Almost Free Solar Pump Enclosure

[St. Fursey]

My solar pump arrived in the post last week. It does a great job at transferring fluid but I wanted to put it in a box to protect it from knocks. Other sites show instructions for mounting the pump in a project box but that would involve spending money and I wanted to make an enclosure using stuff I had lying around

Parts list:
Coffee can - free
DC socket - about 50c - I already had one
1/2" lock nut

Instructions: Drink the coffee and drill a few holes. Solder the socket to the pump leads and voila - one pump enclosure!

[richieh]

genius! The furthest I got was screwing mine to a scrap of timber! This looks much nicer. Now to get some coffee...

[Padraic]

Nice job! I must get mine sorted as well!

[Shanna]

Hi St Fursey

Any chance you would post a picture of how you sorted out tge electrical connections?

Shanna

[Rats]

Very nice

[St. Fursey]

Hi St Fursey

Any chance you would post a picture of how you sorted out tge electrical connections?

Shanna

I will if you promise not to make fun of my soldering! :p

[Shanna]

Being a crap solderer myself I would not dare 

Shanna

[St. Fursey]

Just did a quick Google there. This looks about right

[Hop Bomb]

Awesome! Mine is just on a bit of timber. Defo gona steal this idea.

[Covey]

Where are ye getting your pumps from lads, thanks.

[Padraic]

Where are ye getting your pumps from lads, thanks.

http://shop.solarproject.co.uk/Solar-Project-Pumps-c-2.html

[Covey]

Are they the same as this, im fairly certain it is. Every penny counts at this stage

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/12V-24V-Solar-DC-Hot-Water-Circulation-Pump-Brushless-Motor-Water-Pump-3M-5M-csf-/140992648054?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM&var=&hash=item20d3d11376

[brenmurph]

food grade, 14 euros, from the same factory in china as the other ones...

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/121060171565?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

everything is from china

nice coffee can trick St Fursey

[Covey]

ok that on order now, next to that dc fitting whats the craic with that i have no exp with electrics but so posses a solder iron for some reason. Any links for the correct one to get? or can it be harvested

[johnrm]

12v or 24v ordered? Stick with 12v, way more common.
If you get one of the variable voltage ones in Maplin you can control pump speed.
I'm not sure what the Amp load is on the pump, be sure and get a power supply that is rated correctly otherwise it might go POP.