Post by lynnee on Jun 17, 2023 17:40:41 GMT -5
Today I finally got back to tending my AGs, and discovered that the pump wasn't working on a Farm 12XL. The banana pepper in it has been showing mottled leaves, but I thought it was only short on nutrients. Guess it wasn't getting enough air!
Anyway, I wiggled the cords, and unplugged and replugged the garden, with no luck. But when I started to swap the grow deck into another Farm 12 XL that had only seedlings, I saw that water was spouting out of the tall pump outlet again.
My guess is that pepper plant roots were blocking the pump somehow. BUT the display later went dark and pumping unexpectedly halted during the process of using the pump to drain the bowl. So there may be something wrong with the electronics in the hood after all.
When I touched the dark display, the word "waking" appeared, and the normal display and pump operations returned after a few seconds.
After an hour or so, everything still seems to be working normally.
Has anyone else ever seen a "waking" message on an AG touchscreen display? Is it indicating a reboot? Is it signaling a coming circuit board failure?
Anyway, I wiggled the cords, and unplugged and replugged the garden, with no luck. But when I started to swap the grow deck into another Farm 12 XL that had only seedlings, I saw that water was spouting out of the tall pump outlet again.
My guess is that pepper plant roots were blocking the pump somehow. BUT the display later went dark and pumping unexpectedly halted during the process of using the pump to drain the bowl. So there may be something wrong with the electronics in the hood after all.
When I touched the dark display, the word "waking" appeared, and the normal display and pump operations returned after a few seconds.
After an hour or so, everything still seems to be working normally.
Has anyone else ever seen a "waking" message on an AG touchscreen display? Is it indicating a reboot? Is it signaling a coming circuit board failure?
