[RE-wrenches]

Sun Apr 24 18:47:52 PDT 2005

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Hello David,

That doesn't sound like much water for a nursery but...

Make that another vote for what appears to be ridiculously expensive SQ
Flex.  It seems expensive, but it's not in the long run.  We had to quit
doing solar water pumps because they were eating us alive in call backs.
That was after we fiddled and fussed with them just to get them working out
of the box.  Then the SQ Flex came along.  A product that works as
advertised.  As you aware, an oddity in this business.

Grundfos recently significantly increased the price.  Maybe their trying to
see just how much the market will bear or maybe they aren't selling as many
as they'd hope to and need to get their development cost back.

Regardless of the reason it's one nice pump that I'm confident to sell and
install so I don't even worry about the price.

Check with Christopher Chedznoy of Solar Water Technologies for the SQ Flex
and a few other options for pumps. (800) 952-7221 http://www.solarwater.com/
Outstanding customer service, large inventory, ships the same day.  No, I
don't have any interest what in SWT.

Best,

Travis Creswell
Ozark Energy Services, Inc.

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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:55 PM
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Hi David,

I have to agree with Doug on the Grundfos choice, especially with the 
very low head you have to contend with. I've sold and installed a lot of 
the Lorentz pumps and have had mixed results, the primary problem 
historically being the controller, not the pump itself. The SQ is 
maddeningly free of out-of-the-box eccentricities - but the instructions 
are almost non-existent - being, as they should be, designed to be used 
by people everywhere who never learned how to read. The really great 
thing though is being able to apply just about any electrical input you 
can imagine and pumping water. Cool.

Matt T

David Palumbo, Independent Power & Light wrote:

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>I have a potential job for a PV powered water pump at a nursery business.
>Grid power is present but they like the idea of using solar to do their
>irrigation. It is a modest sized operation, the owner estimates water use
of
>1,000 to 2,000 gallons of water per day.
>
>They had a well drilled last week. 160' deep, 9.5 gpm, static water level -
>overflowing now.
>
>I'm looking at the new Dankoff "Lorentz" pumps, and the Grundfos SQ Flex.
>
>An advantage to the SQ Flex would be the ability to run it on the grid
power
>(when the solar is lacking) that is a short distance from the well.
>
>Is it also worth considering eliminating the storage tank in this case?
Just
>have a pressure tank setup with irrigation pipelines controlled with on/off
>valves? It will be a summertime only deal and need to be setup as a drain
>back system.
>
>Any ideas? Experience with either the Lorentz or the Grundfos SQ Flex.
>
>Dave Palumbo
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