Solar Water Pump
The task at hand is to design a solar powered water pump for a 150 gallon aquarium.?
The water pump needs to be able to pull up water roughly 8+ feet. Ideally the system should include a filter to eliminate the presence of jellyfish. I need the most cost efficient Solar Panels with wattage provided. The battery used would be something similar to a deep cycle marine battery. Additionally I must figure out the amphours. Does anyone know where I can look up previously constructed systems or my best method of approach. Whom should I seek help from? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The price range we're looking at is around $1000.
This isn't too hard of a DIY project. You need to figure out how many watts per day this pump would be using to know the amount of panels that you'd have to get. There are lots of good 12 volt water pumps for what you need to do and I don't think you'd need anything fancy for the panels either if it's just for the water pump.
I've written some articles on solar :
http://www.techienation.com/?p=21
This one is about figuring out how many solar panels you need :
http://www.techienation.com/?p=24
Most of what you need as far as the electrical side of this project should be on my site... As far as the aquarium design and choosing the pump, you're on your own. 