herbhero1977
New Member
Hi all
I’m sure this is a silly question but I’m more of a gardener than an electrical guru so I thought I’d turn to the experts. The wife has a birthday coming up and she’s got her heart set on a water garden for the backyard, fish, plants the whole nine yards. So a friend of mine gave me this large solar panels last summer and I’ve not had much use for them given my lack of electrical know-how. But they got me thinking that perhaps I could make the pond a bit more self sustainable by running the tank and skimmer with solar power. Trouble comes when night falls or a less than sunny day. This got me to wondering how I could go about setting it up so that the system runs multiple batteries. What I mean to say is there a way I can set it up so that one battery is charged by the panel, while the other runs the tank and skimmer, then when the working battery dips below a certain value the connections switch and the charging battery runs the skimmer and tank and the working battery begins to charge? Ideally I’d like to achieve this as simple and inexpensive as possible and wasn’t sure if some electrical manufacturer makes such a thing.
Thanks
I’m sure this is a silly question but I’m more of a gardener than an electrical guru so I thought I’d turn to the experts. The wife has a birthday coming up and she’s got her heart set on a water garden for the backyard, fish, plants the whole nine yards. So a friend of mine gave me this large solar panels last summer and I’ve not had much use for them given my lack of electrical know-how. But they got me thinking that perhaps I could make the pond a bit more self sustainable by running the tank and skimmer with solar power. Trouble comes when night falls or a less than sunny day. This got me to wondering how I could go about setting it up so that the system runs multiple batteries. What I mean to say is there a way I can set it up so that one battery is charged by the panel, while the other runs the tank and skimmer, then when the working battery dips below a certain value the connections switch and the charging battery runs the skimmer and tank and the working battery begins to charge? Ideally I’d like to achieve this as simple and inexpensive as possible and wasn’t sure if some electrical manufacturer makes such a thing.
Thanks