Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Is Your Solar Powered Water Pumping System Prepared for Winter?




Not very many things are predictable in this world, from movies to football scores, but one thing that is certain is that winter is coming, and so is the frosty cold. If you have a solar pumping system then you might be acquainted with the possible pains of the piercing ice and its relationship with your water pumping system. Preparation for the weather to come can make a huge difference in your solar pumping system operating at maximum efficiency. Here are some tips to help prepare for the winter season before the temperature drops and some things you can do after to help maintain performance.
Changing the angles on your solar panels can increase the amount of sunlight a solar panel can capture, and therefore changing the amount of energy it can provide. An appropriate angle for a solar panel is your location’s latitude plus 15 degrees. For example Oklahoma is at 35.5 degrees North, so the ideal solar panel angle for Oklahoma is 50.5 degrees.  There are many longitude and latitude maps which can be found for free online. Here's one example http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/usa-lat-long.html.
Be sure your pipes have a weep hole. A weep hole is a small opening below the frost level that allows water to drain freely from the pipes when the solar pump shuts off at night or in very low light conditions. Without the weep hole the pipe can contain trapped water when the solar pump is not running, which can then freeze as the temperature drops. At that point the pipe either has to be thawed or replaced because it has busted due to the water inside expanding as it freezes or worse yet when your pump comes on in the morning and pumps against the restriction it can damage or ruin your pump entirely. In addition to a weep hole, also have the pipes at an angle from the well head to the tank that allows the water to completely drain. There should be no low areas or loops in the piping, this will prevent water from becoming trapped and creating an ice plug. Also the delivery pipe can not be in the water in the tank.
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Above is a solar pumping system operating securely throughout the winter while the panels are covered with ice.


Depending on your situation and needs there could be many more possibilities to prevent busted pipes due to freezing, keeping the pipes deep underground, insulating your well or tank, or even winterizing your solar pumping system until the weather warms up. We encourage you to take the precautions that fit your situation. It's also best if your delivery pipe to your tank is not facing due north into the bitter winter wind. This can cause the water to freeze in the delivery pipe at a much faster rate and you may want to consider placing an elbow on the delivery pipe and turning it down to the tank to prevent the wind from blowing up the pipe.

Clear off fresh snow. Seems simple enough, right? Sunlight can be scarce and blotted out by the clouds during the winter months, but nothing is worse than premium sunshine finally showing itself and you realize your solar panels are stuck under eight inches of snow. It only takes a few seconds to grab a push broom and keep the snow cleared, but this simple routine maintenance can do a lot of good.

It is important to us at Advanced Power Inc. that our customers are happy and that their solar powered water-pumping systems are free of any trouble and inconveniences. Please take the necessary measures to protect your solar pump system from this winter season by following the tips above, so that when you need water, you’ll have it.




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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Solar Powered Water Pumping: The Possibilities Are Endless

Utilizing solar energy to power water pumping systems has been our business for nearly thirty years, and we have discovered various uses for solar pumps along with the fact that they can benefit anyone who has a water well, and needs it. Solar powered pumping systems have been used for agriculture, home improvement, environmental regulation, off the grid living, and have even appeared in zoos and oil industries. A quality solar pump, such as the ones we manufacture here at Advanced Power Inc., can improve your situation and save you countless dollars, while keeping the environment green for you and your family for years to come.


Solar powered water pumps have been known to aide in environmental regulation. They save natural resources such as oil and gas because they are powered by clean solar energy rather than using other sources, such as a gas powered generators, which emit pollutants into the air. Sonoma County, California’s water treatment facility made the decision to do their part in keeping the environment green. They recently installed two solar powered systems and estimate that the panels will reduce global warming by displacing over 37.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually. NASA funded an experiment about carbon dioxide emissions and found evidence that it can actually disrupt the Earth’s natural water cycle. That could lead to droughts, famine, acid rain, and pollution to you drinking water!


On the topic of drinking water, have you ever looked at what’s in the water that cities provide to their citizens? It’s just water, right? Actually no, there is fluorine, chlorine, and before all of that, some cities actually have their water demineralized! One of Advanced Power Inc.’s solar pumps could be one of the best and most beneficial home improvement projects you have ever done. You can provide your family good clean mineral rich water to drink and you can save money by cutting out your monthly water bill. By using one of our double panel systems, you can pump as much as 1,775 gallons of fresh natural water directly to your home! When the sun is down, our systems can also use batteries to ensure you always have clean water, rain or shine, when you need it. All  you need in addition to our solar powered water pumping system is your own water well.  If you own your own property and have a water well, one of our solar pumps can benefit you tremendously.


