Hooked up the panel to the 2088 Shurflo pump, and watched the water stream in to my impoverished pond. I was at 1st jazzed, but 3 days later the pump died. To provide a background a small LCB provides 10+ to 15 start amps and a continous 7amp from the Kyo-130w panel. The forest around it is unavoidable and sunny sites are limited. This site greets the am sun at 7:15 when the pump begins to prime. A large tree trunk shades the panel at 8 am and the pump takes a break. Again around 9:15am the panel gets sun and the pump again reprimes. A large limb 40' up shaded and slowed the pump around 1 pm. I'm chainsawing it soon. Then the forest shades the area about 75% from 3 pm on. But how do I pump water from a spring 60' away in the intense forest (numerous towering 90' White Oaks)up to my pond? (I will also improve the priming situation to lessen pump stress. Now the pump's 35" from the panel and 25' from the spring, though only a 3-4' lift. So I'll replace it 3' from the spring with only a 2-3' lift and add a check valve to the intake.)
Is there a way I can place an inline timer so that the Shurflo only runs when it's sunny, 9:30am to 2:30pm? Am I overlooking a way to make the small Shurflow 2088 viable? I only need about 100,000 gallons annually of water to subsidize this pond. I've already purchased the new pump, but want to install this one the right way. Please advise.
