Farm solar for pumps, cold rooms and the homestead
Farms have long cable runs, big motors and supply that drops out for days. Solar helps with all three: ground-mounted arrays where roofs are small, direct solar pumping for boreholes, and battery backup for the house and the cold room.
Worth a call if
- Grid supply is unreliable or far away
- You pump water daily
- You have space for a ground mount
- Product spoils when power goes off
Ground mounts where roofs fall short
A ground-mounted array can face due north at the ideal tilt, sits low enough to clean without a ladder, and leaves the shed roof alone. We fence and earth it properly, and keep the cable run to the inverter as short as the site allows.
Solar borehole and irrigation pumping
A solar pump runs straight off the panels in daylight and fills a reservoir or tank, which then gravity-feeds when the sun is down. We size from the borehole yield, the pumping head and how much water you need each day, not from the pump catalogue.
Motors and inrush current
Pumps, compressors and mills draw several times their running current when they start. Inverters and soft starters have to be sized for that start, or the system trips every morning. We measure and plan for it.
Distance and dust
Long cable runs lose voltage, so we size conductors for the distance. Farm dust and pollen cut panel output, so farm systems get a cleaning plan from day one.
Farm systems we design
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Homestead hybrid systems
House, office and security kept on through outages.
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Solar borehole pumps
Direct solar pumping to a tank or reservoir.
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Cold room and dairy backup
Battery capacity sized to keep product cold through a long outage.
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Ground-mounted arrays
Fenced, earthed and set at the best angle for year-round output.
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Workshop and shed power
Supply for tools, welders and lighting away from the main house.
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Questions people ask us
Can a solar pump replace my existing borehole pump?
Often, yes. We need the borehole depth, yield test results and the height to the tank. With that we can say whether a solar pump can deliver your daily water.
What about theft of panels on a farm?
We use anti-theft fasteners, can mount arrays within existing security, and recommend insuring the system. On isolated sites we can add an alarm loop through the panel frames.
Do I still need a generator?
For long spells of bad weather, a generator connected through the inverter or a changeover switch is a sensible backup. We can wire it so the system charges the batteries from the generator when needed.
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