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When you need it may not always be the easiest or most relaxing day either. The stresses of day-to-day life can be physically and emotionally taxing, and a solar powered water pump could be very useful in creating the perfect weekend escape from your daily routine; or maybe you just want a romantic getaway for you and your significant other. Perhaps you want to feel secure and prepared for a time when you would be forced to survive off the grid. What is going to happen to when a catastrophic event occurs and cuts you and your family off from electricity and running water? How is your family going to survive? Locating water isn’t the only thing to consider in that situation, sometimes it is finding a way to obtain it and use it. The solar powered pumping systems at Advanced Power Inc. are manufactured  and assembled right here in the USA before being individually inspected and tested to ensure that our products will not fail you when you most need them. In this aspect our products can provide something that has no price, peace of mind. Many of our competitors cannot make this claim and will choose to bring in lesser quality products from China and will bait customers by using phrases such as “Assembled in America”.
Fresh water is undeniably a major factor when it comes to agricultural needs, and solar powered water pumps are the ideal solution to meet those needs! For instance, a mature  lactating cow can drink up to 50 gallons of water per day, and if you have just nine more alike cows, that is easily 500 gallons of water per day. That’s about the size of a small swimming pool. Just one of our single panel solar pump systems can deliver up to 915 gallons per day and could be the solution to your water needs. Our team here at Advanced Power Inc. can assist you in filling your ponds, watering your livestock, and advising you in which systems would best suit your needs. We have provided solar powered water pumping solutions to numerous, happy and satisfied customers who have had a wide range of needs that were met with one of our top of the line solar pumps.


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A solar pump could also be very beneficial for an upcoming viticulturist or a gardener as well! Anyone who is thinking about starting a vineyard, orchard or just a garden, also needs to think about how they are going to provide water to it. A single grape vine can require 10-12 gallons of water per day in the summer; with an entire vineyard someone would be forced to have a hose in their hand all day to supply the water required. You could save time, money, and avoid overly monotonous work with just one of Advanced Power Inc.’s single panel solar pumping systems! Under the right conditions this could supply enough water for almost 100 vines, solely from clean solar energy. All for around $1700.00, you can attain economical peace of mind and labor savings.

Whatever project you may be working on, if it has a need for water and you have a water well available, a solar pump from Advanced Power Inc. can help, and that’s all we want. Please email us at sales@solarpumps.com or give us a call at 866.519.7892 for a free quote, and let us help you tackle on whatever ideas you may have by supplying you with clean and natural water.






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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Help Maintain the Health of your Pond this Winter with Fresh Well Water Pumped by a Solar Powered Pump.

Is your pond prepared for winter?
With the end of summer coming fast, many thoughts can come to mind. Duck enthusiasts are counting down the days until the season opener; while fishermen are still looking for that big catch. But with winter approaching, your pond could be in trouble. Below the surface of the water there is a whole other world that can be sustained with the help of fresh water pumping.
A healthy pond has about 10 parts per million of oxygen that is produced and maintained by the vegetation, wind exchange, and the even the fish a pond has to offer. However, as the winter months approach and the vegetation begins to die and decay, the oxygen levels can drop drastically, and if ice is added to the equation it could be even worse.
The best way to maintain a healthy pond is to maintain and maximize water volume. This can be a challenge after a hot summer due to much of the water evaporating out. However, if there’s a well, there’s a way!
This is where our solar powered water pumps and solar pumping comes in. Throughout the season there are roughly 7 hours per day of sunlight in which Advanced Power Inc.’s solar water pumps can add fresh well water to your pond. For example, our Quad Pump has the capability to pump 3.5 gallons per minute on shallow wells when powered by the right amount of solar power, this would give an additional 2,840 gallons of fresh well water per day! This amount of water would help maintain the health and overall well-being of your pond and its inhabitants.  If you have a larger pond you may want to consider adding more water per day by using a larger solar powered water pumping system. Advanced Power offers systems that can provide up to several thousand gallons per day.
To continuously add freshwater to a pond has countless benefits and uses for a landowner. A pond is a source of life for many animals, because good drinking water is a requirement for anything that lives, breathes, and moves. A whitetail deer, for example can survive days without drinking water, but research from deer management specialists have shown that they prefer to be within one square mile of a permanent water source at all times.
The water availability is not the only reason for freshwater pumping; the quality of that water can also play a huge factor on animal health and growth. Water has a certain amount of toxins that can come from animal waste, rainwater, and surface runoff. If water levels go down, the concentrations of theses toxins will increase and could even contaminate the water to unsafe levels.
Do my calves have mild diarrhea because of the salinity of their water? Is my water contaminating the forage surrounding my pond? A solar powered water pump could keep a stable flow of fresh, unpolluted water, and be the simple solution to these questions. The first step to improving the health of a deer, steer, fish, or even a tree, is to first improve the health of the water in which it drinks.


For nearly 30 years the people of Advanced Power Inc. have been known for manufacturing and producing some of the best solar powered water pumps and water pumping systems in the industry.  Please contact us and let us help you keep the fish in your ponds healthier, and provide the wildlife a desirable place to hang out.  Contact one of our system specialists today for a no obligation hassle free quote. You’ll be glad you did. We’ve been helping satisfied customers keep fresh water going to their ponds for nearly 30 years with our solar powered water pumps.





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