I'm planning a little early for next years outdoor grow and already have my strains chosen, number of holes, amount of soil and mulch, bug/animal defense, and my irrigation system except one little detail that I could use a little input on. I have a 100 gallon reservoir and lid which will be somewhat close to my holes. I haven't bought my pumps or tubing yet and this is sort of where my problem is. I know how I'm going to set up the pumps and tubing but to run the pumps is whats confusing me. Is there a way to connect the pump to a switch and the switch to a car battery? (I'm sure there is but I'm asking how to do it cause I'm no good with wiring)
you can use a few car batts, to run a 12v pump. Like they use on sprayers and such. They make some nice AA run programable timers that would be easy to put in there too. Depending on how often you will go out there, will determin the number/size of your battery bank. then just bring some with you, and bring home the dead ones. Or say you have a 12v pump that draws 6amps. you run it for a total of 1hr a day. So with one group 32 deep cycle battery and a 5w solar panel. It should run indefinitely.
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