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Activate and Monitor Pump Operation

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Solar Water Pump that's Easy, Affordable and Reliable! 10 min Setup!

What happens here

After connecting all components, the creator activates the system by turning on the pump controller's switch. He then uses a smartphone app (connected via Bluetooth) to monitor real-time data from the pump, such as voltage and current. He demonstrates how cloud cover directly impacts the solar panels' output, causing fluctuations in power and affecting the pump's operation. He also points out the need for an open discharge or a tank float/dry run switch, as the pump does not have a built-in pressure sensor, meaning turning off the spigot while the pump is running could lead to damage.

Goal: The system is activated by turning on the pump controller. The creator monitors the water flow and pump performance using a smartphone app, observing how cloud cover affects the solar power output.

Tools and materials

  • Lorentz Solar Pump Controller
  • Smartphone with Lorentz App

What they say

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for today for temporary. And I believe I'm going to use this to fill up my chicken waters from now on. We'll snug this guy down so it doesn't blow off. And we'll turn it back on. Snug. Good to go. Let's turn our valve on. Walk over here to our solar panels and we're going to get some readings off of the app. Again, this is tool Tuesday, guys. This is a tool for the farm. Uh, and for anybody who is deciding they want to go with an off-grid water system or if you're in a position like I am and you got multiple creeks and multiple ponds on your property, then you've got to find a way to get that water to those animals. And this is a potential way. So, cloud just came in. We're just waiting on that cloud to go away again. So, when the clouds roll in, it's still providing me instant data here. 43.8 Eight volts is what my uh two solar panels are pumping out right now. But we don't have any amp current that's pulling right now because we don't have just enough sunshine. I am hoping that we get enough sunshine. This is the woes of having a solar well. So, if you've got two or three days that are cloudy, um you need to understand that a solar well is not going to pump unless you have a backup battery source or a backup power source. So, we're just kind of sitting tight here, waiting for just a second, and we should start getting water any moment. We got power. I just heard it kick on. You can see it vibrating a little bit. We should Yep. Start getting water pressure. It's going to burp all of the air out of the line. It's showing 35 volts, 1.4 amps, which is awesome. Let's turn it off and see what happens here. Yep, looks like it automatically shut off. Let's turn it back on. See if it the pump comes back on. Nope. It automatically shut off because the stupid clouds came back in. So, I reached out to my contact at Lorent. Here's the way I've got it set up right here. This is turned on. You leave it on when you want it on. You can put on a remote tank switch that will turn your water on and off. But there is no pressure sensing in this pump. So, if you turn it off while the pump is running, you run a risk of damaging the pump. Just so you know. Uh very very simple setup right there. So this stays on, the sun comes out, the water will pump. You can put the float switch in and or the run dry switch that we showed you guys earlier. There's so many safeguards. Stay tuned for a future video. We're going to take this entire setup and we're going to dig a shallow well,…

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