Solar panels

Dj shaft

Hello,
I have built a water feature out in the parents back garden and put in lights around it so the old fella is now curious is there any small solar panels with a electricity storage unit you could buy to run a water pump and few lights in the garden instead of running cables from the house?

Cheers
Conor

SuperSean11

Dont think so

JamesM

Dj shaft wrote:

Hello,
I have built a water feature out in the parents back garden and put in lights around it so the old fella is now curious is there any small solar panels with a electricity storage unit you could buy to run a water pump and few lights in the garden instead of running cables from the house?

Cheers
Conor

It all depends on size and I am not sure that it would be worth doing.
There are some water features which are run from solar panels. But the pumps they drive are very small and only move a small amount of water. Of course, unless you have storage batteries, nothing will work at night. I think that the cost of panels and batteries would make it too expensive compared to mains power.
Jim.

arghh

saw one on qvc yesterday or Saturday it was very small though. It only worked the pump no lights

paulocon

Hi,

Some links...

http://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/BradshawsSite/pages/category/category.asp?ctgry=PUMPS_PMPSOLAR&utm_source=OVUK&utm_campaign=pond%5Fsolar%5Fpump&utm_term=solar%2Bpowered%2Bwater%2Bpump&utm_medium=PPC&ppcseid=2539&ppcsekeyword=solar+powered+water+pump&cookie%5Ftest=1
http://www.amazon.com/SOLAR-POWERED-WATER-Quality-Product/dp/B000KJZY48/ref=sr_1_3/104-8873756-3298303?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1175521252&sr=1-3

Nice idea by the way!

davelerave

4 core 1.5 swa will do .separate switching for pump and lights