gazza Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 i am looking at running pump room on solar power. any info on building home made system would be much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 What are you actually wanting to run? I dont know what your setup is so it's a bit difficult to give you any advice. A few more details and people might come up with some suggestions. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 you can only run hot water on solar power which means you will need radiators and or pipes running through your designated area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Actually Jim r thats not quite right. You can use photo electric cells to generate power and charge deepcycle batteries which then run thru an inverter and give you electricity. You can also do this with a windmill or a pelton wheel. Of course you can also use different solar panels to heat hot water and use that to run a radiator of some sort to heat the room. These panels can be easily home made and are quite efficent. Problems in a fish room is how do you modify heat ie you might need a chiller unit during the day as the panels can heat water close to boiling and also how do you stop heat transfer and therefore loss at night. Heating the floor might help with this but is an expensive concrete slab for a fish room. HTH Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Id say your best bet would be solar panels running into deep cycles(exide orbitals at 3-400a pop) then to an inverter running heat and maybe lights? You could hook up a windmill for the days when its over cast and windy with no sun. The only problem might be your budget or it may not be a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I think I just got educated a little.Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_W Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 http://jaycar.co.nz Look under "Solar cells" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhindry Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Hi Gazza, Are you looking at using solar to heat the tank water/room or solar to charge up batteries to produce electricity???? Here is a web page with water heating instructions for using electricity from solar panels. Just substitute the wind turbine with solar panels... http://www.reuk.co.uk/Wind-Turbine-Water-Heating.htm If you are planning on running water pumps from the solar panel/inverter setup make sure the inverter is a true sine wave type, most on the market are modified sine wave. Motors do not like to run on modified square wave, they tend to overheat and wear out a lot faster. Hope this is of some help. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Heya gazza A new task huh Hubby and I will come through to watch einstein at work... next time we come through I shall expect your fish room to have the red carpet decked out and those craggy old cichlids of yours better have done their deed again, you know the ones :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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