Pump Water with Solar Power! No Battery or Charge Controller! Under $60.00

Connecting a 30 Watt Solar Panel to a 22 Watt ~ 24 Volt DC Motor to pump water for small garden irrigation or aquaponic pond circulation
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[@giocrash17]

This is great! Thank you for the video. With this setup, I was able to use a tiny pump to get water from my pond to my garden that is ~200 feet away! Used it to fill 2 55 gallon barrels and a few 5 gallon buckets in less than a day. In fully sun, that tiny pump filled a 55 gallon barrel in less than 2 hours, all with the power of the sun! No more lugging buckets from the pond to the garden, very excited that this works so well.

[@gardendirt1099]

That's great to hear!! 🙂

[@UdonTaco]

Awesome idea, execution, and setup. Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement on this wonderful project.

[@carolscabinas]

I'm amazed that tiny pump can pump that much water that far!

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes, I agree!

[@mistereearly1141]

I just use a small solar powered pump for fountain feature. Works great for years. Irrigate all my plants right from the lake water

[@Rboase1]

One of the best do it yourself videos i have seen in a long time. This is exactly what I have been looking for, and also the materials.

[@gardendirt1099]

Great to hear!!!

[@vzero_snexfur885]

Should I cover my large plastic pond to avoid mosquito eggs ec that I will be using to water Garden Will pump you recommended be good for large plastic pond ? Thanks

[@ciachetti]

Really great video!!! My wife and I are going to do the exact same thing. Can't thank you enough for making this video. All powered by the sun! Have a wonderful day

[@gardendirt1099]

Glad you liked it! 🙂

[@redwoodsgal]

Fantastic. I have a hobby greenhouse I just put 3 levels of 30ft rows of plastic rain gutters planted with strawberries. I have a 300 gal water tub and some drip irrigation tape and been racking my brain how to automate the system. I'm excited ☺️

[@gardendirt1099]

Hope it worked out for you! 🙂

[@RoeRoe123]

Omg my head is about to explode with this one 😳 THAT Little pump carried the water THAT Far??? 😱 My pond is closer to my garden than this! And I can put a container on my truck and go fill it up too! 🤗 Yippeeeee!!

[@gardendirt1099]

I'm glad you see the benefit of doing this. It truly is amazing to have a solar panel do the work .. and all free and without noise .. or extra costs.

[@joompah7]

Just a couple of comments. As an electrician make sure you use wire that is rated for direct burial. The insulation will last longer and not get brittle. Better yet run it in some polytube or UV rated PVC. Yes you don't need a charge controller and battery but a future upgrade of these would be nice. I like to fill my barrels in the evening that way they have all day to warm the water, but I suppose the pond water is warm. Of course no sun minimal power and might ruin your pump.... Either great idea so you don't need the generator...

[@mopolani9604]

Here I became a fan of "money can't buy your wisdom, loved it, I will do it in my garden, all these years I used hand pump

[@gardendirt1099]

That's amazing! Glad to be of help!

[@jsmythib]

I dug a 4x4x10 well next to my garden and chicken coup. I use a 60w dc shallow well pump($65) to get close to actual house water pressure. All very useful, everyday. I do have a charge controller, old 12v battery(this is where the old ones go!). 2/100 watt panels. A slow constant'ish feed to your storage tanks is a great idea. We have parallel setups, thankyou for sharing.

[@billquakenbush1692]

You could add a Hudson float valve to your recieving drum and the pump would turn on and off automatically

[@gardendirt1099]

Great idea!

[@Stubones999]

or when your barrels fill up, let it run on, and overflow. Have a pipe from the top of the barrels to the rows of plants and let the overflow irrigate the garden.

[@bertkutoob]

I've been thinking of doing this for the hydroponic tower garden I'm thinking of putting in. So this video is a nice kick-start 😅 One question. How is the pump holding up after 3 years?

[@nonnywinner5039]

Thank you for uploading and sharing your smart, simple, straightforward, cost effective and efficient solution.

