Easy Solar Powered Water Pump
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2020
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We put together an easy and simple solar powered water pump to pump water from our pond / lake up to the high parts of our property. Pump we used: amzn.to/3suOsHq
For less than $200 total we now get "free" water from the lake to water all our trees and plants.
Here are the specs on the pump:
Cable: 10 feet (3m)
Voltage: 12V DC - 24V DC
Amps: 4.0 Max
Flow Rate(lph/gph): 360/96 1.6 GPM (6 LPM) Max
Maximum Lift: 230 Feet (70 Meters)
Maximum Submersion: 100 Feet (30 Meters)
Material: High Strength Engineered Plastic
Inlet: 50 Mesh Stainless Steel Screen
Outlet Port: 1/2''(12.7mm) Barbed Fitting
Internal Bypass: 105-110 PSI Max(7.2-7.5BARS)
Motor: Permanent Magnet Thermally Protected
Pump Design: Positive Displacement, 3 Chamber Diaphragm Pump
Package Size: 13.97"x4.33"x5.12" (355*130*110mm) - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
We bought this pump here: amzn.to/3suOsHq This pump works great for irrigation or a livestock pump. We use it for irrigation from our pond/lake. If you want to see the amount of flow I get, see this video: th-cam.com/video/_0KqeDTgLDE/w-d-xo.html
I sell sand sock for the solar pumps, it keeps small particles from entering your pump.
Thx for your video. This is the first I've seen with basic set up and extra clever bits like the valve and the floats... I am just trying to set up a pond/fountain which will flow from a terracotta dog's mouth into a pond/dog bowl but I've tried for 2 years now and people I've asked have been no help. Your video shows my idea can work, so thank you for that. I've seen videos with the complete store bought fountains and more elaborate set ups but never the simple pump set up. So thank you, thank you. I've had people tell me I had to have battery storage etc but I just want dawn to dusk like you say here and I didn't think I needed battery storage. Again, thank you! I reckon my panel wasn't strong enuf even for small pumps so I've ordered a 30amp for a 20amp pump. Not sure how the cut off thingo works - or whether I need a cut off - but a control panel of sorts is coming with my new 30amp panel. Fingers crossed. ps. love the accent.
It works well for what I am using it for. No battery needed. I use to do the same setup using a boat bilge pump but those type of pumps don't lift water very high. If you need a cut off, you can use a pressure switch and a timer. I have that shown in another video on the channel. Thanks for the feedback.
Great video! Oh great. Now I have to go buy one of these pumps now... thanks so much for spending my money for me... seriously, great idea here. I am going to look into it also.
I might do this, I live on a lake where the city Water is very high in the summer, just want something to water my yard. Great video, thank you so much.
It works great for that as long as you zone it well.
Cool idea. Cheap water and irrigation. I like it.
Thanks. It works great for my needs.
I’ll be trying this for my rain water tote to filtration system.
The pump has been working great. I added a link to the best priced pump I could find in the video description.
My man,you made my job simple as i bought similar pump from overseas to South Africa,,now i was wondering what size solar panel to use and i didn't know that the pump can work directly from solar panel board,,wow man you made my year simple as we going towards Christmas,,,,,, ,,,,South Africa
That is awesome. Glad it helped. Good luck with the solar pump setup.
if you use a solarbpanel use a chargeable battery also for storage back up,,its the logical thing to do,,when power is down,,that being the sun,,.
We will be using this same system for rotational grazing of our cows. Curious if the pump will turn off when float valve at water trough stops the water flow? Thanks for the videos...very helpful!
Check out my video about this setup with the pressure switch. I think that is what you need. th-cam.com/video/4e2c5WEIN7Y/w-d-xo.html
Thank you I’ve been looking these pumps do lift water around 40 m near 100ft
Glad I could help
wow amazing good job joe
Thanks.
This is amazing, thank you so much! I am about to order the same pump, we want to try this setup on our land in Portugal. One question, I understood it turns automatically on when there's enough sunlight to run it, and it turns automatically off when the sunlight is not strong enough. Did you have to do anything for that (install any extra pieces etc) or does it do it by itself with this basic setup? And what is the pressure switch for? Does the system also work fine without it or would you recommend installing it as well (it was kinda complicated for me to follow until there)?
The auto on and off is based on the amount of sunlight and you do not need anything other than the solar panels and the pump for that. The pressure switch is so I can make it turn off if the pressure gets high. This is because I have inline water switches that turn on and off to water different areas. It's not needed if you don't want that part.
hey buddy,iam in South Africa,glad i bumped into your video.I was looking at exactly this same pump and i even have pictures.You literally answered all my questions and i like the floats idea you did there.i will be draining from a well.One question,say the water kinda drys up in the well and it starts sucking in mud or dirt,how do you go about cleaning it out?and how do you tell if its clogging?
great video again.Thank you
You can take apart the top of the pump pretty easy to clean it deeper inside. Just don't go all the way into the motor. I have not ran it dry. If the water starts getting low I move it deeper into the lake, so I don't have much experience with it running dry.
