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Harness the sun for filling and aerating your pond for free. With the rising cost of grid power, more and more ponds are being filled and maintained with solar-powered pumps.
Our most popular solar pump systems for ponds use four small easy-to-install solar panels. See video at left.
Estimating Pond VolumeCalculating pond dimensions doesn’t generally need to be an exact science, but having an estimate of area and volume is helpful especially if you are creating a new pond.
To calculate the days required to fill a pond with your solar pump, divide the numbers in the table on the right by the estimated Gallons Per Day for your selected pump (assuming your well can support that GPM). If you want to run supplement solar pump with a generator for the first few days it will fill 3 to 4 times faster.
Keeping up with EvaporationIn order to maintain a steady water level in the absence of rain, water must be added at the same rate as evaporation. Solar pumps are generally perfect for filling ponds as the sunniest days when evaporation is greatest are generally the day where you’ll get the most hours of solar pumping.
Evaporation rates are also affected by:
When the sun shines on the surface of your solar panels, the movement of electrons generates DC power which is transferred through attached wires to the pump controller.
The pump controller is the brains of the system and with sophisticated technology and sensor inputs, it turns the submersible motor and drives the pump to push water against gravity to the surface.
Solar pumps are sized by calculating the total vertical feet they’ll need to push water, the pressure they need to generate, and the total water required each day.
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