[@neogator26]

Awesome! I recently started collecting water and am working on a solar pump strong enough to operate a standard yard sprinkler. I love technology almost as much as I love doing things for free!

[@johndv952]

simple, efficient, cost effective - brilliant - thanks for sharing that!

[@Graysail0r]

As a proud west central 'arkie' - I see you are also an arkie as well. Thanks for the demonstration. I'm designing a couple of solar solutions - one to move captured rain water from a large tank to a smaller garden tank and one to run an small irrigation system for a 'field garden' that is growing radishes and things. Thanks so much!

[@gardendirt1099]

Hope it works out for you! Sure been dry this year!

[@cyelannford4735]

Making use of what God has given us... Excellent!!

[@futures.scalper.808]

the genius is in the simplicity

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes, I agree .. and that makes it more useable.

[@user-re3td7fu1d]

What an innovative and smart set-up! Thank you so much for taking the time to share it!

[@roseoil8068]

Ten Wonderful, helpful video. Thank you for taking time to make and share.

[@gardendirt1099]

Twelve .. Cheers!

[@sidneydavis6769]

That is what I call American ingenuity and genius.

[@gardendirt1099]

Thank you Sidney .. I'm leaving this behind for those who are yet to be born! 🤣lol

[@David-hr5ml]

Thanks for taking the time to share what you have learned. Very helpful

[@MichiganMaker]

Nice setup. This is just the sort of thing I was looking for to power my solar pool heater. Thank you for sharing.

[@djksfhakhaks]

I like the berrel idea! Ive messed with floats and all sorts of stuff to keep my intake from cloging. I might use this and inovate on it a bit.

[@Esterisreali]

Great video I really appreciate you taking your time to share your wisdom and knowledge with all of us

[@gardendirt1099]

Thank you .. 🙂

[@enrique6943]

Thanks that's perfect for what I need almost the same but my elevation is probably double yours. But I guess I can just ad another solar panel and pump in the middle and have 2 water stations.

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes .. That works too.

[@urbanplanner7200]

That's a nice spot for a garden.

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes indeed .. very happy to be able to grow here!

[@Gumby1978]

That is very ingenious.

[@DianneFincham]

A great video. I think solar power is going to be our only way forward.

[@gardendirt1099]

I agree Dianne .. and thank you for the comment! :)

[@mel41138]

Beautiful idea 💡. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless 🙏💕

[@Lynn-er9yx]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea!

[@gardendirt1099]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@ordinarypete]

Make more content. This helped me and my wife so much. Ty.

[@ordinarypete]

@@MerwinARTist wow! I am sorry to hear that! So glad things are ok though! 🙏🏽. Life has been a trip, we all need a little break.

[@terristurkie5975]

Thank you for a great video especially showing the purchases you made im get on www right now thanks again .

[@TylerRecchia9093]

Drunk on Life, Refreshing KZbin right here. Thank you

[@gardendirt1099]

Cheers! 🙂

[@pierreaucoin2480]

Pretty impressive. Where was the little pump? At the pond, at the panel, or at the barrel? Hard to believe that little pump can push water or pull water that far. Wow!

[@Stubones999]

The pump is in the blue barrel floating in the lake and a line runs from the pump to the storage barrels.

[@randallcammack6932]

You could add a bulk head fitting at the top of your receiver barrel for a hose to water the grass

[@Lermer07]

Come back, Garden Dirt. We need your wisdom

[@gardendirt1099]

LOL .. I'm posting a new video now .. a little different but same landscaping garden dirt stuff. 🙂

[@MrJakkalsdraai]

Doing the same thing but with a powerfull pump. Will be adding a water wheel connected to an windmill generator to generate power

[@juliecisneros3910]

Can you PLEASE tell me if this worked out for you? It’s EXACTLY what I’m wanting to do and am a full on rookie with all this

[@cd8628]

Well done, Sir!

[@nunyabusiness863]

Thanks for sharing this! Nicely done.

