Solar Pond Water Pump

Any Solar Powered pump including a pond water pump will really consist
of two separate devices. There will be the water pump device itself,
and then the solar power source, which derives energy from the sun,
and the two will be connected with an electrical cable.

A typical solar powered pumping system consists of an array of Photo
Voltaic (PV) cells that powers the electric motor. The electric motor
then drives a water pump. Solar powered pumping systems are a
cost-effective alternative to windmills and fossil fuel driven
generators for remote area fresh water supply.

The greatest use for solar powered pumps has been in agriculture where
the water pumps can be used on remote farms and outback stations to
supply water to livestock. Solar powered water pumps are used
extensively in developing countries to pump water from wells and
rivers to villages for domestic consumption and irrigation of crops.

The cheapest solar powered pumps cost less than £800 while the larger
systems can run to over £10,000. Whilst it has been the needs of
developing countries and agriculture that has initially driven the
demand for solar powered pump technology, a greater environmental
consciousness around the world has seen many householders use solar
powered pumps rather than domestic mains electricity supply, which is
ultimately fossil fuel or nuclear powered, to create solar powered
waterfalls or solar powered fountains in a pond display.

Solar powered water fountains can include a remote solar panel with
plenty of cable so the photo voltaic cell solar panel can be installed
well away from the fountain, which helps a lot if teh fountain itself
is usually in shade.

12v water pump

Yes it’s a blog all about the 12v water pump in all its various guises and applications. The reason for this is quite straight forward, it’s just because the 12v water pump is such an essential piece of equipment for all sorts of DIY and low technology applications, and plenty of less useful topics get a very good airing on teh current blogoshphere so why not one for the water pump.

In future posts we will be dealing with AC and DC convertors, step up step down transformers, accumulators and generators, batteries linked together in series and parallel, car batteries and telephone exchange batteries, 12v water pumps on board boats and barges, houseboats and narrowboats, in mobile homes, motor homes caravans and recreational vehicles ( RVs), use for water cooled computer systems and other applications that you just woudn’t be able to imagine. Can I mention Garden pond water pumps and dirty water evacuation pumps?