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Hydrofogger problems

Discussion in 'Growing Areas' started by piotrm, Jul 20, 2014.

  1. Jul 20, 2014 #1
    piotrm

    piotrm Well-Known Member

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    Hi

    I need a bit help. I gor Hydrofogger or mini hydrofogger scene j\hand maybe year ago, all seems to be fine but just recently I noticed it more air blower than mist maker. Power and water supply seems to work fine. Any advice what I could try to do before it completely turns into fan? My water is not too soft this is the only problem I can think about. Any other ideas what could be wrong?
     
  2. Jul 20, 2014 #2
    Sean Houtman

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    Probably scale clogging up the sprayer. Take all the sprayer bits apart and soak them in vinegar.
     
  3. Jul 20, 2014 #3
    piotrm

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  4. Jul 21, 2014 #4
    Sean Houtman

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    Unless it is boiling the water, the water is getting sprayed somehow. I had a similar device that pulled water up a tube onto a spinning plate. The tube would clog with scale.
     
  5. Jul 21, 2014 #5
    Ray

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    I used to have one like that, too, and Sean is right.

    Those atomize via a spinning disk atomizer, fed through an integrated inverse-parabolic (how about that for a made-up descriptor?) feed tube that reaches down into the water. Then there is a plastic propeller blade to blow the droplets out through the top.

    If the small hole at the bottom of that tube gets clogged, or the little ones at the disk at the top do, you'll get no water flow, so no spray.

    I had another problem with the design - the plastic propeller blade wasn't particularly durable, and every couple of years, it would break, so there would be plenty of atomization, but none was ejected from the top.
     
  6. Aug 13, 2014 #6
    piotrm

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    thank you I got manual maintenance as well from producers. Ans it was problem by rotating element was clog by mud and bark maybe... talk me three hours to check all the parts and put it all back together leaving me with two extra screws.... but it all works again - happy days ;-)