Klone Machine - T48 - TurboKlone System - Cloner w/ Humidity Dome

How the TurboKlone T48 Keeps Root Zone Temperature Down

Cloning fails for two reasons more often than any other. The water gets warm, and the water runs short of oxygen. Those two problems are the same problem, because warm water holds less dissolved oxygen than cool water does. A submersible pump makes it worse by pushing its own waste heat straight into the reservoir. This machine answers both with one part. A fan mounted on the side of the housing runs at 3,600 rpm and moves air across the spray. That strips heat out of the water and puts oxygen into it at the same time. The fan sits flush against the body rather than hanging off it, so there is nothing to snag when you lift the lid. Inside, a 450 gph pump feeds a 15 by 11 inch manifold that mists all forty eight sites evenly. The reservoir on this unit holds 3.75 gallons of solution. The walls are curved rather than square, which matters less for looks than for cleaning, since biofilm collects in corners and there are none here.

What the Clone Dome Adds and When to Pull It

This configuration ships with the humidity dome included, which is worth having for the first few days. Fresh cuttings have no roots and cannot replace what they lose through their leaves, so holding humidity high buys them time. With the dome fitted, the assembled unit stands 17 inches tall rather than 11.5, so check your shelf height before setting it up. The point people miss is the second half of that job. Once white root initials appear, leave the dome off, because a cutting that never learns to transpire will stall when it goes into a pot. Keep the water between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit and the pH between 5.5 and 6.3. The machine runs on ordinary 120 volt power and weighs around 44 pounds filled, so decide where it lives before you fill it. Polyethylene collars come with the unit and carry finger recesses, which sounds trivial until you are pulling forty eight of them in an afternoon.

Key Features

• Side Mounted Fan: A 3,600 rpm fan drives heat out of the spray and oxygen into it.
• Forty Eight Sites: Every site is fed from a single 15 by 11 inch manifold, so spray coverage stays even across the lid.
• Dome Included: This build ships with the humidity dome, which adds roughly five and a half inches of clearance.
• Curved Walls: Rounded internal corners leave biofilm nowhere to settle, which makes a between-run rinse quick.
• Polyethylene Collars: The collars are included and have finger recesses, so pulling a full lid does not turn into a job.
• Standard Wall Power: The pump and fan run together from one ordinary 120 volt outlet with nothing else required.

Technical Specifications