@@SeidelRanch i appreciate the feedback
thank you so much
Great video and thanks for sharing!!! I plan to use it to pump water up 15 feet of head and then along 300 feet of field to water fruit trees from a beaver pond without a battery
What solar panels do you recommend?
What's the big difference between using 12v and 24v?
Where did you get your valve to stop the wter flowing back? - great idea?
Any advice on how to install a timer that turns th pump on/off for prescribed watering periods? What kind of a switch is best for that? I'm thinking one installed in-between the panel and pump that has its own small battery supply, like a Christmas tree light timer... Any advice?
THANKS!!
That sounds like a perfect idea for this pump. The key to keeping them running for a long time is cleaning them. Watch how much growth builds up on them and how fast and base your cleaning schedule on that.
The solar panels I used are these: amzn.to/3GKrkxE
They are 12v panels, but you can run them in parallel or series to get the voltage you want.
I used 2 panels and you can really either do them 12v or 24v and it's about the same really. 24v is technically better because then you are getting better use out of your wire because wire is usually based on amps more than volts so you can run double the power on the same wire if the voltage is 24v VS 12v. I run mine at 24v.
All I did was put in a check valve to keep the water going in one direction only. This keeps it from draining back into the pump and lets it start right where it left off. Like this: amzn.to/3oiJBf6
As for the timer, this is what I did: th-cam.com/video/4e2c5WEIN7Y/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps. Hope it all works out great.
two thumbs up dude!
Thank you.
Great video. I’m in the U.K. and the same pump here is shown as needing a controller and battery? Do you use either of those?
I did not use either of those. I hooked the panels directly to the pump.
I was so excited about this (and your other videos about this setup you have) , but when i clicked to the amazon link, it said it is a 24 Volt Pump. Do you think it would be the same outflow if i had a 12 volt battery hooked up with the solar panel? (I really need to lift and push about the same distance as you did.)
It's the same pump, they just list it as 12 or 24 volt. I run mine at 24 volts from the panels, but you can do 12 volts and it will just pump about half as much. I think one of mine says 24 volts and the other one says 12, but they are the same pump and I run them the same way.
@@SeidelRanch thank you for replying so quickly!
very amazing
Thanks a lot
Well if you had five or six of those going just using solar power and you put a decent size thousand gallon or more water tower up you'll have all the water you could possibly want then you could hook a small water turbine up to that thousand gallon water tank and generate extra power during the night then fill it up again during the day
Very true. Sun power up and "backup battery" down. Would be cool. It would need to be a pretty tall tower to build up enough pressure to provide decent electricity.
I thought about something like that, but just for irrigation use up on the hill. The added pressure would be needed to get the water to the right zones from the tank.
Thanks for this awesome video. I have read about the ability of these pumps to lift water to a certain elevation. My question is, how far can I push it laterally? Do you have any idea how many linear feet This pump can push water?
It can push water pretty far. Check out the channels page (th-cam.com/users/SeidelRanchvideos) and look at some of the other videos I have on this pump. Most are 1-2 years old, so you have to scroll a little bit. I have had it push over 100 PSI and blow my connections off. With 2 100 watt solar panels I can get water all over my 40 acres from the lake. I probably have about 3000' of 1/2 poly line that this pump pushes water through with no issue. That is also pushing water in some areas up over 80' in elevation and its still only having to push at about 25 PSI to get it there. I would expect it could push water many, many more thousands of feet if it is only lateral. Hope that helps. Check out the other videos.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Depends on the type and diameter of the waterline and the elevation.
You find calculators for that stuff online.
Is this the kind of thing you can leave unattended? Like it just comes on when the sun is out and turns off when it’s dark?
Yes, that is pretty much what I do. Check out the channel for the other videos I have on this pump.
Hi there. Your video is very helpful. One question I have is how do you extend the wires.
It only has 10 ft of wire but I need it for about 40 ft well. Also, how so you turn it off?
I just used some 12 gauge wire to extend the ones it has. If the wire will be under water make sure it's waterproof and insulated well. I used a pressure switch to allow it to turn on and off. See these videos too: th-cam.com/video/4e2c5WEIN7Y/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/_0KqeDTgLDE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much. Your help is really appreciated. My cast iron manual pump broke. So, I bought a 12 gauge extension cord. I am thinking that I can splice it with the other wires. Would that work? Do you think that I could control the on/off by covering and uncovering the solar panel? That worked for my pond fountain.?
@@juliewalker6135 The extension cord should work as long as it's good quality. Covering the solar panel will make it turn off. I use to just use the panel like a dusk to dawn switch. When there was light, it worked. When it was dark it stopped. Good luck on the build.
Howdy from azle. I ordered the pump. The panels are going to be about 75 feet from the pump. How do I wire 2 100ws together or am I better off with 1 200 w. I'm going up about 100 feet of elevation and 300 length wise. Super excited to try. Definitely getting check valve. Any mods you've done to help strengthen it?
