I Built a Hand Dug Solar Powered Water Well!
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Made of Real Stainless Steel
300 to 325 Watt Solar Array
Runs on any 12 to 30 volts of direct current
Works in Cloudy Conditions
Ideal for small farms, remote homes, and campsites
Includes : Solar DC pump, controller, 50ft standard cable, safety rope, 1/2" poly pipe, wire interconnect with MC-4 ends, top of pole mount fixed rack, solar module.
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*Solar pump:* store.koenderswatersolutions.ca/collections/solar-systems/products/koenders-dc-1-5-solar-water-pump
Koenders DC 1.5 Solar Water Pump
Solar Powered Water Pumping
Our rugged DC 1.5 Solar Water Pump is an environmentally friendly and cost effective way to pump water.
Features & Benefits:
Made of Real Stainless Steel
300 to 325 Watt Solar Array
Runs on any 12 to 30 volts of direct current
Works in Cloudy Conditions
Ideal for small farms, remote homes, and campsites
Includes : Solar DC pump, controller, 50ft standard cable, safety rope, 1/2" poly pipe, wire interconnect with MC-4 ends, top of pole mount fixed rack, solar module.
Yup!
Where’s the link for the axe?? Love your videos
@@ModernSelfReliance
Sorry to hijack this comment. But where is the axe link? Lol
Why didn’t you use the clay between the rocks so they stuck around the top of the well?
Usually I don't like commercials 🤣
But hey man thanks for showing me this birch mattress company! I'm definitely ordering me one 🤠👍
Kevin, your ingenuity and creativity never ceases to amaze me!! Wonderful project, and functional to boot! 😄
Glad you like it!
My standard Sunday morning get up do a few things then watch this channel and see what new and creative build you have on. It is actually really good because a certain amount of that water is probably seeping in from the pond so getting naturally filtered.
The things you come up with awesome really enjoyed the video never disappointed. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from North Attleboro Massachusetts
Love that you have a cold water feed for the pond now. 👏👏👏
Well, my weekend is complete now. Thanks for all the great content!
Glad to hear it!
I have to admit.. my my favorite part of this build is the rigid pipe being installed into the girthy hole.
Well done sir 🎉
HONESTY I LOVE WATCHING YOU. IT BRINGS OUT THE TOM-BOY IN ME. TOO OLD TO DO THE HARD WORK BUT STILL KNOW HOW AND LOVE TO LEARN.
How cool is that! I love the simplicity, but the rocking look of the water feature..lol 😂 Awesome! Love what you're doing 😊
Kevin you never seem to amaze me love your work and the woods never had a better look
Kevin, I absolutely appreciate that you look at see all the possibilities. I also love that when you are "building" something, you will use whatever is handy (and mostly free!), and make it work. I love the way your brain works, and your creativity. And that your friend Don supports you and makes suggestions or works on ways to help.
That is one pretty cool water feature, Kevin! Looks awesome and the pump works great!
Not even 2 min in and I’m thoroughly entertained. Every Saturday I wish for my own Don, and appreciate your knowledge of popular culture from 20+ yrs ago, and sense of humor.
Excellent job guys 🎉
So inspirational 🙌 😊. You are your trusty sidekick. Did it again, where there is a will. There is a way indeed. You are both blessed by God Almighty 🙏
love your persistence, following through your projects
Simply amazing. Finding that basin was the key!
Good job on the well and the fountain ⛲️!!!😊🎉❤
I love your videos! You are equal parts entertaining and informative.
Very cool! The whole pond area is looking beautiful!
so good. loving the progression of this place
Great show thank you for sharing. Well is awesome I know Don loves digging as much as I do. You guys have a great weekend.
I used a submersible pump when I dug a well on our land in the Philippines. It worked as a water jet and got the dirt and rocks loose pretty quick. I just lifted that out with a pail and rope. I'd let the well fill up and then just pump out the water enough for me to get back in and keep loosening dirt and rocks. The pump acted like a water jet. If you use a big enough pump, such as a MUD pump, it will pump our small rocks too with loose dirt. EASY
I love classic Don "it did, I do not want to have too much fun" 😂
Your an industrious dude kev. Everything you work on is an improvement on everything. Pretty sweet shi. Dude🐸🍺🔪🔥
Really good-looking result -- AND you make it look so simple and easy to do!
That is so awesome. You absolutely nailed this project
Awesome as always..Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Kevin!! What an awesome vision!! I love it, and I'm grateful to be educated on the solar water pump. Thank you!! 👏🙌👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
You always do the coolest $hit!! I'm not swearing at you, I'm Australian 😅
Oi! Dingo got your barbie?
😂👍
He should be use to it... on the east coast everyone swears, not aggressively ignorantly
That wasn't quite the type of water feature I was anticipating but it certainly seems to function as you intended. And of course Diggin' Don was on site to lend a hand.
A little humor is always a good time.
awesome addition, all that hard work is really paying off
Always impressed with Kev's toys.
Rain water is very clean, actually. Cleaner than well water. Cheaper, too. If you put the right systems in place that is.
You are such a great source of entertainment!
Awesome episode. ❤ I'm always entertained. Thank you. & you too Don
I would pump the water into some blue barrels so you have extra water on the property in case of emergency!
Another amazing video!
Very cool 👍 your extremely creative.
