Solar Powered Rain Barrel Pump With Timer

Easy to install and to program a timer turns your drip irrigation system on and off at designated times so plants get the steady consistent watering they need for optimum health and production.

Solar powered rain barrel pump with timer.

The water pressure is perfect. 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. Aquabarrel s solar powered pump kit is easy to install on any large rain water collection unit.

You may have come here by way of our rain barrel project post but if not feel free to check that out here. Irrigatia rain barrel irrigation unit solar automatic watering system kit works with rain barrel to water plants automatically. Bluebarrel offers battery operated no pressure irrigation timers. This will connect the rain barrel to the pump.

1 choice for rain barrels. Unfortunately my ace hardware didn t have a 3 8 barb to 5 8 barb adapter. On models 542 544 and 5 psi on model 543. My battery has stayed charged since the first day i installed the system.

I love this pump. Soaker hose tee filter 200 mesh stainless steel screen 14 99. Rain barrel timer zero pressure solar panel rain sensor 59 99 ships from and sold by mrdrip. With the solar powered pump it s just like turning the regular hose on.

Watch as barry uses just a few tools to install the solar pow. Maximum distance from rain barrel to pump is 65 ft. 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. I ve run out of water in the rain barrel but i ve never had the battery on the pump.

Maximum distance from rain barrel to the last dripper is 195 ft. We used to carry a solar version of the no pressure timer but over time we ve found these to be less reliable. The timer has two simple dials allowing the user to set frequency and duration. Uses solar power to detect the weather and alter watering according to the conditions.

I have never had the battery die. Having a solar irrigation system was something of a novelty to us until we got tired of hand watering our garden. Rain sensor which automatically shuts down the timer in case of rain. Had to buy 3 pieces to accomplish this task.