Rain Barrel Pump - On Demand - Cheap & Easy DIY ft. Bluetti AC50S Solar Generator Off Grid Watering
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2024
- In this video I will show you how to make quick and cheap DIY rain barrel pump. It is quiet, efficient and most importantly works on demand so that you can water your garden from your rain barrel pumps from your standard garden hose. The pump also works great to transfer water from place to place so that you can store extra water (like from a kids pool) in your rain barrels to use later in the garden and as a camp shower.
I have also paired this system with the Bluetti AC50S Solar Generator for the ultimate off grid water pressure.
Thanks for watching!
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Equipment list for the pump. These are affiliate links, please considering clicking them if you want to support the channel:
Pumps (pick one they are roughly the same just go with the cheapest):
DC House 33-Series Pump: amzn.to/3hyYz9N
Seaflo 33-series Pump: amzn.to/3qDfnR4
Hoses:
1/2” hose: amzn.to/3y7qiVG
Twinkle Star Brass 1/2" Garden Hose Mender: amzn.to/3qA6jvZ
Hose clamp: amzn.to/3hmU55V
Optional but recommended:
Twinkle Star Sediment Filter: amzn.to/3dqOElo
Case supplies may need to be adjusted depending on the type of toolbox you get/have. It isn’t an exact science and you can pick all this up from Home Depot or any hardware store or ideally use whatever you have laying around. You may need to adjust sizes to fit the exact scrap wood or toolbox you are using. These are examples and will not look exactly like what I used because I used scrap laying around the house:
Toolbox: amzn.to/3w9PnxE
#10-24 X 2" Stainless machine screws: amzn.to/2UzFH2x
#10-24 nuts: amzn.to/3dWHYvr
#10 Washers: amzn.to/3yzH7bW
Wood planks: amzn.to/3AHSLmZ
For remote power:
Bluetti AC50S Solar Generator: amzn.to/3dTB3TG
Bluetti EB70 Solar Generator (blue): amzn.to/3hNt77C
Bluetti EB70 Solar Generator (red or gray): amzn.to/3yHVAml
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:04 Why Rain Barrel are important
0:11 Our Rain Barrel installation challenges
0:45 DIY Rain Barrel pump demonstration
1:08 List of components
2:11 Building the pump kit
3:35 Using the kit
3:51 Using a solar generator to power the kit for off grid functionality
4:06 Final details and demonstration - Věda a technologie
This is what I was hoping to find - wanna do something similar. Super helpful, thanks!
I followed your instructions and it works great! Thank you for sharing.
Very nice and instructional video. I was able to use your links to build this same pump set up for my rain barrel. It works great!
Thanks for sharing. I like this kind. It’s portable and I can use it as I go. I like also the solar rechargeable battery
This would be great for our garden. Thanks!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Genius! Thanks for sharing 😎🤙🏽🤙🏽
I have an outside shower connected to our artesian well and pump. The problem is the water temperature and water pressure varies all the time. You have to keep adjusting the camp water heater as you take your shower. Having a large water holding tank and a small water pump could solve that problem. The tank could be automatically refilled after the shower. A good idea to fix the water problem.
We don't bother heating our camping shower water we just deal with cold water. If its warm out I let the water warm in the sun first.
Thanks for this information. We can and will do this. Always feel guilty wasting water.
You can do it!
Great concept! Question - how did the pump hold up long term?
Thanks!
I will pay someone to make this for me!
Great idea. I have one question how did you get the water out of the rain barrel. Did you just put one end of the hose in the barrel or hook up the hose to the barrel spigot? Thanks
I have same question, can you please go over that part
Would I be able to use this ona rain barrel that I intend to hook up to a 4 zone timer?
Is hose id 1/2 inch. Having hard time placing male and female connectors at this size hose
Quick Question: I have the same pump, but it is not functioning on demand, it just runs continuously regardless of if a tap is open or not. Any ideas?
Is this solution strong enough to pull water from a multi-rain barrel system? I have 4 rain barrel in different locations on my property with the need to feed a central garden, well, multiple raised bed gardens centrally located.
Does this peer an actual sprinkler to water the lawn? (Typing this as I’m watching so my apologies if you mention this in the video )
Rain water is best for orchids 😃😃
Good to know! Thanks for watching.
How is pump holding up? Just ordered one.
you think this would push a sprinkler? I have a 5.5hp 70 psi pump
Where are you tapping of the barrel?
I am looking for a system for my off grid home in the Bahamas to get water to the home for household use, would this work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
I don't think you would be happy with the result. You need something much larger for a home system. Basically just take this exact concept and upsize it. Maybe use a bluetti ac200p and a larger pump. You can find the 200p here: amzn.to/3BQ7gFa
Good video. But sadly not on demand as stated in the title.
I want to use this to draw lake water so I can pressure wash my boat dock… do you think this would work?
I’m looking to find a boat dock hose off solution also! Did you use this solution? Find another??
@@stevenbrennan-rn8gz Lots of good videos but I haven’t decided on what try first. I’ll try sending you another good video I found.
Stupid question, how does it automatically start and stop????
Pressure switch built in
it looks not convienent, has to setup lots of things b4 starting to use the rain water
Is probably just use a piece of wood in the toolbox 🧰 and close the lid so it can be out of the elements.
If it’s in the elements, you probably don’t have to worry about watering the plants that day haha