Solar Powered Water Pump

Need to water trees from a pond that is going dry from evaporation. Better to use it while we can. Water level is lower than the trees and gravity is out of the question. Do not want to use gas or electric. Any ideas? Thanks Gene

"GRUNDFOS",(Danish ?), makes them, in 12/24/48
volt DC, and 110/220. Solar ones can run off a
small solar panel, and are used in 3rd world
rural areas..add a backuo battery, and you can
pump at night, or on cloudy days
I have a 140 foot deep well with Grundfos 110
volt power..converter box changes to 24 volt DC
going to the submergeable unit. In time of power loss, it could be run by 2 12 volt batteries.
A great magazine for information is "Home Power",
back issues are searchable on the web.

Those small portable gas engine powered pumps (and pretty decent CFM in a big hose/pipe) arent too expensive buttttttttttt look at its cost versus if you will ever use it again or look at the rental cost if this is a one time project or maybe you already own one?????

The smaller CFM electric pumps (kinda like a sump pump) arent too expensive (MUCH cheaper then a gas) but thats gonna take a much longer time (depends on CFM) to pump a lot of volume...

Id say it depends on what you already own???????The rental cost of a gas unit??????? If you can buy a cheap electric or a more expensive gas powered BUT IS IT ANY USE TO YOU IN YEARS TO COME???

I just cant say sittin here, too many unknowns, cost,,,,,,,,how much use in future,,,,,,,,,CFM,,,,,,Total gallons,,,,,,,,rental cost,,,,,,,,,BUTTTTT a cheap electric sump pump type wont set you back much

You mention SOLAR,,,,,they make small 12 VDC pumps but thats awful low CFM, will take forever to drain a pond maybe????? ALSO that would require a decent sized and expensive battery bank and solar panels THAT SOUNDS EXPENSIVE AND OVERKILL TO EVER DRAIN A POND TO ME

I think Id run to the local rental shop and rent a big gas powered pump n be done with it, an electrric powered AC pump would do the trick also, is there AC power close by????

John T

This is from about a four acre pond (tank as they are called in TX). A lot of loss from evap. One near by tank is dry and the other two is going fast with our 100+ degree days. Gene

depends on how much lower the pond is than the trees, how much head you had would determine what you could do to a certain extent.it may be cheaper or more practical depending on your situation to buy a storage tank,and rent a pump if you need a large one.pump your water into a tank and it will evaporate less and you might get more useage. just an idea of course. then you could have the tank to haul water after your pond is gone if neccesary. if you had a trailer with a tank on it,filling it from your pond could be done with a small submersable pump. as i say just another option.

My uncle just last Monday replaced his grundfos 24 to 300 ac or dc sub $3000+ and didn't have to replace the panel.
Lighting strike.

im afraid mines not going to make it much longer either,dont recall ever seeing it this low.