Running on Solar
Simple Pump is so power-efficient, it can be run from A SINGLE 130-WATT SOLAR PANEL.
The recommended configuration includes batteries. Advantages are:
- The pump is not limited to sunlight periods of the for operation.
- Stored power allows operation over multiple days, when sunlight is less than ideal.
- Batteries easily absorb the current spike that happens on the work part of the pumping cycle.
With batteries rated at 200 amp-hours, a single 130-watt photovoltaic panel (with a charge controller) can meet the needs of a household consuming 250 gallons/day. For households consuming up to 1000 gallons/day, two 130-watt panels, with batteries, provides the power needed.
Buy Solar - Now or Later
Around 2006, the universal sentiment amongst those interested in buying solar configurations, particularly for residential applications, was:
"Wait until this upcoming huge factory comes on line before you buy. Prices will get a lot lower after that."
For those of you who previously put off purchase because this stance, you were clearly correct. Prices have been dropping for some time, and have now flattened. It's a great time to buy solar.
Why Simple Pump is DRAMATICALLY more economical than the competition
There are two ways to pump your water - quickly with high power consumption, or over a longer time with low power consumption.
The reason that we're so much more efficient is that no-one in the mainstream pumps industry has sat down and thought about creating a high-efficiency, lower-volume solution. They are all higher-throughput, higher-power-consumption pumps.
Simple Pump’s 105ME 12-volt DC, 60 rpm, 1/5 hp bolt-on Motor Extension is built to adapt the amount of power it draws --- the gear ratio can be adjusted to work at greater depth, holding power consumption constant.
No one else offers this feature. Typical solar configurations hold the pump's power demand constant, requiring the customer to keep adding panels until power needs are satisfied, rather than optimizing the pump to minimize the output for the solar panels.
Submersibles and Solar
When people say "well pump", they almost always mean (and just assume) the usual "submersible well pump". The reason for our much higher efficiency is that we're not using the same sort of technology. Even a relatively low-volume submersible pump generates much higher volume per minute than a Simple Pump 12-volt DC Motor Extension. But a single household does not require the volumes that they produce. Almost all households, no matter the type of pump, include at least a 50-gallon pressure tank that, in turn, supplies the domestic water system. With just this modest buffer, Simple Pump saves our customers thousands of dollars in solar panel costs.
We have spoken with several people about this - people who were in process of scouting around for a solar-driven pump. All gave us similar figures about what they were finding, elsewhere. For example, one person told us the figure another company had quoted him — $12,000! This for what was defined as a "low-power-draw" submersible --- It required SIX 200-watt solar panels.
Other Low-Volume Solutions and Solar
THERE AREN'T ANY!
Yes, there are other hand-pumps - (superficially in the same ballpark as a Simple Pump, although more expensive and not manufactured to the same quality). But none of them has an equivalent motorized pump.
Nor does any have an equivalent handpump-to-motorized upgrade path. The computer-driven machining of a Simple Pump ensures extremely precise, consistent fit between pump head and motor. You can (in minutes) upgrade a hand pump to the motor, and be assured of an EXACT fit, even years in the future.
There is simply nothing equivalent to the solar-driven, motorized Simple Pump --- whether you go straight to solar now, or want to upgrade your hand-pump in the future.
We'll help you figure everything out
Just send us the details of your situation and needs with our Get-A-Bid Form. We'll prepare a recommondation and quote. Or you are very welcome to phone us (below).
