Link v1.100 it s faill on my computer
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https://file.io/mBzjw0i0OjpU @ricogrow
Original link: https://scienceinhydroponics.com/HydroBuddy-1.100-Windows.zip
I just mirrored it for you. Scan before use.
If you’d like the Mac copy dm me.
Are you having issues installing vs downloading?
your link doesn’t change anything my pc doesn’t want to know anything windos10
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Have you tried running in compatibility mode? @ricogrow
I’ll install it tonight and get back to you, but that should be a quick resolve potentially.
Yes compatibility no changing
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Gotta click tiny text that shows more options or continue…
You have to allow this part by selecting Run Anyway
Works for me on Windows 11
@ricogrow
send screenshots for assistance.
Because the publisher isn’t known to Microsoft, they try to prevent initial setup. That’s why the source of your files are important, if you have from direct source, follow this process and you’ll be up and running with a simple click or two
It’s operating just fine for me. You can message me for more hands on assistance.
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thank you @Pussybandit I took another pc and it works
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Please note hydrobuddy is only compatible with 64-bit computers. It might be that your machine where it doesn’t work is an older 32-bit computer.
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Is there a thread specifically for people actually making/using custom blended fertilizers?
I want to ask about scales/balances. I’m looking for some information, details, and recommendations for scales that are above the level of $40-80 on amazon (usuallly) but under say $300ish (canadian). I’ve done some research, but at a certain point I find it’s good to ask and see if those with in hand experience or knowledge can cut through the enormous amount of options, marketing, and provide me/us with some guidance.
Just as an example: Precision Balances - Affordablescales.com
I went from looking at amazon offerings, to stuff like myweigh gempro 250/300, to seeing Sartorius AY123 (discontinued) and similar.
I’m not saying you or I need this for weighing out salts for custom blends. But the question remains.
Thanks.
What resolution are you trying to measure and what amount are you trying to weigh up to?
Here are the ones I’ve used with great success
Amazon special 20g 0.001 resolution
Amazon.comOhaus Scout 1500g 0.01 resolution
Amazon.comOhaus Valor 7000g 0.2 resolution
Amazon.com
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0.001 Readability/precision (I’ve seen it called resolution before, but also seen what seemed a slightly different definition for resolution), and good repeatability/standard deviation. I’d like 100g ish capacity. But I think even 50ish would do; I could use it only for the “micronutrients”, and use a less precise scale for the heavier ingredients.
(Edit:
-I wouldn’t even need 50g capacity. But once I got away from the “amazon” models, into the more…“quality” tools, I guess, the capacities I’ve seen are rarely less than…maybe 60g. Or, at least, it’s much more common to see higher capacities.
-I want something with a breeze break/wind cover.
-Minimum read weight of 0.010 is what the lowest tier Tree model has.)
I’ve looked a bit more since posting. And also have spoken to lwmeasurements about some of their “Tree” models.
And I’ve tried to learn some terminology and stuff like that.
Thanks.
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I got a scout lab scale that I couldn’t certify for commerce, for the low. Holla.
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Ive had great luck with the Ohaus scales they were the first and only ones I used and only complaint is the battery warning. LOW BATTERY then dead in like 5 minutes like how about a 1 day warning. If plugged in this is no issue
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Thanks for sharing. I’m in canada though. So it’s $985 cad, shipped, total. I should have said “make sure you’re sitting down” first.
Which model exactly, please? So I can check it out. And - I’m in canada, but what would your asking price be?
$300 + shipping and import cause USA to Canada is crazy
I sent a $300 TDR sensor to Canada and it cost me about $100
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Yea, it’s obscene isn’t it. But yea, I looked that one up and it appears to be 0.01g readability, I need 0.001g, and want a draft shield too.
Thanks for letting me know though, I really appreciate that.
On another note, @danielfp, what type of scale would you recommend for weighing water (as mentioned in some custom fertilizer blend videos, and posts of yours). Can you give me an example, what style, what precision/readability (1g? 30g? 100g?), what would the “set up” be?
I assume for capacity I’d just decide what the most water weight I’d need to weigh was (40 Gallons/151.4 Liters would be ~151.4 Kg / 333 Lb.
So if you put a reservoir/container on a…shipping scale with ~450 Lb capacity and ~50g readability and fill it to the weight you want…I can see issues with this? Haha.
I actually tried weighing water with a cheap hanging scale I have (a luggage scale) and a 5 Gallon bucket. It…worked, but I duno what’s a practical way to do this.
Weighing water on any large scale is very impractical. What you will do is determine the water mass needed using weighing at a small scale (usually 100-500g) for which a +/-0.01g max 500g scale is enough. Then you will use a flow meter to measure the water volume at a larger scale. Since the density of water is almost exactly 1g/mL, it is easy to make this conversion.
The idea is to never need to do water weighing at a large scale. Determine water volumes needed exactly by using weights at the small scale, then translate to volumes at the larger scale and use +/-1% flow meters.
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Is this advice to use a water flow meter for larger scale grows/facilities? Does this apply or “make sense” for a personal grower, who might make 20, 30, or 40 gallon reservoirs at a time?
Not sure where to look, so I’m checking digikey and grainger.
Now I’m wondering if just mixing up the reservoir and topping up with water until it hits the right EC to match a smaller scale would be easier and just as acceptable.
Thanks.