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Rural/Farm Life

efhmc

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7. Looks like we are just going to take an old viable mill head from one of the windmills where

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Sun Feb 2, 2020, 12:33 PM

Feb 2020

we put in an electric pump and move it to the well in question. The mill which is not working now is veeeeery old and there is no telling how straight that shift is so if we change to solar we might end up having to redrill. This is much cheaper and hopefully will work. What I wish is that there were a combination for wind and solar, especially here in Texas were lots of wind in the winter and lots of sun in the summer.

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Replacing a very old windmill with a solar pump. Any suggestions, remarks? [View all] efhmc Nov 2019 OP

i cant help you, but mopinko Nov 2019 #1

The wind in the summer can often be fickle when we need it most. efhmc Nov 2019 #2

I know a lot of folks with them and the neighbor installs Kali Nov 2019 #3

I have been trying to hold onto this well for a while. efhmc Nov 2019 #4

a pro can probably set you up as easy and even cheap as DYI Kali Nov 2019 #5

I got my solar pump from Sun Pumps in Arizona womanofthehills Jan 2020 #6

That tank is 15000. Not that different. What area does it serve? efhmc Feb 2020 #8

Looks like we are just going to take an old viable mill head from one of the windmills where efhmc Feb 2020 #7