Ponds and Water Gardens - bird bath fountain
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wwc
12-23-08, 09:21 PM
Does anyone know how or know of a web site link to show how to build a solar powered bird bath fountain.
dhamblet
12-23-08, 10:56 PM
A Google search on "Solar Powered Fountains" turned up quite a bit including the following:
solar powered fountain - Google Product Search (http://www.google.com/products?q=solar+powered+fountain&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title)
solar powered fountain - Google Product Search (http://www.google.com/products?q=solar+powered+fountain&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title)
wwc
05-26-09, 03:34 PM
i'm looking more for the do it yourselfer .
I can't belive no one has built on and posted the how to on the net but i can't find one,lol.
I can't belive no one has built on and posted the how to on the net but i can't find one,lol.
Pilot Dane
05-26-09, 07:04 PM
If you are looking for more D.I.Y. go ahead and make your own "plans" based on what you have available. You need a basin for your fountain, a DC pump and a solar panel for the power. Make the fountain to be whatever you want. Finding a pump and solar panel is probably the most difficult part. Once you have them you can get really creative with the rest. The basin could be anything: an old plate, a shallow bowl, a disk from an old plow...
wwc
05-27-09, 03:48 AM
yes finding the pieces is the hard part.
I like your ideas.
I like your ideas.
mboxwell
06-24-09, 05:19 AM
It depends on how big a system you want? Many years ago my dad made a very simple fountain using a car windshield washer pump. The parts cost a few pence and it ran really well on an old car battery which we hid under a fake rock made by pouring some surplus concrete mix into a polythene bag and leaving it to set.
From memory, we made a simple filter using a piece of sponge.
If you wanted a solar pump that only worked when the sun shone on it, you wouldn't need the battery, which makes it even simpler - then you just need a small solar panel, connect it all together and off you go.
Find a pump, tell me how many watts it requires and which State you live in and I'll tell you the optimum size of solar panel you need.
From memory, we made a simple filter using a piece of sponge.
If you wanted a solar pump that only worked when the sun shone on it, you wouldn't need the battery, which makes it even simpler - then you just need a small solar panel, connect it all together and off you go.
Find a pump, tell me how many watts it requires and which State you live in and I'll tell you the optimum size of solar panel you need.
wwc
06-24-09, 11:06 AM
Thanks I found this and am thinking of buying it, then to figure out how to make a base to install it and not look stupid ,it's for birds so it needs to be up off the ground.
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