Volksgarden Australia

[VOSTOK]

$us2500.00 for this    assembly: 

 

DIY links:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcH_NM-_RZw

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omL2UuPT88

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNmqcGbrzM4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5G_HjN1kI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfWtC_1c2As

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFMJPV07Ugs

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFIdxmMTS8Y

[Sir PsychoHashy]

I know this is a serious question, and you are looking for a serious answer, but with a name like Volksgarden it's begging for it:

 

DIY Aussie Volksgarden - Hippy Powered buds

 

• Take 1 Volkswagen Kombi (preferably with flower power paint job) and jack the back end up
• Hook a generator to one wheel to power the lights, fans, pumps etc
• Hook up a gearing system to the other wheel to rotate the drums.
• Set up the inside of the Kombi as a product testing centre.

 

If you could grow enough plants to offset the Kombi emissions it might even qualify as GREEN.

 

 

Sorry for interupting your post Vostok, I couldn't help myself. 

[louise]

The name reminds me of something more like this...

 

[Frank Reynolds]

That's what I was picturing Lou

[billygoat]

I recall seeing similar aroind 10-12 years back,possibly online, or in a high times mag.... Different name, but were around 5-6k us.

 

I only looked at this thread as i thought Vostok may have finally started a grow thread..... I am waiting to learn from the Master, please enlighten us ohhh great one.

[buzzo]

Q: How much power does the garden consume?

A: The Volksgarden™ draws 6 watts for the rotation motor, and 16 watts for the pump which only needs to run intermittently. The Volksgarden™ lighting options range from 125 / 250 watts Compact Fluorescent up to 400 / 600 / 1,000 watts of High Pressure Sodium depending on your application.

 

This has been cut and paste from Questions and answers from the Manufacturer..... Omegagarden.com

 

My conservative guess would have been 20 watts for the motor...So there you go.

 

Not such a good Idea to question an Electrical Engineer is it ! 

Sorry Nibbler can't let anyone get away with Q & A on my trade.

Edited April 1, 2013 by buzzo

[VOSTOK]

As a big fan of VW I like Louise's pic, for those who may consider building there own I recommend they view the 'commercial assembly' and the final DIY clip 'no7', and compare spokes no spokes etc etc, the 'pom' has his DIY job hanging in a confined nth yorkshire attic? which is just too small......a pity for all the work done, very difficult to sell a product if they keep re-naming it every now and then roto-grow, volks garden, now omega garden...? I can imagine there is more...?

 

One final observation...at the conclusion of the commercial assembly , the fat guy clips the little green boxes to the outside of the wheel, surely they clip to the inside......?

[The Hash Nibbler]

 

Q: How much power does the garden consume?

A: The Volksgarden™ draws 6 watts for the rotation motor, and 16 watts for the pump which only needs to run intermittently. The Volksgarden™ lighting options range from 125 / 250 watts Compact Fluorescent up to 400 / 600 / 1,000 watts of High Pressure Sodium depending on your application.

 

This has been cut and paste from Questions and answers from the Manufacturer..... Omegagarden.com

 

My conservative guess would have been 20 watts for the motor...So there you go.

 

Not such a good Idea to question an Electrical Engineer is it ! 

Sorry Nibbler can't let anyone get away with Q & A on my trade.

So is that for the industrial one in the First picture Buzzo, or their silly little home version? Because it was the industrial one that was shown first, and the one I answered on.

I think you'll find that the home version is a pissy lil knock off.

 

Peace. Nibbler.

[MongyMan]

...... very difficult to sell a product if they keep re-naming it every now and then roto-grow, volks garden, now omega garden...? I can imagine there is more...?

 

They are difficult to sell becuase they are overpriced and pretty much usless....not becuase the names for them keeps changing. The name keeps changing every 10 yrs or so to attract noobs who get taken in easily by them thinking it's 'new cutting edge stuff'. When people realise they are crap they stop selling and the name gets changed again

 

MongyMan

[VOSTOK]

So is that for the industrial one in the First picture Buzzo, or their silly little home version? Because it was the industrial one that was shown first, and the one I answered on.

I think you'll find that the home version is a pissy lil knock off.

 

Peace. Nibbler.

the pissy knock off had a microwave turn table installed to rotate the drum, worth a look ....