[@jacobducat]

Great video sir. That is exactly what I needed to see

[@morganclapp5554]

Perfect set up

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Good information thank you for sharing

[@ericpham5198]

If you pump air into a column of water of 3 m depth then you can always had clean water will refill the water to use because under 3 m depth enough pressure turn air into water

[@trif55]

Hope to see more videos from you, a little upgrade you could make to get a lot more water out of that pump/make it run longer would be a larger solar panel, that 30W is the absolute peak power, most of the day or through any cloud you'll get less than that, for a similar price you should be able to find a 2nd hand solar farm panel that's over 200W! it may be a 30v panel so you'll need a little DC-DC Buck converter but those are less than $10 as well, wire it all up and watch it go!

[@americanwolfke5sqb916]

Great idea thanks for sharing God bless you and yours

[@royvoth5366]

Sir u look just like my father in law.And we are from Arkansas aswell.

[@gardendirt1099]

Amazing! lol

[@wilbo3376]

Awesome! Just what I need! Im commenting 2 years later. How is that pump holding up?

[@longsnapper5381]

Well done, sir!

[@AllisonRozsaVoice]

I’d really like to know more about how you do the watering itself. Can you attach a hose to the pump? I see that you are dripping freely into the garden, how does the water reach the plants that need it?

[@gardendirt1099]

as long as the roots of the plants can reach the wetness of the ground .. the plants will get the water they need.

[@gardendirt1099]

So one of the things I did was use a hoe to dig a shallow trench down beside the row of okra for instance .. and just let the water flow out of the pipe on the uphill end of the trench so it will flow down to the other end. It just depends on the situation.

[@niallwalshe4473]

Brilliant, and thank you.

[@mountainchild9322]

Great Job

[@briansmythe3219]

Great Idear Sir Yhanks for that Verry helpful

[@gardendirt1099]

So nice of you .. thanks!

[@dtinyXD]

How did you wire the pump to the solar panel? It looks like you just spliced the wires, right?

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes .. just connected wires .. to turn the pump on I use an alligator clip and clip onto a bare wire. You could also use something to cover the solar panel.

[@tomharrigan3227]

Thanks, you the man

[@gardendirt1099]

Cheers! 🙂

[@patty9265]

Love the fact you don't have to use a battery .Would this be enough power to do a outdoor shower?

[@Graysail0r]

I would for a low pressure 'drip' type shower. Especially if you elevate the tank. If you are thinking about disposing of the tank entirely then yes - these pumps are used to do small fountains (that's an upside down shower, lol). It is dependent on the elevation from the water source to the discharge - 21 feet for this pump.

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes, but of course only when the sun is shinning.

[@melsibley5191]

Very clever , thank you for sharing ,

[@nickcats9171]

Love the inner tube floating the barrel in the creek. What size inner tube? Do you have a link? Did you put any type of filter in the barrel? Holes in the bottom or the side? Thank you!

[@ZombiePermaculture]

Thank you.

[@philippinestoday]

Thanks for sharing

[@agustingomez5594]

Thank you 🙏

[@ejsocci2630]

Awesome, thanks for sharing this

[@thchighflyerz]

Could this work with Hudson float valve so there's no overflow and then a low or no pressure timer at bottom or barrel for drip irrigation to basically make an automated drip irrigation system

[@gardendirt1099]

Probably so. :)

[@Rick-the-Swift]

Dang that is a small little wire they got there.

[@dondicey6528]

Question about pump head. I do not need volume or high flow, however, I am transferring water from a 55 gal drum uphill to another drum. The distance is roughly 300 ft. but a gain in elevation of 50-60'. Do you think this little pump can do this or not the right application? I could use 1/4" or even 1/8" diameter outflow line. I simply need to fill the target drum once a week with 40-50 gallons of relatively clean water for backpack spraying in our target area. Thanks for any help. Great stuff by the way!

