Solar water pumps can be used to solve several different problems.

•    If you are not in an urban area, your cost to run water piping will be very high.  A solar powered water pump may resolve that problem for you.
•    When you install solar water heaters, you should use the correct solar water pump, to insure that you can pump water when the electricity fails.

These pumps will get water to crops, livestock, and even your home in the form of portable water, when it is in a remote place and not hooked up to the water pipeline.

They are used by medical clinics, camp sites, and vacation cabins.

•    Both the pump and the amount of solar energy you need depend on how much water you are trying to pump in a day and the vertical head the pump needs to overcome. There is a pump to handle your different needs!
•    You need to minimize suction lift to just a few feet, whenever that is possible.  The more successful you are at doing this, the quieter and more reliable your pump will be.

Solar panels are needed to power the solar pumps, and are sold separately or as kits, for example the solar brushless well pump kit.  How you choose your solar panel and your pump is dependent on how high you have to lift the water and how far you need to push it.  For example, a surface pump can suction the water up only from ten to twenty feet, but can then push the water at least two hundred feet. If your water source is lower than that, you will need a submersible pump, which can lift water up to seven hundred feet. Therefore, you need to know how many watts your pump needs to be ie watts per 100 foot as this will
have an impact on the price.

These are the basic types of solar water pumps:

•    Surface delivery pumps are used for pumping water from one area to another (measured in gpm).  While some are capable of high pressure, most are intended to moving large volumes of water at low pressure. They are used for moving water from a cistern to a water tank, and for pressurizing water systems in homes, RVs, and boats.
•    Submersible solar pumps are used to pump from wells or fountains, and fit inside the well casing in a drilled hole. The cost will increase as the well goes deeper.  These pumps are not used for huge amounts of watering, as in irrigation.
•    Circulating pumps, which are used primarily in solar water heating applications.
•    In addition, you can get linear current boosters for pumps, which will allow the motor to run longer during the day, thus providing voltage during periods of cloudiness.

Pump products and accessories, such as filters, valves, strainers, battery, signs, lights, dry run and float switches, and a small selection of submersible wire are all the things you need to take into consideration.

There are good reasons to switch to solar water pumps.  Ecologically speaking, sun and wind power is the “green” thing to do.  And one of the best features is that solar water pumps systems will get you a 30% federal tax credit, which was recently extended for eight years.

Solar water pumps come in various shapes and sizes, so make sure you use the correct solar water pump for your home.

If you have a solar water heating system, it would make sense to have a solar water pump. These are typically circulating pumps and have their own in built solar panel which means you do not need a battery. A circulating solar water pump has a lift of about 650 feet and can fit into very small areas, down to 4 inches square.