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thomas rubino wrote:Hi; Welcome to Permies!
A nice-looking pond you have there!
You are wanting a bubbler system to keep it aerated.
To start what is the power requirement for the aerating system?
You will need a battery setup to support your power.
Are steady winds common near your pond?
Wind power is not easy to set up. A tilting tower with support cables taller than your timber. A constant diversion charge control with a power dump.
Wind gennys only make truly usable power above 10 mph and really you need steady winds closer to 20 mph.
The other thing that probably will not matter, is wind gennys make noise, they are loud!
Now solar power is SO MUCH easier. With the newer high-voltage panels and an Mppt charge control. No power dump is needed.
With that setup even on cloudy days, you will make plenty of power.
You will still need a pair of 6vt batteries to act as your storage bank.
Much less money is involved going with solar only.
Oh and solar power is silent!
I've included the aerator that I plan own using. I'm good with the wind / solar combo Pennsylvania is beyond cloudy most of the year so wind will also be good alternative.. Im not too concerned with the pole for the windmill, I can post hole for a concrete footer for it. I do want the experience with the charge controllers / "dumps" as you mentioned Mppt's are available for windmills as well, I would like one designed to handle both inputs. . I've never worked with it wind, just mostly with traditional grid electricity and DC Electronics in vehicles / Moto. Im curious of why you would not need a dump zone for solar if you would need them for wind. This is kind of a pet project, but have no electricity near the pond so this is the route I wish to take with wind and solar combined. It could be overkill for the air pump I'm using \, but that is ok with me as I can pull electricity for lights and other accessories if needed. I'm just curious of what brand names and components others have used at this scale of power generation.