solar panel pool pump help
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With a check valve you should be able to keep the water from draining back into the pool but you need to have an over pressure device that will pop off in case the water temperature in the panel gets too high and the pump has stopped running for some reason. You always need a backup path for the water to expand in case the primary is blocked.
This would only be to prevent cold water in the collector from falling back down into the pool in a reverse flow.
the other end would be open.Leave a comment:
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With a check valve you should be able to keep the water from draining back into the pool but you need to have an over pressure device that will pop off in case the water temperature in the panel gets too high and the pump has stopped running for some reason. You always need a backup path for the water to expand in case the primary is blocked.Leave a comment:
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i'm curious, if i fill the solar collector with water from a hose, keep both the inlet and outlet under the pool surface, will the water drain out? if it doesn't then i can just put a cheapie bilge pump underwater just to circulate the water in my solar collectors?? anyone have any experience with this?
But in the absence of air bubbles and leaks, the water will not drain out of the collector.Leave a comment:
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that would work. It may be worthwhile to put a swing check valve in the outlet of the pump to prevent the colder water at night falling out of the collector and pulling warmer pool water back up.Leave a comment:
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i'm curious, if i fill the solar collector with water from a hose, keep both the inlet and outlet under the pool surface, will the water drain out? if it doesn't then i can just put a cheapie bilge pump underwater just to circulate the water in my solar collectors?? anyone have any experience with this?Leave a comment:
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haven't really been able to find much on google, the closest pump that i found that can run for long periods of time are fountain pumps for waterfalls, i found one at home depot that has a 14 foot head, but it's ac. i really want to drive this thing on dc with solar panels. also the dc pumps that i found don't have a long life span, averaging 1500 hrs. if this is going to run for 6 hrs a day, that's not very long.Leave a comment:
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haven't really been able to find much on google, the closest pump that i found that can run for long periods of time are fountain pumps for waterfalls, i found one at home depot that has a 14 foot head, but it's ac. i really want to drive this thing on dc with solar panels. also the dc pumps that i found don't have a long life span, averaging 1500 hrs. if this is going to run for 6 hrs a day, that's not very long.Leave a comment:
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Probably no one here has experience with small DC pumps. you might try a google search.Leave a comment:
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...although the effect is similar, in that it takes power at one voltage and current combination and makes it available at a different voltage and current combination. It does not have to have the same sweep sampling capability that an MPPT tracker does.Leave a comment:
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to run a common brushed motor directly from a PV panel, you need a Linear Current Booster. It's sort of a voltage regulator and a capacitor. It keeps a pump from burning up when stalled at low light levels.
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to run a common brushed motor directly from a PV panel, you need a Linear Current Booster. It's sort of a voltage regulator and a capacitor. It keeps a pump from burning up when stalled at low light levels.
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