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Solar Power Water Pumps?

Depends on depth and flow rate needed.
The lorentz are really good in high lift/volume applications. If you need lift and not a lot of volume look at a shur-flo 9300. If you don't have a ton of lift, and need a lot of volume, look for an M20 or M30. If the lift is around 10' or so, just buy a bilge pump for a boat.
There are a ton of options, so a bit about lift, volume, what you are pumping out of and into is useful...
 
RSL said:
Depends on depth and flow rate needed.
The lorentz are really good in high lift/volume applications. If you need lift and not a lot of volume look at a shur-flo 9300. If you don't have a ton of lift, and need a lot of volume, look for an M20 or M30. If the lift is around 10' or so, just buy a bilge pump for a boat.
There are a ton of options, so a bit about lift, volume, what you are pumping out of and into is useful...
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I need about 150-200 ft of lift and volume to fill two 500 gal tanks of water in two pastures. This well was our main one now with it down it hurts big time. I have about 450 hd of yearling on it.
 
Are you sure you need that much lift?

You can put a pipe down as deep as you want but the lift you need is only from the top of the water level to where you need to go. If you are able to use the atteasian weel you have that has gotten low while it might be 200' deep you might only need 20' to 30' of lift to get the flow you need.

Just a thought that might save you a bunch of money.
 
George said:
Are you sure you need that much lift?

You can put a pipe down as deep as you want but the lift you need is only from the top of the water level to where you need to go. If you are able to use the atteasian weel you have that has gotten low while it might be 200' deep you might only need 20' to 30' of lift to get the flow you need.

Just a thought that might save you a bunch of money.
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I forgot thanks its one about 20-30 ft of lift.
 
The grundfos or Lorentz are good pumps for this application but pricy. If you only need 1000 gallons a day and freezing is not a concern, you might be able to get away with a slower pump and add an additional storage tank or two. This definitely cheapens up the system as a whole since you need less solar panel, and a less expensive pump.
Take a look at this site...

They show a really good selection of pumps that are available.http://www.kellnsolar.com
 
I use a SQflex pump on one of our wells. It recognizes different types of power AC or DC. We use panels with no batteries on this application and when the sun doesn't shine just hook up a small generator pumping with 220 AC and when the sun comes back out back to 24V DC. It will fit down a well and pump from pretty good depth. Ours is pulling about 8gpm at 70'.
 

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