PLANT!T GoGro Essential Manual De Instrucciones página 2

Understanding
the GoGro
Valve
The PLANT!T GoGro is built around the GoGro Valve,
a patented design, which controls the flow of water
into the tray, capillary action then keeps the media
damp so the plants are never short of water.
The GoGro Valve will arrive assembled
and ready to use, but it is worth
getting to know how it works.
There are three basic parts made
from high quality ABS - the inner float,
main body and lower float. Always make
sure both bungs are present and correctly
positioned before fitting and using the valve.
Water enters the tray from the 4mm Tube, via the barbed inlet
at the front of the main body, and flows out under the valve.
The valve measures and maintains optimum water capacity
using the lower and inner floats.
As the water level rises, the lower float rises causing the
bung to seal the small hole in the main body chamber.
The water level will continue to rise within the tray until
it flows over the gate at the back of the main body,
(about 3cm deep), quickly filling the base of the main
body chamber.
The inner float will then rise causing the bung to close the inlet
and stop the flow of water into the tray.
As your plant consumes water and the water level drops within
the tray (about 1cm deep), the lower float will also drop subsequently
reopening the hole in the base of the main body chamber. As water drains
from the chamber, the inner float will drop, reopening the inlet, allowing water
to reenter the tray and starting the cycle again.
To see the valve in action, visit gogro.co.uk
For more information and helpful videos, please check out gogro.co.uk
Valve Lid
Inner float
Barbed
inlet
Bung
Bung
Main body
Lower float