Solar Powered Rain Barrel Pump With Timer

It will be easy to supply power for the pump and a timer.

Solar powered rain barrel pump with timer.

Rain barrel timer zero pressure solar panel rain sensor 59 99 ships from and sold by mrdrip. Irrigatia rain barrel irrigation unit solar automatic watering system kit works with rain barrel to water plants automatically. Had to buy 3 pieces to accomplish this task. Aquabarrel s solar powered pump kit is easy to install on any large rain water collection unit.

Rain sensor which automatically shuts down the timer in case of rain. The water pressure is perfect. Having a solar irrigation system was something of a novelty to us until we got tired of hand watering our garden. This will connect the rain barrel to the pump.

Bluebarrel offers battery operated no pressure irrigation timers. A standard garden hose is 5 8 and the pump fittings are both 3 8. Set the timer and walk away for convenient automated watering. Watch as barry uses just a few tools to install the solar pow.

With the solar powered pump it s just like turning the regular hose on. Unfortunately my ace hardware didn t have a 3 8 barb to 5 8 barb adapter. 1 choice for rain barrels. We used to water our gardens by hand which meant dragging the hose out and standing around for 30 60mins using our new rain collection system.

542 two dial model allows you to set the frequency and duration down to as little as 15 seconds for 5 minutes. My battery has stayed charged since the first day i installed the system. I ve run out of water in the rain barrel but i ve never had the battery on the pump. Soaker hose tee filter 200 mesh stainless steel screen 14 99.

You may have come here by way of our rain barrel project post but if not feel free to check that out here. Timers if you ve ever forgotten to turn your drip irrigation off and emptied your rain barrel s these timers might be your best investment. Maximum distance from rain barrel to the last dripper is 195 ft. I have never had the battery die.

We used to carry a solar version of the no pressure timer but over time we ve found these to be less reliable. Maximum distance from rain barrel to pump is 65 ft. I love this pump. On models 542 544 and 5 psi on model 543.