Updates: Looks like my water level fill meter isn’t working. After 3 days, nearly a gallon of water was gone and I had a bone dry peat pad. Refilled the unit and now the door won’t lock without the whole thing being unplugged and restarted.
Something might be off as you don’t lose 1/3 the water in 3 days even during flowering. This early on, you might not even need to check the water level the first couple weeks as it doesn’t use much. So it was probably not filled to begin with is what I am thinking, if it took a gallon to top off in 3 days week 1.
Not sure about the door yet 
as mine is on, but it is not plugged in as I am waiting on the grey wire.
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Who knows. The door’s working again, so I’m sure there was just a hair or something preventing the connection from being made. I’m not losing sleep over three lost days. My solution is blasting classical music at the unit as my pod is now damp with a seed in. It’s now or never time for me!
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UPDATE: That new water level sensor that was sent to replace the old one? Doesn’t work! Screws everything up. They will be sending me ANOTHER REPLACEMENT PART!
And to the refrain:
Grobo has great customer service!
We’re all beta testers!
Be patient!
You’ll be growing soon!
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I am almost done setting mine up, fingers crossed. I am calibrating the probes now and that is going fine.
I will see if my water sensors work or not in a few minutes when it tells me to do that.
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In my experience, you’ll have to wait for Grobo to tell you if they see any movement on their end. I didn’t know I had an issue until I dried out a peat pod. Now I’m flying blind until a replacement comes in and presumably fixes the issue. Fingers crossed!
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How many probe checks do you have to do? The ph went fine, the ec did too, then at the end I thought I was done and suddenly it said lets check them again to be sure? Now running a third time I think.
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You’re in the loop! Try resetting the WiFi.
According to Dante, this is the second or third circle - I’m not sure.
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I am having a problem with ph probe calibration. I hit calibrate and it just continues to load doesnt give any info. Just kinda stuck all this point
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Have you tried resetting the WiFi by pressing and holding the button on the back of the unit?
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I will try that. How long do I need to hold it?
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Until it flashes green.
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I am not getting a flashing green it goes blue then back to green. Held it for about a minute 2 or 3 times no dice
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I am good and Grobo 2 is up and running.
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I recommend getting the start to pop your seeds and get the plant going good. That way you can cut down cycle time between harvests. Plus, when you harvest you will already have a plant in late veg and booom, your harvests just increased by 50 percent at least for the year. I went from 4 harvests a year to 8 with this method.
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I am in flower just like you mine takes a little over a third gallon every 3 days to around 1.3 gallons or so every week in between drain and fills (top offs) but during the seedling and veg stages you won’t need much water, if any at all!
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Honestly, I hope the Black Friday sale bumps them down to $50 and I’ll end up doing just that.
As of now, I’ve spent 6 days trying to figure out why my seed isn’t even sprouting and I’ve come to the conclusion that my room is just WAY too cold. I put a space heater upstairs and waited 45 minutes, already the box feels much more humid after opening.
Should be getting in my second replacement water level sensor today. The folks at Grobo are giving me some plant food and support racks for my trouble which is highly appreciated. Here’s to smooth sailing ahead.
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I agree. I have plants in flower not taking a gallon of water.
I suggest doing a drain and fill. Make sure the unit stops on its own. Lift the lid to see what is left (drain) and at what level it stops at (fill). Test the sensors to make sure they are operating correctly.
You have to do several tests before the plant roots get too large. Then it is too difficult to lift the lid and the light is a negative for the roots…
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Thanks, I think I will as I lost a seed and only have a couple more.
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@Stephen @Todd.grobo I can’t get the fan to stay up. Now both magnets have come off, they are not sticking to the back of the fan. If not for the strap I put on it, it would have fell as it was hanging there just now. I might look for a way to mount it better with a screw somehow.
This is only FYI as I fixed mine with the extra strap, but think some of the others are going to have this too.
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