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Huh fuck, this is so great, I can´t stop thinking about this great Idea!
Would it be okay to steal the principals and show a system like this in the german Sub?
this could be a nice Version vor Homebox-Users!
Sounds like the leak is either down the outside of the pvc pipe from the glue bond between pipe and table, or it is leaking down the inside of the pvc pipe at the silicone bond between pipe and bulkhead fitting. If you can watch the leak closely you should be able to tell if the water is coming down the outside of the pipe or down the inside. Sometimes when you can't see a leak, you can touch your finger to a surface to tell if water is flowing down it. If the leak is around the outside of the pvc pipe then wrapping your fingers around it will tell you immediately.
For a major fix, you can take a hole saw and drill out your holes clear through, to a size larger than the plastic nuts. An extra long center drill bit in the hole saw can reach through the original hole and bite into your waste back-up board to align and stabilize the hole saw while starting the cut. Now cut a piece of half inch plywood to glue and screw underneath the new enlarged hole. Before installing this plywood, drill into it the proper size hole for the ebb and flow fitting, making it large enough to accommodate the several coatings of paint which will make the hole smaller. With the fitting down in this new bottom hole, it will drain better than before also.
But to do this fix you have to shut down the grow and take the table apart. The heck with that. The best and easiest first try is to let the table and fittings dry out, then apply the sealant up top around the fittings since that's where the water is going in. If that doesn't work and the water is coming out the inside of the bottom pipe, then squooging silicone up the drain pipe using a matchstick to get it up around between the drain tubing and pvc might do the trick.
Or place a bucket on the floor under the leak for the next two months.
I harvested one of my plants from my microcab a few nights ago and I will have something to smoke for the rest of this cycle. That will make my posts require more editing and my stress level a lot lower.