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Posted October 1st, 2007 by rygordon

I have a deep well that uses an electric pump. It is housed inside a small, doghouse sized stick-built structure. I live in NW Florida. We get a good amount of sunshine. Is it feasible to have the well run by solar power? I’ve never heard of a well being solar powered. But I think it would be good if it can be done without costing a small (or large) fortune. Anyone got any info on that? Thanks.

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2 Comments on “Solar powered pump/well”

  1. rjwade Says:
    January 15th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    I don’t have any personal experience with using solar to pump water. However, I am aware that it’s done for watering livestock in remote areas and started with that.

    I found an article, via Google, at backwoodshome.com that might get you started. Good Luck!

    http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/yago91.html

  2. sungrid Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 6:14 am

    check out Grundfos pumps. SQflex.
    http://www.grundfos.com/web/homeus.nsf/Webopslag/5182E7DA930BFF5986256B7D00567651

    I bought one 6 years ago. it work great on any kind of power. Fact I’ve not spent the money on the solar side of it but it runs great on 120v.
    good luck

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