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Solar Watering system pumping from lake?
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<blockquote data-quote="jkwilson" data-source="post: 1426935" data-attributes="member: 969"><p>Place I used to rent had a good setup. Small pump with no batteries and a 300 gallon tank. Inlet was through the tank drain and there was a hose back down to the water from an overflow near the top of the tank. Pump started when the sun hit it and ran until the sun went down. At sunset there was still 300 gallons in the tank and the constant flow kept the water fresh even if the pasture only had a couple of bulls in it.</p><p></p><p>When he first did it he had a small tank thinking that being in the field the animals could just drink as they wanted. Cows still came in a group, and if the pump was off they'd drink the tank dry and then knock it over messing everything up.</p><p></p><p>There was a float the owner had rigged out of two pieces of PVC pipe, one within the other. The outer pipe was black and the inner was orange. He could see it from his house so he knew if the tank had water in it. I could see it driving by on the road so I never had to go check it unless I saw the pipe was down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkwilson, post: 1426935, member: 969"] Place I used to rent had a good setup. Small pump with no batteries and a 300 gallon tank. Inlet was through the tank drain and there was a hose back down to the water from an overflow near the top of the tank. Pump started when the sun hit it and ran until the sun went down. At sunset there was still 300 gallons in the tank and the constant flow kept the water fresh even if the pasture only had a couple of bulls in it. When he first did it he had a small tank thinking that being in the field the animals could just drink as they wanted. Cows still came in a group, and if the pump was off they'd drink the tank dry and then knock it over messing everything up. There was a float the owner had rigged out of two pieces of PVC pipe, one within the other. The outer pipe was black and the inner was orange. He could see it from his house so he knew if the tank had water in it. I could see it driving by on the road so I never had to go check it unless I saw the pipe was down. [/QUOTE]
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