Build A Solar Powered Drip Irrigation System EASILY and Affordably!
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2021
- Save watering time, conserve on water, and build a fully autonomous watering system with a DIY solar-powered drip irrigation system!
In the first part of the video, I walk you through how to add solar power to a water pump that connects to a drip irrigation system. In the second part, I show you how to build out a drip irrigation setup.
Here are the links to all the equipment used in the video:
Drip Depot drip irrigation system: aff.dripdepot.com/aff/idevaff...
50 Watt Solar Panel Kit: amzn.to/3bSxKuY
3 GPM Water Pump: amzn.to/3wyoOTq
35aH Battery: amzn.to/34napxe
Switch Timer: amzn.to/3bWwtmu
Here is the link to the complete article with all the calculations you need:
rusticskills.com/homestead-ga...
Why would you want to build a solar-powered drip irrigation system? Here are some reasons. If you live in an arid environment, you can irrigate with much less water that penetrates deep within the ground. Your yield increases as well. You can irrigate places like slopes that are typically hard to get to. It also saves you loads of time if you are manually watering your plants.
When you add solar power to your drip irrigation system, you can place your garden practically anywhere! Set up your system on a timer and the drip irrigation will kick on automatically, creating a hands-off watering system. It's a cinch!
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Great video and info. Very thorough. Much appreciated. Thank you.
I'm only 3:25 seconds in and already empowered 💪🏾. Thank you
Super easy and effective implementation 👌
Thank you so much for taking away the fear of trying to understand all of this and explaining it in a straightforward simple manner. I really appreciate that you gave us an idea of how much everything costs. I'm sharing this with family and friends. ☺
I am so glad you found my content helpful! You are welcome!
Really good vid. and ideas! Just what we need! You are going to save us so much time and effort. Thanks so much!
Oh thanks! I am so glad you found my video helpful ❤️
OMG! Maximum Off Grid you guys are the fricken bomb!! You’ve certainly cut the BS out and keeping it real…many thanks from Victoria Australia 🙏
I am so glad you are enjoying my videos, thank you!!!
Thank you! You are clear and very well informed. Great video and info over all
I'm glad you found my video informative!
Thank you so much for all the great info!
You are so welcome!
You rock!!!! Thank you
Awesome walk through, setting up a system & this was very helpful as we currently are fully off grid. Good luck to you guys on your future endeavors. Will be checking your site & use your affiliate links.
Thank you so much for your support! It means a lot to me. I am about to get in the garden and get my drip system up and running for the year! ❤️
thanks for the video
Yw!
Hi , I really enjoyed the way you describe and visually show us all the set up. Have also had a read through on the specs of how and what you use. Unless i've got one point incorrect, the length of time your battery could operate the pump (without being recharged) is not quite correct. A 35Ah battery has the ability to run a 35 amp device for 1 hour, therefore a 7.5 amp pump would be 7.5 / 35 = just under 5 hours. 7.5 may be the max amps it could pull, and the nominal may be 3 or 4...if say 4, then it would be just under 9 hours; the math in the way its calculated i think is incorrect; but apologies if I am wrong. Your video has given me an overall visual picture in my head of what's required, many thanks 👍
I do believe you are right. The maths can get a bit tricky for me. However, this battery and panel combo has always had enough energy for my pump, especially here in sunny AZ!
I am so happy I found your channel. I have been looking for a simple DIY solar powered irrigation system. I read your article and will be starting my calculations today. How long have you been using your system? It looks like you have your pump outside exposed to the elements. Usually those types of pumps are not designed to be outside. Have you had any issues? We have lots of hail here in west Texas. How does the solar panel hold up to hail? Thanks for the confirmation of drip depot. I have been looking at their site for some time now. They do have a lot of great information.
I did have the pump outside, and should probably build an enclosure for it. Its been one year with the irrigation system and its excellent. Drip Depot has totally rocked, although there are some leaks here and there. But I think those are from user error. lol
@@RusticSkills thank-you
Did you ever post anything on the crop fortress plans? I'm very impressed by what I saw in this video and plan to build one of my own to keep deer (and the goats) out of the garden.
I did not ever make that video, although I have a new direction for the channel in mind that includes illustrations and diagrams. Its so hard to build stuff and film at same time!
Adapters are available in Australia to fit onto the tap of the IBC tank that reduce down to except a garden hose of 1/2", 3/4" etc. I am sure they would be available in the US.
I will check into it ty!
Amazon has them !🎉
I just use a cheap solar pump meant for fountain. I face my solar panel East so it pumps only in the morning. The water pumps onto a hose and then into irrigation hose
Good tip!
"Solar powered sump pump from china" CONFIRMED GARBAGE! I decided against even moving forward with the $30 pump I bought. They tried to sell me a $250 Solar panel + $350 battery they said goes with their poopy pump. They lure you in with a cheap pump and then blah! Thank you so much for doing this leg work. It's such important information you've recorded here. After watching this, I bought every link you had listed here. You sold me!:) keep growing yourself while growing your plants:) 🌱👍
Awesome! I'm glad my research helped you out. Much better to purchase the system piece by piece as the "kits" are total crap. Good luck with your system and let me know how it all turns out!
I wonder if an EMP could take out your current solar drip system or charge controller for this and what would be required to protect it in the event of a solar flare or attack?
Maybe it would be worth while having spare electronics like the charge controller etc. on hand in a faraday cage or buried metal garbage can in the unlikely event the original gets fried in a solar flare or EMP event?
This is one of my favorite project videos! Well done!
Do you have an affiliate link or amazon link to the backflow prevention valve?
Yes, it could. The problem is the magnetic pulse goes thru the solar panel and destroys the controller and possibly inverter. The only thing you can do is buy extra parts and hope it doesn't happen. I will have to look up an affiliate link for that particular part. I believe I have one on the article at www.maximumoffgrid.com....
@@RusticSkills Perfect! Thanks so much!
Where do you get the equvelent of dripdepot in europe if Amazon is a load of rubbish???
Do you haul in water?
Does the IBC tanks get bacteria?
Not necessarily, they do grow algae. If I were to drink directly out of it, I would run it through a filtration system.
How long is the irrigation system you have used?
I have used this system for two growing seasons now. Going on a third!
what are those tweezers called on 4:12??
Those are called battery clamps 😁
275-330 GALLON IBC TOTE TANK... on amazon
I buy them local no tax and cheaper
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You are going to kill that batt wire the pump to the controller not the batt
Thats a good idea. So far the setup has been working fine for two gardening seasons, but I will look into your suggestion!