[@luckydogfarms]

Subscribed! I away learn something new on your channel. Thanks, J

[@gardendirt1099]

Thank you!

[@karentaucher2286]

Thanks for posting! How do you switch it on and off though? Also, that solar panel reads that its open circuit voltage is 42.2 volts. Would that burn out a pump that's rated with a maximum of 24 volts?

[@gardendirt1099]

The pump only uses what it needs .. I hooked up two solar panels to one pump to see if it would pump faster .. it didn't and did not hurt the pump. I switch it on by connecting wires together with an alligator clip on the end.

[@CheikosChannel]

Thanks for sharing. Big LIKE for you.

[@gardendirt1099]

Thank you for that!! 🙂

[@truthseeker1364]

How long did ur set up work for ? And is it still going ?

[@gardendirt1099]

I have moved it around to various locations .. the pump is not working now but probably just needs cleaning .. I've got to pull it out and give it some attention.

[@razvanon]

the panel is 36 v and the pump is 8-24v . doesn't this extra voltage burn the pump ? Did you measure the actual voltage coming from the panel to see if it's ever coming as high as 36 volts ?

[@rosanadancel7225]

Oh this great. Whats the generator doing in all of that? Thank you

[@briantrout7051]

I like the idea quite a lot. But one thing I think would be practical might be some kind of a "current cut-out" such that when the output from the panel dropped below a certain level, it would shut the pump down until such time as the current was once again adequate to run the application. If just manually turning it on and off during full sun hours, it's not a big deal. I'm not so sure about the hours towards the beginning and end of the day when the panel may be putting out too little power to actually run the pump properly. How could that happen simply without spending a lot? (I can see applications well beyond a small water pump that this would apply to.) Thanks!

[@gardendirt1099]

When there is less sun .. like when there is a shadow from a tree branch .. it just drops in power to run the pump .. but it doesn't hurt the pump at all.

[@cpurrin1]

For those of us with water sources that can dry up, is there a way to add an automatic off so pump doesn't burn out?

[@DemzWon1]

That's awesome

[@gardendirt1099]

Thank you! 🙂

[@Julian_Wang-pai]

I've come to this video very late on. If you're still responding to questions may I ask how long those little pumps last?

[@kevinmann4786]

That's great Thankyou

[@12vLife]

Nice work. I want to try this. Can this pump really pull water straight up 20'? How clear does the water need to be? Can it run off of 12v 100w solar panel?

[@gardendirt1099]

So the head pressure is important to think about .. it might pump 20' ft up .. but not be very much water coming out .. but it does give a range of options in that spectrum .. 1 - 15 or 18 ft. for example. It's going to flow more at 1 ft than at 18 ft. You just want to have clean water .. no leaves, grass, etc. to clog the line. Yes, it can run off a 100w solar panel. .. it's 12 volt.

[@MinecraftEmpire-ld6hi]

thanks so much

[@AnoopAlias]

I did a similar setup with a 40 watt pump and a 100 watt solar panel and the rated head was 4 meter. But this wasn't pumping over a few cm of head and was waste of money

[@gardendirt1099]

Sorry to hear that .. I hope you are able to make it work somehow.

[@iam5564]

if i put this in a 5000 gallon water tank would it have enough power to push from there?

[@brookelarson4904]

I saw in a previous post you said you changed the design of the float. Can you please explain a little more? Is it like 4-in PVC Square that's a little bit bigger than the barrel or did you have to make it a lot bigger so would be more buoyant?

[@KRoc]

I wonder if there are any solar water pumps on the market with a shutoff float or if it's easy to configure one that way

[@gardendirt1099]

Probably is .. or maybe make one.

[@andrepedzik2047]

Can you use this in a water storage tank in the winter to keep the water moving so it will not freeze.

[@mikebond6328]

Depends on where you live.

[@teeandy100]

Is the system still working, did you have any challenges?

[@pl747]

Is that pump completely submerged under water in the barrel? Do you have a screen on the inlet?