Hey dude I have watched everything you have posted several times,love your work buddy please say g'day to Don and your brother for us. Thankyou for your time posting your content, love your sense of humour
Will do
So cool. Didn't know this was possible. You and Don work so hard
@ 11:40 get a pump running to remove the water, tie a bucket on rope and use post hole digger to fill bucket for The DON to pull up and dump in trailer easy peazy !!
Good morning from Minnesota USA! Great episode!
Love all of the ideas, and interesting projects!
There goes your stained water idea to keep the fishing birds from out-eating Chris
Kevin is stuck in the well. Tell Frankie to get help. LOL I was wondering how long it would take Kevin to make the connection and appreciate the humor/irony. LOL I've seen another Ytuber talk about that ax some days ago. That's one way to cut grass. LOL All's well that ends well.
ARE U ALSO MAKIN A NICE WATERFALL?? U COME UP WITH THE MOST INTERESTING AND AMAZING PROJECT'S LOVE WATCHING WHAT U DO NEXT..😀😁😎
Yes. It's in the works.
Don just patiently waiting on Kevin to finish his shenanigans…lol!!
Things seem to be overgrown around that area there might want to take a Weedwhacker to it. Lol.😊 but that well idea is pretty good since you have so much water in that area.
Winter does that really well.
Love the water feature looks awesome
Kevin, put a “T” in the pipe and add a filter for drinking water. I can’t believe you didn’t do this a long time ago….nice!!!
Cool video man👍
It might be worth trimming down your tree canopy around the whole place. Take advantage of as many solar hours as possible.
Praised be Don. Saint of Ladders
having too much fun...kick the pipe and let it keep on rolling, rolling, rolling!
Excellent
Very cool video. I like the fountain
Looks good ive seen others put a pump down the culvert to remove the water faster than it goes in so they could continue digging
Good ol' Don, there still some sanity left.
Like it was meant to be!
Good idea to take your sun glasses down with you.
Another great project!
Have to get caught up on this series!
This is very cool Kevs!
LOVE THIS!!!!! ❤
Love this!
Thank you for the video...
Very cool project
That axe is pretty cool. Handy having both a long axe and hatchet in one. Pound some wedges with that haha
It seems very solid... also Canadian made..
Cool nice job thanks for sharing
Such a Cool water Feature 🤘🏽💀🤘🏽⁉️
WELL done ! 👍
Cool project.
Tobacco spit for that sting. Crumble a cigarette, put tobacco in palm of hand, spit in it. Make a paste, apply to sting. Pain relief almost instantly.
beautiful feature
Very nice!
wonder if the well is filling up with water from the pond? Circle of life!
NICE Kevin ❤❤
Awesome 👍🏻
I need to do this same thing
It's 50 degrees here in Upstate NY today.
Love the natural hallow log tube that's awesome I hope you don't mind when I start my homestead I'm going to do some of your ideas lol 🤘😜
Go for it.. be sure to post it on Instagram..
I’m a bit surprised at the high water table, but I guess it’s at the same level as the pond.
The chocolate milk well! MMM!
Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else
Nice stuff but as a bird bath it would need some shallow bits so small birds can get out
Nice
You could increase the energy output from solars by adding heatsinks on the bottom side. Regular PC fans can have drastic improvements but probably not feasable in the woods, if you can find junk heatsinks to attach, that'd be great tho.
If you ever are not sure about notching with your saw maybe finish with the ax?
Throw a grappling hook to your chain saw
The long cord is probably for a deeper well than what you dug.
More details in the float would be cool i have a dc pump but no float system and need help on that part
Very artistic and thought out rustic system. This video stands out above many of your videos. Are you going to hide the stainless fountain base by putting small rocks on at least the outside? That would really look more rustic in my opinion. Keep the videos coming. I don't always comment but I don't miss a video. Sharing this one on X & FB.
Have you seen the long handled pole shovels from long ago. They used them to dig deep wells.
I have. Might be a useful tool.
let us know how all of this works in freezing canadian winter. moving water is in itself anti-freeze, but will it be enough to prevent that "bird fountain whatever" from freezing up? i dug an 8 meters deep hole by hand, in arid south Spain. following the 'councel' of a water shaman, a local walking over my plot with wooden sticks... turned out to be dry, rock hard clay before i gave up, and the whole hole collapsed in the following rainy winter. then i went to employ heavy machinery, but no influx of water at the excavator's max depth reach. converted it into a concreted cistern. now i live in Sweden, and a bore hole through solid rock turned into an artesan well, no pump needed for 7000 liters/day. water is life
60 meters deep bore hole, done by professional machinery, for further information
So: you are not only a flexible thinker.😇 This project came out beautifully. I failed to see how you could hand-dig a well 10 or so feet deep.
When you making a cabin in the pond lol
That’s a really cool idea been wondering what this would look like been seeing or hearing you and your brother talk about some of the stuff getting ready to do this build. Love the log as a pipe, I myself couldn’t do that digging inside that pipe I’m way to claustrophobic I got trapped in a alleyway of a ear corn grain bin as a kid and had to wait there till all corn above got shelled out before I could get out. Ever since I don’t do small spaces. I just have one ? What happens in the winter do you have to pull the pump and drain the hoses?
Typically you wouldn't need to, no. The hoses would be fine as long as you didn't try to pump water through them, they stretch, so icing up isn't a big deal. However, the well is below the frost layer so it'll actually not freeze down there.