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Re: Water Butt Solar Pump
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Simon Coates <simon@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Paul,
>
> A boat bilge pump will be too powerful - even a small one can pump
alot of water very quickly (but with quite low pressure). You would need
an large/expensive solar panel to run it.
> Best thing would be to use something that is low flow with high
pressure - there are some small solar powered pond fountains that might be
suitable. Might be worth adding a float switch so that the pump doesn't
run dry - otherwise you'd have to find a self priming pump.
Not really an area I know anything about, but could you use the water
itself to power the pump? Some kind of water wheel attached to a
battery charger for the pump?
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