Running Your Home Water Pump On Solar Panels

The solar pump solar panels and sensors all connect to the controller using screw terminals again no soldering required.

Running your home water pump on solar panels.

It s not practical or cost effective to just run the pump just off solar. Example of a panel type solar hot water system by rheem. The selection of solar panel to be used will depends on power required by the pump plus some margin to cover for cloudy sky and power loss. It s very easy to use just immerse the pump under water place the panel under full sunlight and it will start automatically.

It comes in with a 3 m long cable and 4 different nozzle heads. The largest commercially available solar panels provide 200 watts of electricity an hour so a one horsepower pump would require four panels to operate. The sunsbell solar water pump is ideal for a garden patio or pond. A 10 watt solar panel should be sufficient to run 4 8 watt pump although i would recommend using 20 watt 4 times of power.

In a very sunny climate hooking these panels to an inverter connected directly to your pump may be all you need to do. Install solar water pump 12v solar pump with 150 watt solar panel with borewell drill complete steps for more information please visit our website http www. Just lower it down into the well and assuming you finish installation before night water will start flowing. Image via rheem australia tankless continuous flow instantaneous water heating.

Besides the beautiful waterfall will give your garden a unique special look. I m using a 50 watt solar panel a bit overkill.