Southwest Wisconsin in the River Bluffs | I have a RPS400V water pump system from RPS solar. I am planning to add 4 additional panels to the system to get me to a RPS800V system. The pump is a 48 volt pump. I would like to install a battery bank on the pump to pump water at night for a few short periods to keep some tanks from freezing. Basically, I was thinking of kicking the pump on for 5 minutes once an hour and getting some water moving into the stock tanks to try to minimize ice buildup during the cold part of the winter.
RPS is telling me that batteries will decrease the pump efficiency by 30%. I am not sure that it matters (although I am asking them) if my pump is derated 30% because I have plenty of pumping capacity at over 10GPM and 900 gallons of water split into 3 tanks. The pump has no issues keeping up.
What I would like to consider is putting a 4 battery 48 volt array together that cycles battery power to the controller once per hour for a 5 min interval through the night to try to keep tanks from freezing up. Has anyone done this. I am struggling to get aligned with RPS and looking for some outside advice. |
RPS Solar Pump System
