I wish to run a pond pump (such as this here) off of solar electricity, because the electricity in my area is very expensive, but clouds are rare. For this example, it is listed as running on 199 Watts and no other details are given about its electricity in the manual. I don't have a good understanding of electricity. What specifications do I need to search for when attaching a solar panel to this? Does it just need to have >= 199 Watts listed? Is volts or some other detail important? If the sun goes behind a cloud, and power is reduced, can that break the products that are plugged into it?
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1.) Golf Cart batteries are the easiest supply for a home electric backup battery bank.
2.) Bigger is better with the solar panel array. If you're only going to be running the router (why not the modem too? Or is it combined?) you can probably get away with a cheap small solar kit from these guys : Silicon Solar They offer some great battery charger kits that pretty much take all the work out of it for you. You'd still need to wire these to your battery and convert the current to your AC plug for the router.
3.) For connecting the Router to the power grid you've created in Steps 1&2 you'll need an inverter. Depending on your interest in making something pretty to look at and safe to handle you might want to do some more research on an inverter you can wire to your power grid.
Here's a graphic that should help explain the setup and get you thinking visually on the setup explained above:
In your case the panel box would be replaced with the inverter output device combined as one item since you're only looking to power 1 device.
Stacking the panels on top of each other should be fine, but I would not suggest stacking all off them on top of each other as the bottom one will have to bear tremendous weight and might warp it.
Try and place wooden battens (for air flow to stop moisture from being trapped and help displace weight evenly to the next panel using a soft surface) between panels on the same frame that they were mounted to the roof. The frame is load bearing and will handle weight on top of it and disperse weight downwards to the next panel.
You do not have to cover each one in bubble wrap. Just stack em using batons(bareing in mind weight) and then cover the entire stack in foil and possibly some polystyrene and or bubble wrap on the corners and top to prevent shock damage in case something hits or falls on it.. you never know.
Some panels you can stack ontop of each other with no problem as they have a robust frame that supports all the weight.
Exercise some common sense in how to stack them. Make sure they are level and aligned. check on them every now and again during storage phase in case the weight makes something give in.
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Best Answer
You need a different pump, and you need help speccing it.
You lack enough knowledge about electricity to be able to design a system, spec a pump, and certainly to build it in a way that would work. You'll either need to skill up, or get help.
Right off the bat, the pump you picked uses 120V AC power - the zappy kind that can kill you, and that you buy from the power company.
If the goal is to go solar, you probably want another kind of power, called low voltage DC power, commonly 12 or 24 volts, and that is the kind that is used in cars.