Brandon Wallace

I built a solar powered water distribution center for my garden this year, that pumps irrigation water to a drip system. My staging tank, a 275g water tote, has some algae on the inside walls. As I begin to winterize, I'd like to clean the algae. I can't reach these areas by hand.

I can pressure wash with water. But that will still leave some behind. Is there a natural chemical based approach I can use?

In my days of home brewing beer, I remember using a cleaner for kegs that was pretty miraculous.

Thanks!

Thanks. I didn't want to bog down my post with specs of the selected equipment, but yes, the controller is rated at about 4x the amp draw of the pumps.

Hello! First post here...

I'm putting together a simple solar setup for powering irrigation to a garden and sprinklers. I have one little question about the hookup of the controller.

Basically, all of the simple solar controllers are designed the same: panels connect to the +/- terminals on the left, battery to the center, and the load to the right:



My question is regarding the load. I'm going to be using 3 separate 12v water pumps. Never at the same time. They will all be hooked up to a distributor block (a terminal block / busbar type system). Should I run the distribution block, and hence the 3 pumps all off of that 3rd terminal of the controller? Or should I leave that empty, and wire the distribution block from the battery directly?

All of the diagrams always show a light bulb or some other low powered device off of the "load" terminals. I wasn't sure if it was meant for a small load, or everything you're powering.

Thanks!