How to Build an Off Grid Hydroponic/Aquaponic System: Survival Hydroponics

How to Build an Off Grid Hydroponic or Aquaponic System: Survival Hydroponics
Using solar, AGM deep cycle batteries and a solar regulator we take a 12 volt pump off grid to run the hydroponic system.
Today we add a solar battery system to the NFT and flood and drain hydroponic system to take it off grid to prepare for a possible pandemic after the Australian government trigger their emergency response plan.

How to Build a NFT Hydroponic System:

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[danyboyno]

Exactly what I'm doing for my first small DIY home system as I've got some older solar panels/solar controller off my campervan and a number of leisure batteries, just designing it around the NFT system with 6.5cm square plastic down pipes.

[berilmurray]

A great video. Just what I need for my off-grid set up. I am in QLD too. Thankyou!!😊

[tegannottelling]

Thank you, about to swap my older house batteries out for lithium and the older batteries are going down to the swim pond to push the water up to the aquaponics beds... yabbies veggies ( hopefully Murray cod too, when I can get fingerlings and I’m right on the edge of where they will survive ( but pond is cold in shade... should be right 😝).
Brilliant videos ( watched your cane toad tadpole trap one the other day ) you explain things really well ( thanks for the tip about the voltage protection on the load terminals that’s fantastic )

[seahippies]

We're watching this 0ff grid...As a natter of fact we do EVERYTHING off grid...We also can get over 8m of rain a year! Watchin from the Daintree where the biggest problem we have is too much water!

[Caotik]

When he said solar system I had to laugh a solar system has sun moon and planets 😁

[dennisnsharleneparker]

I had to laugh with facing north. When in South America several years ago I kept looking for sun in the south and never found it. Then my husband reminded me south hemispheres sun is in the north. Did that ever turn me around. Lol

[rorzario]

Pandemic didn’t cause the power grid to fail but I guess good use of spare time it freed up!

[madaxe]

Hey champ, just found your channel, great stuff. I’m from Mackay and I want to do the same thing.

[anti-classist]

What's the point of going off grid if you have to eventually go buy the seeds and stuff when you run out? Or do you teach every aspect of it?

[john_blues]

Just fyi, when you get low sunlight, like when it's cloudy or rainy, the plants have enough sunlight to grow but the panel will struggle. It's not a perpetual system unless your battery bank is big enough to withstand multiple days with little to no charge. I'm in the US in the midwest. On cloudy days, the solar drops to a trickle. So make sure you do the calculations.

[hrs]

Can you bypass the nutrients or substitute it for something else ? In a survival scenario how would you substitute nutrients for this system ?

[SharnaHenry]

Will the battery store energy to run the system throughout the night?

[derekmartin]

Will this work with any pond pump or does it have to be a 12v Dc pump? Thanks

[daynebrooks]

Can you comment more on how you wired the pump into the controller? I need an adaptor like yours

[littlenugs]

Is it possible to run your grow lights with the same type of system

[giovannicorraliza]

Revelation 14:12 & 18:23, quit PCR tests

[Isobel]

Another fantastic video! I have been looking into running my hydroponics through wind power, but had no clue how to go about setting it up. Thanks for sharing all your wisdom and experience with us Hoocho!

[redridgegardening]

great video mate. I thought of this idea and knew it should work but have been looking for a video to prove if someone else has already done it. Proud to find the most basic and easy to follow video was from a fellow Queenslander ; )
now im ready to start ordering some parts to get started

[ramoneoliveira]

Eu tive problemas com esse controlador ☹️☹️☹️

[jaypfeilsticker]

Would it make sense to raise the water level (maybe by 1-3cm??) by capping the end of the pvc pipe and drilling a hole up from the bottom of the pipe to keep more water in the pipe in case of no sun? With the hole drilled off center, and if the end caps were threaded, you could adjust the water level by just turning the cap on the threads. ? ? ?