Solar Pond Water Pump

Any Solar Powered pump including a pond water pump will really consist
of two seperate devices. There will be the water pump device itself,
and then the solar power source, which derives energy from the sun,
and the two will be connected with an electrical cable.

 A typical solar powered pumping system consists of an array of Photo
Voltaic (PV) cells that powers the electric motor. The electric motor
then drives a water pump. Solar powered pumping systems are a
cost-effective alternative to windmills and fossil fuel driven
generators for remote area fresh water supply.

 The greatest use for solar powered pumps has been in agriculture where
the water pumps can be used on remote farms and outback stations to
supply water to livestock. Solar powered water pumps are used
extensively in developing countries to pump water from wells and
rivers to villages for domestic consumption and irrigation of crops.

 The cheapest solar powered pumps cost less than £800 while the larger
systems can run to over £10,000. Whilst it has been the needs of
developing countries and agriculture that has initially driven the
demand for solar powered pump technology, a greater environmental
consciousness around the world has seen many householders use solar
powered pumps rather than domestic mains electricity supply, which is
ultimately fossil fuel or nuclear powered, to create solar powered
waterfalls or solar powered fountains in a pond display.

 Solar powered water fountains can include a remote solar panel with
plenty of cable so the photo voltaic cell solar panel can be installed
well away from the fountain, which helps a lot if teh fountain itself
is usually in shade.

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Connecting the Water cooled graphics processor card didn't take long –
we used our water cooling system with Eheim's HPPS 12V water pump and
had our system up and running in less than 10 minutes. Most of the
water cooling systems will be compatible with this versatile little
pump.

 12v Water Pump for cooling processors that have been speeded up with
overclocking.

 If you have a 1/4' 12v mini water pump, you may be wondering: Can you
hang this pump upside down and is there any truth in the idea that the
water pump needs to be positioned lower down than the radiator? Well,
upside down is fine but it's really better mounted at the same height
or above the rad.

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Some examples of 12v water pumps that can be used to pump water around for domestic or light industrial purposes such as in solar powered water heating systems, irrigation from ditchwater, recycling of grey water and on board boats caravans and motor home type vehicles. Anywhere you wouldn't want to or can't get access to mains elecricity supplies really.

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Germany Leader in Solar Power

Germany is a global leader in solar power, largely due to the country's generous feed in tariff program that pays a premium rate on all electricity produced by solar farms and home solar power systems. Germany is the world's top solar panel installer, accounting for almost half of the market in 2007.

 

This is more to do with electricity generation via photo voltaic cells rather than solar heating and solar powered water pumps but it's interesting to read that Germanyt is leading the way with the implementation of this technology

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Welcome to 12v Water Pump Blog

This is a blog about the 12v Water Pump, yes it is. No, of course it's not a blog BY a 12 v water pump, that would be silly. They have no sense of calendar for a start, well not the humble little workhorses of the type that we will be dealing with here. So how can a water pump, 12 volt or otherwise be a worthy subject for a blog with regular updates you may ask, and I shall be attempting not only to answer the question, but also turn a good portion of my online audience into 12 v water pump enthusiasts themselves, if not active evangelists for the cause.

Water pumps, direct current (12v DC)

The thing is, everything electrical that plugs into the mains sockets in a domestic or commercial environment in the UK, and it's the UK that we are mostly concerned about here, they all start off using AC or alternating current. If you took one of those devices and wanted to run it in a non-mains environment, such as in a caravan, boat , mobile home or a house away from the main electric grid, then you'd have a problem because there isn't any 24v current available. There are such things as inverters aI think they are called, which can take 12 volt DC current and step it up to 20v AC but they are cumbersome, noisy heavy things that require enormously thick wires for all the connections. It might just be worth it if it's important to watch a domestic Television on board your luxury yacht, or to run a small washing machine from a caravan perhaps, but on the whole it's much better to seek out 12v DC devices and keep away from high voltage entirely. Safety reasons are another consideration.



So if you are keeping away from 240 volts AC as suggested and you want to move some water around, then that;s where the 12v water pump comes into its own. In the next few posts we'll be looking at a number of practical applications for a 12v water pump, both real and as examples.