<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi William<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would steer you way way clear from the Shurflo 9300. It\u2019ll break, they won\u2019t have parts and it\u2019ll never get rebuilt. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Hober uses the most common international design which is a DC to AC 3phase variable speed pump controller, basically an inverter.</div><div class="">It then runs any 3 phase pump within its wattage parameters. These pumps are everywhere, cheap, pretty efficient and extremely reliable. There are many many of these inverters/controllers on the market. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is really hard to get good data on how to size the PV watts to pump watts using these inverters. Unlike a DC positive displacement pump which will still pump but more slowly if low DC input, the centrifugal pump\u2019s output drops off dramatically if you get below its operating window. And that window is dependant on the pump specs vs flow vs dynamic lift. </div><div class="">So need more water, add more PV, double PV watts to running watts as a bare minimum. And specify a pump that is pumping in the bottom of the curve instead of near the top helps to allow it to produce better during lower PV watts input.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good luck,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jay</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peltz power</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 2, 2019, at 4:44 PM, William Dorsett <<a href="mailto:wmdorsett@sbcglobal.net" class="">wmdorsett@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Cambria" class="">Happy New Year Wrenches</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Cambria" class=""></font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""> <font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Cambria" class=""> From a young lady who is trying to bring clean water to a village in Uganda</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Cambria" class="">:</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class=""> </font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""> <font size="4" face="Calibri" class="">\u201c</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class=""> This is Rosanna Bauman from Garnett. I'd talked to you about 2 years ago about solar pumps for our friends in Uganda. We installed the solar panels but are just now getting the money saved up for the well-drilling. We have clean water located 75 meteers below, no rock. