I guess I missed the episode, but I’m guessing the ram pump didn’t work out ?

I came up with the idea to use my pickup truck to raise and lower my well pump in and out of the well. Tie the cable to the hitch and pull forward to pull out the pump and back up to lower.

I am from a colder climate but we drill a 1/16 weap hole in the tubing so the well drains below the frost line. Solar wells will freeze solid at night.

Iv´e been struggling with batteries for years, pumping water with an off grid system. I realized that this system is exactly what i need. Taking away the pump from my house is huge difference, since it´s about 1.7 KW/h less. Plus, the battery bank had to be pretty big to sustain that consumption without damaging the batteries (some lasted less than a year!) Thanks for the upload

Windmill on the Stoney Ridge would look great.

I worked construction building commercial solar fields. During the final QC walkthrough, we had a few panels that needed to be replaced. When the electricians disconnected one of those MC4 connectors, there was about a 16" power arc. Very powerful.

Without a doubt the least best channel on KZfaq

Wow, that was fascinating. Way more involved than just dropping down a pump like I thought. That's a really good system with redundancy built in for the long term. Great stuff. Thanks as always for the education Josh.

This Lorentz system looks great! Looking forward to seeing the job of getting water to those cows get a whole lot easier. I know you'll be relieved once you have several places across the farm set up to supply water for your cows, etc. Great progress!

You're welcome for the fence idea. Glad you decided to do that. 😊

From old tobacco farm to high tech operations....woooooo glad to see this transformation coming along for you Josh

Thank you for putting this out! Great information. I've been trying to figure out how to do this, I'll definitely be copying this set up on our small farm.

Thanks Josh, what a project. Interesting to see how it all comes together. Thanks again for sharing.

That was an awesome instructional video. This is the DC system (no batteries) I want and will pump the water up-hill 75' where my tank and solar panels will be. Thank you!!

I enjoy watching you farm, and all the ideas you have. Was watching Rory Feek u-tube today June 20/21 and seen you at the 2019 Homesteaders of America gathering. Have a great week.all the best from Canada

Loved seeing this go in. Thank you for showing us this.

It's cheap to store water than electricity! And others still suspect the power of Pv panels. Thank you for documenting this journey.

Excelente vídeo, com toda a explicação pude perceber que para além de ter excelente qualidade, o processo de instalação não é complicado. parabéns pela instalação.

Thank you so much for how to install solar system bolehore

Good morning Josh and family. Happy Father's Day bro and father's watching. Greetings from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲. Let's get her hook up and splashing some water.

I’m in the process of doing one these systems this video come out the perfect time thanks

Really nice system Josh. One down! Enjoyed it! Woooooo

That’s a nice system. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video, Josh...I'm running off grid...the well is next.. thanks for the hard work, buddy

Very interesting stuff Josh. Thanks for sharing.

Great video! Planning a new well. Still need to research solar or traditional power. Power lines 1-2 poles from county road…

Glad you posted this im drilling a well this yr and was thinking about a solar set up

My best wishes to all of you from an old Moroccan who want to make you feel we enjoy all that you are going to show us . Best End of the summer and happy future to all of you. El Habib Choukri.

Am loving your Videos! Watching you from Zambia, Africa! You rock!

About to buy some ranch land in central Texas and after February 2021, I'm not about to depend on grid power to supply well water. I already have PV on the current home, so this looks like what I'll be adding to the ranch house. Thanks for the great video!

Very cool system…looks like the solution you need !

Awww man, I wanted to see some water flow out of that spigot after all that work.

Awesome setup

Glad to see the cable on the pump to be able to retrieve it. I guess you guys had already thought of the problem I mentioned in the comments on the last video!

One heck of a base you've got going on

Don't forget the surge protector for your solar system, like EMP Shield.

These are truly awesome

Why didn't he go with a pitless adapter on the well, so you wouldn't have to worry about freezing. This is a nice system.

Pretty cool Josh.

Great job.

That information is great

Hi Josh I guess you didn't use the other pipe for support you might have a chance the wind will spin the solar panels around under heavy wind , nice system looking forward to seeing it done.

Good job! Keep it up!

Awesome this was interesting for sure.. funny as you were saying about the cattle... all I saw was scratching posts for them😆😆 .. Have a good day 🌻🌻🌻

I need this for my well.

That is awesome man I’d love to have some like that my house I bet you pay pretty money getting it done now the long run it’s gonna work out good for you that is awesome I love your program I’m learning a lot from you you have a nice place nice farm keep the good work

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for you video

Nice video , Thank you

That’s badass!

that is awesome Work

If you are putting a fence around the solar and well a simple trick you can do is to add a small chain link fence just outside that and plant some faster growing berry bushes between the fence lines as the cows will think they are getting a treat as they eat what they can reach. You will still get some berries on the inside of the fence with what is between them being for the wild animals in the area with the only real work you need to do is to cut the old limbs as they grow in but you can dispose of them by simply tossing to the cows.

Thanks for all the info. I want to do a snall system here in Scotland, just outside Edinburgh. 😊

Nice video.

Great vid

Hi.... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍

Are you going to put a pump house over the well head? Maybe use heat tape to protect the above ground water line (powered by solar / batteries)?

I recently bought be a 3" solar pump and also have a 4" 220v pump. I been wanting to try and sticking both in the same well. I have 6" casing so might work. I want the solar pump to top of a pond and the 220v one just for every day use if needed.

Thanx Josh, This is one of if not the best vids and detailed instruction i have witnessed! Just hope you don't get another one of those man-made winter storms in Tx. lol

Whoo! Brand new solar watering system and High Speed internet to boot; can I park my camper out in the cow pasture? J/K Great job. Keep 'em comin'.

I subscribed just because the theme song made me lol i am putting a solar system in to power a well pump for my house and came across this informative video.

I like the intro song! Thanks for the information.

Varry kool

That is a well thought out system-very impressive.

Good

Panels are cattle high. Might want to fence or raise them. Cattle will use as a scratching station....Dang neat set up btw!

sure looks like the way to go if one puts in a cistern. Then can just pump from the cistern as needed.

This is really amazing! I think I would want some kind of battery so I could run it at night just in case of an emergency. I know my luck and I can see a fire starting right beside of my well pump and not being able to put it out because it didn’t work at night but that’s just me. You’re doing a heckuva job and making one heck of a place Josh.

waw great job

Perfect intro song btw

Hi Josh that must be a nice feeling to hook that up drop the pump down into the well casing. Sorta seeing the obvious I noticed you didn't run into both uprights what's on with the change of direction and single anchoring post ? Just curious as you were keen on strong support as you of all of us know; You mentioned significant concerns over strength and orientation on those post heavy duty footing and dual situation what's on with the change to mono post direction? Still a good lick of forward production on the old water to your bovine buddies. Good on you braugh. Best David

another great video, just curious why not extend pipe to other post keep the vids coming can't wait for the next one

My Church has a missionary project over in the Congo to bring potable water to people who desperately need it to improve their lives. I like the idea of the pump being able to function off grid! Who knew?! Stoney Ridge Farmer goes "International"!!!!!!!

Your look on opening looks like the bug on Men in Black lol

Good video, keep moving in the forward direction!

Nice

Great video Josh 🇺🇲 WOOOOOO 🇺🇲

Happy fathers day

Mornin' Josh.

there system looks very nice the lightening and full sun sensor is professional.. did u place the other pole too close? For a second array?

I would drill a hole and mount with nuts, washer, and bolts just in case the clips give due to high winds.

I'd be nice if you could cap the ends of the support structure pipes, so you don't get wasps to build nests in there

Hi

I like the video

Hey Stony should hold a farm fair on your property start small showcase local biz and talents in farm and ag culture

Josh, what was the total cost of this installation? Thanks. Have a productive day.

top!

