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Old 31-03-2003, 12:32 AM
Steve Harris
 
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Default Solar-powered water features - any advice?

In article ,
(Martin Brown) wrote:

The pumps also work well with a 12v lead acid accumulator or any
other 12v DC 2A supply.


How much do the pumps draw?

Guess: 50 mA which would require a 40 AH car battery to be charged
monthly. That's a power of 0.6W let's say 0.5W after losses.

According to
http://www.onlineconversion.com/power.htm that's 0.368781
foot-lbs/sec. Sounds like enough for a small fountain.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com