chenposeb Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hi, As kind of usually happens on my farm, I mention something that I need to get round to doing and one of my family has the bright idea to organise everything the way they think I wanted it organised without even checking to see if I really wanted to do it. The last pump we had came about due to this misunderstanding and we now have an electric cable from the in-laws house extended through 'various means' over 4 other peoples rice fields. Obviously thinking about safety (not even a plastic bag to wrap the plugs) and the fact that I was happy to be off-grid I mentioned that we would need another option. The hole only draws very salty water so the water isn't a lot of use anyway. I have just found out another well has been dug (FIL took it upon himself to organise it), just gone and paid the guy for it. They know I wanted a solar powered pump, so they just dug it and left. Looking at the hole though it seems a submersible is going to be a real squeeze if at all possible as they just dug the same way as they would for a normal electric powered surface pump. Could be wrong though, I just thought submersibles needed a bigger tube. Does anyone know of a good reasonably cheap solar powered surface pump system I can use? I am trying to get something sorted before anything else gets done 'for me' as I am pretty sure it might be another c**k up. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenposeb Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Thanks for the views, and if anyone did any research. I might go with a submersible if I can find one as the tube might be big enough for a small one. All the other options seem quite expensive. If anyone in the future sees this and wants to know of surface pump options, the best I have found so far is a 'solar piston pump', hopefully they will be cheaper in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice555 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hello CC, did you look at the pinned thread, Farming Links and Resources, post #17 ? There has been threads on solar pumps on this forum before, a forum or google search will bring up those threads. rice555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=solar+well+pump There are video's of systems who use an airpump only. The airbubbles go deep in the well and are released in a hose which makes them come up together with a lot of water. those kind of pumps have no moving parts and can spray a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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