blue5000 wrote: »
blue5000 wrote: » Battery is an old car battery, we use 2, keep one on charge and swop them around every few days.
djmc wrote: » I think you would not need much to run that size fence probably a 10 or 20w panel from Amazon would be plenty The concern I would have is might you need a charge controller to prevent over charging the battery
zetor 4911 wrote: » A bit of topic here. I want to pump water from a river to a field about 150 meters away there is no power on the farm. Would it be possibly to run a pump of a battery connected to a solar panel?
minerleague wrote: » in the same boat here ( river fenced off for glas on out farm) pumping water up to IBC tank with petrol powered water pump and gravity fed to couple troughs. would like to automate it without spending big money. What type of pump should i be looking for?
blue5000 wrote: » Look up solar pump solutions.ie
emaherx wrote: » They are a great solution to provide water to a large area. If you want something simple to replace the petrol pump that's filling an existing IBC then there are much cheaper options. A 12v pump, float switch, solar panel, charge controller and battery would cost a few hundred.
zetor 4911 wrote: » Something like that would suit me could not justify the cost of the ready made solution. Would the float switch be placed in the river?
emaherx wrote: » No, float switch in IBC so pump starts when level in IBC drops and stops when it's full.
zetor 4911 wrote: » Could you pump directly from river to drinking trough with battery and solar panel
emaherx wrote: » It's possible, you need a pump with a pressure switch to work with your troughs ball valve. But the IBC can add a bit of a backup in case of breakdown on a DIY solution.
zetor 4911 wrote: » Would a 12V pump and 12V battery do the job.
emaherx wrote: » Do you mean without solar? Just charging the battery regularly?
minerleague wrote: » was thinking of two float switches so pump will come on when ibc nearly empty and stop when nearly full. with 1 switch pump would be on/off every time cattle drank even a small amount of water. what is a charge controller?
emaherx wrote: » You said you need to pump 150m is there much of a difference in height between the location you intend on placing the drinker and the river?
zetor 4911 wrote: » From water level in river to the drinker I would say a height difference of 8 meters
emaherx wrote: » This is your main concern when buying a pump. make sure it can pump to this height and @ that distance.
emaherx wrote: » For your case I'm not sure. I normally by cheap 12V pumps from Amazon. But your requirment to lift water 8M and push along 150M of pipe is beyond anything I have experiance with. From what I've seen on-line 12V pumps can range upto pumps capable of about 40M Head height, not sure how one would perform lifting only 8M but through 150M of pipe. 24V pumps can be capable of 100M+ Head but are obviosly more expensive. And there are 36V/48V and higher available. Generally googling for these types of pumps leads to the usual Chineese websites or E-Bay from China and Aus/NZ. I'd be interested to see what pump is in the https://www.solarpumpsolutions.ie/. AFAIK their product is well capable of this senario. My Brother in law has one so I might just go have a little look.
