water pump.
** Second solution would be a cooling system pump.
* timer* Fred: I have two water pump from coffee machine (230V)* Timer:
** We can even go further and use an mbed, or the serial port of [foo|Internal_Server].
* top Top and bottom reservoir of water
** No top reservoir should do it, we can add one after to normalize the water flow
* tubesTubes:
** some copper tubes would add a nice touch to the whole thing
** pvc tubes could be a simpler solution, but that wouldn't be that reliable under the heavy sun.
list of components:<br>
[[File:parts_list.pdf]]
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Bottles cutting instructions:<br>
[[File:bottle_cutting_templates.pdf]]
== Schedule ==
* 23 March: some pumping test with a coffee pump. Two main issue have occured : the pump is not powerfull enough it can only withstand a water column of 2 meters. The flow is also not important enough.
* 24 March : Second try with the coffee machine pump. The flow seems to be sufficient with a little tube. We can maybe use a double reservoir approach, one up and one down.
* 18 April : Basic pump testing with the coffee pump, it only need a nice box around it to secure the 220V connection. Apart from this, everything is working fine.
== Project Leader==
* [[User:LEdbug]]
== Participant Participants ==
* [[User:gcmalloc]]
* [[User:speredenn]]
