Solar Powered Water Pumps

Solar powered water pumps can be used for a variety of applications, including pumping water for your garden, fountains, ponds, and other man-made water creations. Solar powered pumps are very easy to install, and they offer long-lasting life with little maintenance. It is not uncommon to get a 20-25 year warranty on your solar powered water pump. Some more advanced pumps are night and day powered. The solar panels on the water pump collect and store energy during the day so you can enjoy power for many hours at night. This is perfect for running fountains and other water landscaping enhancements during your night parties and get-togethers. As solar technology has increased exponentially over the last ten years, the prices of solar powered water pumps has also decreased considerably.

You can get high quality solar panels on your water pump with outputs of 20w-40w for a very resonable prices, perhaps around $200. If you are looking for solar water pumps for drawing up water from your well or open water source, then solar powered pumps offer many advantages over tradition pumps, escpecially windmills. Generally, the long-term costs (and perhaps the short-term ones) are going to be a lot less, because little maintenance and costs is needed to run a solar powered water pump.