If it were my system, I'd of taped the poly, dc cable and monitors every 12 inches with electrical tape. To the BOTTOM or 180 from the top... Nice job none the less.

It would be so great to know where you sourced the solar panel mounting rails, sun sensor PV Disconnect etc...

SHOULDN'T POLYBUTYLENE TUBE BE BURRIED ON A GRAVEL BED BECAUSE OF EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION?

I could see won’t lifting this panels off at that Tee where it’s only help on by 2 set screws. Unless those are through bolts that is. If not, I’d drill those through for sure!

Like this

Running straight solar to DC devices is so much more efficient and so much cheaper. You’re almost never gonna need to use that at night anyway and a couple extra panels are cheaper than the battery, you could also put a battery in the back of your YouTV and probably jump it if you really needed to but it’s a couple extra panels even on days where you don’t have a ton of sunlight with enough panels it should still run. There are all kinds of DC things that you can run straight off of panels. I saw a guy use a DC mini split system for the upstairs of his house and he just turned it on the thermostat and whenever it was sunny enough outside to make it hot there was enough power to run it it wasn’t even connected to the grid it just ran straight off of panels and he only had four panels. There are all kinds of fans and exhaust systems and things that you can put on workshops and sheds and even animal shelters and there of course are all kinds of solar lights everybody knows about that would be really nice out in the middle of your property if you did have to deal with some thing at night and they look great on your pond. There are also very simple systems that you can get that are more than enough power to run Garage Doors and battery chargers. I’ve even seen a guy who had a golf cart that ran straight off of solar panels only and had no batteries and I’ve seen a small pontoon boat where the canopy was all solar panels that could run directly off of the panels or battery. But when you get rid of the inverter and batteries you save a ton of money and it is so much more efficient, inverse waste 15 to 30% of the power the panels are making anyway, if you can bypass that and go straight to DC run devices like this it’s so much cheaper and more efficient. Plus once you install one or two it’s pretty easy and you can buy most of the stuff online or a kit and do it yourself and save a ton of money on that as well. I never even thought of using one for a well pump without a battery. That’s pretty awesome. With a 200 W panel you can also restore almost unusable car batteries. It’s dangerous so of course I would never recommend it but basically pop the caps off and you can hook up a 200 W 12 V charger straight to it which is pretty much what a solar panel is at 200 W and you just watch it and disconnect when it starts to boil and just let it do that for about 10 minutes at a time for two or three hours and all the crud sticks to the electrodes in the batteries and causes them to die starts to chip and flake off then you can shake up your battery and dump all that out and put new acid in and your battery can last year’s longer. There are a lot of people out there doing that with the old lead acid batteries that a lot of people are sitting in their garage they just don’t really work and they’re keeping around for The core charge, But if you ever got stuck out somewhere in a survival situation, It’s a great way to restore your battery or even if it’s just dead fast charge it. You can get enough charge back in a 12 V battery with a 200 W panel usually within 5 to 10 minutes to start your vehicle again. I saw that one on KZfaq and the guy just took one of the connectors and wired it to a couple battery clamps and used the solar panel to recharge the battery on his Wood mill that wasn’t starting. Fun stuff

Woohoo !

How much did it set you back. Interested in having one installed.

I'm interested in an on demand solar back up for a 110v in the event of a power outage.

Wondered what the second post was for that you sunk into the ground

Nice system hope it serves you well. Just curious if a battery pack could be installed as backup power?

I can hear the neibor kids saying (but mom Stoney Ridge Farmer has a 800W Swing Set) can we have one lol.

Pretty close to what I'm looking for, but would be interested in a ballpark cost for what you did. I'm aware every product list and individual installation is different. Having an idea of cost will let me know if it's worth it to investigate further. Thanks and keep up the great information you put out.