You can go either way, (1) 200w or (2) 100w panels. The pump will run 12v or 24v so it does not matter if you run series or parallel on the panels. I did (2) 100w - 12v panels in series to increase the voltage to 24v since the amperage was good enough already. This gave me a longer run time. Look up "series vs. parallel" on solar panel wiring if you need some help. It's pretty simple either way. Look at my other solar pump videos to see the on and off timer I put in, the pressure switch and the check valve setup. Good luck and I hope it does great for you. Let me know how it goes.
Found a used 280 watt. I'm pumping to a pretty large sump but definitely need a switch down the line. I'll take a look.
Hi there very informative vlog. Can this pump lift water uphill?
Yes. Pretty well even.
I have a lake and need to pump up water to water my plants.... Does it require any other equipment besides the solar pump and panel? The pump connects directly to the panel right? Your video is a good and cheap alternative to pump up water!!!
Yes, as long as the panels are 12v or 24v, you can connect them directly to the pump. No controller needed.
Thank you for replying!
How did you wire the solar panel to the 12 gauge wire? Which wire got to which wire? Thanks in advance.
Run the positive of the solar panel to the positive of the pump and the negative of the solar panel to the negative of the pump.
Would adding a pressure tank help the flow of the water ?
It's really based on what you are trying to do. Pump flow will not change, but with a pressure tank you have a reserve burst of water in the tank waiting for you to use it. Since what I use the pump for is irrigation, it would not really help me any. If you are using this for quick and short bursts of water, then a pressure tank would help. Hope that helps.
One last question: my pump will be about 150' from my solar panel. What gauge wire do y think I should run between them?
You may be ok with 14 AWG, but I think I would use 10 AWG or 12 AWG. I have used 12 AWG on runs that long with no issue. This is assuming you are only running the one pump on it.
Thanks again. My pump and solar panel arrived today. I ordered the exact same products that you used in this video. I can't wait to try them.
I am looking for DC sumbersble pump of 5 hp. For this pump I would install 8 solar panels 500 watts each. That set up would give 2500liters for irrigation from a canal of 6 ft head.
A 5 HP DC pump may be hard to find, but not sure. You may be better using multiple pumps to get the output you want. Keep me updated on how it goes. Good luck on the project and I am interested in how it turns out.
I have this kind of pump 12v 96watts....can I. Use it with a 300watts 24v panel?
Pliz help
It should be fine as long as the voltage is 12v or 24v. The amount of watts pulled will be based on the pump.
If running to a tank how do you stop overflow
I would put a float valve and a pressure switch on the pump to turn it off. I did that in one of my other videos. Check out the other videos about this on the channel.
What's the name of the pump, does it use solar only
How’s that pump still working ?
Still running great. I have 3 and they all work as soon as I plug them in. I rotate them out so I can clean them. Been running for years and no issues yet. I think the key is cleaning them every few months. When I pull them out of the water they will have build up of growth and dirt.
Thank you and you will be getting a Amazon commission because I'm buying this Friday
Thanks. I hope they work as good for you as they have for me. Thanks for watching.
do you have the pumping curve of meters per height? can send me?
I don't, but I did put a link in the description to the actual item I bought from Amazon. Maybe the seller will have that.
Are you using a 100watt solar panel?
Yes. I started with one 12v 100watt panel and now I use two of them to get more run time. These are the ones I use: amzn.to/3B1tzZ0
@@SeidelRanch nice I'm going to do this when it gets warmer. So glad I came across your video.
@@codykingsworld Awesome. Let me know how it goes. Good luck.
@@SeidelRanch so this pump can handle a 24v panel peaking around 36v ?
Thank you for sharing good information if u can I would like to talke to u
About what?
Were can I buy something like it
Right here: amzn.to/3OvKatT
Never saw water coming out
Check my other videos on this pump. You will see more.
How long time can i use this pump a day? i need a long life pump to use for tilapia fish pond, 24/7 working
I have not used it 24/7 at any time, but I do run it about 10 hours a day straight and they have all been doing well for years. I do switch mine out every few months or so to clean them and make sure they are working well. Hope that helps.
@@SeidelRanch thanks
I'm surprised the pump has lasted you that long. I have bought several and the longest one has worked has been a month. I would not spend my money on the solar pump again.
You bought the same ones I use? The 1st one I bought has lasted 4 years now with no issues at all. I now have a second one for a backup and use it to swap out with the 1st one when cleaning it. They have both been great. No issues at all.
Man! Can't see the outlet of the out flow of the water that is being pumped out.
Sorry I did not have that in the video. Are you just wanting to know how much water that setup pumps?
@@SeidelRanch would love to see it’s water output from the pipe
@@magnum0121984 Got it. I will make a video of that water output the next time I go service it. Should be soon.
Is it still working?
Oh yeah. It still works great. I have 3 of them now so I can switch them out every month or so to clean them. I have to clean them off because they are in the lake and not a clean well. Algae and such build up on it. Then I have a new one still in the box to use as a backup if one fails, but they have been working great so far.
That pump is so cheap that it has last more than a year😂😂😂good tutorial in 2021
Yeah, when I bought it I figured if it only lasted a year or two it would be fine, but they have been doing great with no issues.
Have you ever changed the carbon brush of the motor in the past 4 years
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