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Precision Hydration Apparatus
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Hi! It is my pleasure to present to you… Precision Hydration Apparatus! One of my hobbies is indoor gardening and I have noticed that available automated hydration devices are rather imprecise, using only one pump and timed watering. If you have plants placed at different heights there could be a big difference in how much water goes to which pot and one watering duration setting applies to all the plants you are trying to water. I tried to use mini valves on hoses but that was a mess. The concept of my “apparatus”(lol) is simple: it measures the weight of the water tank at the preset time, and activates a pump that sends water from the tank to the plant until the weights read a pre-programmed value. So let’s say the apparatus reaches preprogrammed time for action 13HR 00MM 00SS, it weighs that there is 730 grams of water in the tank. Then from the preprogrammed record, corresponding to the time, it reads how much water it should pump, let’s say -100grams. It activates a designated pum
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