[@gardendirt1099]

Yes to both of your questions! 🙂

[@johncaplinger1888]

Can you post the link again for purchasing the pump.

[@gardendirt1099]

Hi John .. this link is for one with less watts .. less head pressure .. but it's from the same people. I'm noticing that they have one .. little more pricy .. but this one I posted has been discontinued. Keep looking tho .. you never know what someone else has developed. usa.banggood.com/DC-12V-Solar-Powered-Water-Pump-Motor-700L-or-H-Brushless-Magnetic-Submersible-Water-Pumps-p-1275049.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts&cur_warehouse=CN

[@agrarianarc]

Thank you! Do you think this would work to pump water out of a well? We have a second well on our property that we'd like to make use of just for gardens and animals.

[@gardendirt1099]

Depends upon how deep your well is .. this pump was only rated to pump about 21 ft vertically.

[@lestersloan2758]

I would get a windmill pump to keep a 250 gallon water barrel full at all times and use the force of gravity to water the garden 😊

[@sheilal.7284]

I did not see how you added your switch. Do you just put a switch in line obviously in between the pump and the solar panel?

[@gardendirt1099]

Hi .. you can add a switch if you want to .. but I attached alligator clips to the ends of the wire and they will hold onto almost anything. By connecting or hooking the clips .. it acts as a switch.

[@deanaha]

How do you change the battery when they don’t work

[@gardendirt1099]

There is no battery to change .. the power comes directly from the solar panel.

[@dsdkeck]

How long are wires to panel? I need 4 ft. to reach bottom of IBC tank.

[@mangalagowda6141]

How can I use this method to pump water from a 55 gallon rain barrel? Where should the pump be kept?

[@gardendirt1099]

If you are pumping from the barrel .. you need to put the pump in the barrel.

[@newhopeforhealing]

Great Video! I have 265 Watt solar panels and a 450 watt DC water pump. Do I need 1 or 2 panels? I'm assuming 2?

[@gardendirt1099]

Just one panel would work .. pretty sure.

[@marychristineanderson4112]

How about for a waterfall?!?

[@gardendirt1099]

It would depend .. it can be used for a lot of things .. including a small pool fountain.

[@blesseddwellings9829]

Where do you live? How do you think this would do in the winter?

[@gardendirt1099]

Southwestern Arkansas .. the pump can't take being frozen!

[@jimmydavis5951]

I would like to put in a solar powered system at my land where I have a 2 acre spring fed pond.Have a solar powered timer to run my heads (one at a time) to water a garden or food plot,have a pump to pull water from the pond to the valves so the timer can turn them on and push water through the pvc pipes,ect.Any ideas how to set that up I am not the best with solar or electrical stuff :)

[@gardendirt1099]

I'm not real versed in solar either .. but this was simple and I felt I had to share. 🙂

[@chopshop254]

How big of a tractor tire inner tube did you use to fit around the 55 gallon plastic barrel?

[@gardendirt1099]

Actually I would not recommend an inner tube now .. bought a new one and it didn't last. Instead I built a float using 4" PVC pipe joined with 90 deg. elbows. All glued together .. then wrapped aluminum wire around the pipe and through the barrel at the midway point. The barrel is now floating in my pond.

[@chopshop254]

Just curious how this setup has been holding up

[@bigmansanister8716]

What does the generator do here?

[@mikebond6328]

Waits for the sun to go down.

[@scottsellers68]

Where do I buy this pump ?

[@gardendirt1099]

I'm not sure .. I had to do a lot of searching before I found this on Ebay.

[@EnriqueLopez-lf8qm]

How high can the pump lift water actually?

[@michaelcarey1040]

that pump has very little head. I think 5 feet max and at a slow flow

[@gardendirt1099]

It says on this pump that it will pump 7 meters which is about 21 vertical feet .. but of course the higher you pump the water the slower it's going to flow.

[@kouher108]

Would you sell?

[@gardendirt1099]

I don't have a need to sell .. but thanks for asking.