Monday, April 27, 2009
Posted at 7:53 PM UT
by
Tamara
From the Ground Up
Creating Energy Self Reliant,
Environmentally Friendly,
Homes and Systems
Produced and Directed
by
Tamara Lynn Scott
Features
Dan Wilson
conducting testing on a variety of Photovoltaic Panels in preparation for the hook up of Grundfos deep well pump capable of being run directly from Solar Panels, making it the choice pump for the series, and for remote water pumping applications.
The Grundfos control panel was opened to check for wiring sizing.
Tests were conducted to see if the pump could be run off the power generated by a normal automobile battery, which did not have adequate amps to keep the pump running.
There was not enough power being supplied from one 130 watt solar Panel to activate the pump.
Next up will be configuring 5 130 watt solar panels in the 48 volt Xantrex Inverter and 8 Deca Gel Cell batteries that comprise the main power system to determine if the main system is adequate to power the water pumping from a 500 foot deep well, up the mountain to a water holding tank, and then up to the building site and water holding tank which will then feed a hot tub, and radiant tube heated floor of the Octagonal cement slab foundation, as well as additional holding tanks for solar heated shower and bath.
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