How to Run a Well Pump on Solar 

Very interesting topic bro! I have learnt something valuable

You should check out RPS Solar they have great kits detailed instructions and a direct phone number for their products. You buy direct as the customer.

6 to 7 gallon per hour ?

@@goodplanetfilms Averages 6 Gallons Per Minute and I can get over 2000 gallons per day on solar. I don't have batteries but haven't needed them yet.

@@cutweldngrind wheeew that seem a lot of water :) Why would you need another pump? So you connected 370w panel to submersible pump directly without the battery? I'm looking for reliable one for my 6 meter well. What brand pump you are using and do you find it reliable? 😊

Okay, you're getting 6 to 7 gallons a minute? What kind of application do you have where you need more than that? That's a lot of water. Even only using solar panels, the 2000 gallons a day would meet the household needs of 10 or more people.

@@DavidSmith-fr1uz The plan is to build a pond and be able to maintain water levels. I also have future plans to try planting watermelons, tomatoes and corn to donate around town. Thanks for watching.

Wow. What's the name of pump please My borehole is 35 metres deep will this work please. I need it in Africa urgently

Great information thank you so much

Just how are you going to get one down in a 4 or 5 inch hole ?

Idk if you will even answer me... Old 58 year lady here, by myself. I have a property w/75 year old mobile home in disrepair, well pump has not had electricity turned on for 10 years before I bought the property. The well was very likely directly wired to one of two electric meters. I don't even know which one. At the mobile home or the barn. What I did was order a Nature's Generator Elite Portable Solar Generator/Inverter combination unit, so the inverter is built into the generator unit itself. It has 3 AC Electrical Outlets. How do I get a plug in plug for a well pump? Once turned on, must it run constantly or can I turn it on or off if I were to not use any water for an entire day? Or only once or twice a day? One old lady who can't do much doesn't need a well pump to run constantly. Can I insert a surge protector between the pump & the generator/inverter? It won't arrive before June 5th. I ordered 2 complete sets. I have no other electric service, & will not be plugging into the mobile home's electrical wiring at all... it probably needs new wiring that I cannot afford to have done. I will just be using appliances to generator/inverter directly. I need very little as one disabled old lady. Flush a toilet, occasional bath & dishes. Planning on dedicated use of one unit for the well pump itself. The second entirely separate unit would be used to operate a small 1/2 fridge like those found in a motel room. I know I can turn it off to use a weak 700 watt microwave for like 3 minutes or less. A coffee pot once a day. Emergency use of an Air Conditioner in a small room if I need it to breathe due to excessive humidity. I plan on not using any of those items at the same time. It will also allow me to run an internet router & a desktop pc, I was told by the manufacturer. Also by itself most likely... Note: This generator system does come with an additional battery Pod. Note: Giving me 2 complete systems of generator/inverters, 2 battery Pods, 2 50ft Cables to reach the 6 total Solar Panels, which are portable on wheels. (All various needed cable connections were included, I made sure.) Total Costs of each system was: $1,499.99 - In case someone wants to understand or purchase it themselves. Note: Now I do understand from some random person online, who has had one, not a homesteader person, that they had a battery fail one week before the warranty ended & it was taken care of for them. I'm not sure that they depended solely on their system, I think they had a normal electricity ran household. My main question is can I manually turn a well pump on or off without damaging it? On a daily basis? I can't tell if that is some extreme no, no. Please help.

I used an MPPT charge controller. I recommend this one: offgridpermaculture.com/resources/recommended_solar_charge_controllers.html

Would love a link to the pump you are referring to if possible. Thanks Kevin

It depends what batteries you are going to use. If you are going to use lead acid you Can never use all of your stored power otherwise you’ll kill the battery you can only use about 20% of The total storage in your battery. For example if you have 100 amp hour battery you probably only want to use about 20 amp hours in total before you recharge the battery. in saying that if you get a lithium battery which is a lot more expensive you can use 80% to 95% of its total power. Depending on the brand of battery of course. There are tricks with lithium especially in regards to recharging it but that’s a whole another story and I can’t go into that right now it’s too long. So how I generally calculate it is: The number of days that you think you will need to run on battery in a row ( so you might get a week of cloudy weather ) You times the number of hours per day so 8hrs x 7 (the number of cloudy days you might expect in a row) By the way what’s the pump takes. This will give you the number of watt hours required. So if you’re going with lead acid this number should be a Max of 20% of your total amount of watt hours you need in your battery storage. You also need to choose the right solar controller both the type and the capacity, the right thickness of wire etc. Also you’ll probably need to consider how you wire up your solar panels were that they will be in series or parallel this also directly impacts on what sort of solar controller you’ll need. It’s a lot more complicated than it seems and this is a very short answer I suggest that you do a lot of research before, as this gentleman says you spend a lot of money and realise you need other things as well and spend a lot more money. Watt is amp x volt.

@@tegannottelling Actually lead acid will be fine if you don't go below 50%. Still should last a long time. Many studies done have shown that temperature is a big drain over time so keeping your batteries cool in the summer and not too cold in the winter is a big consideration.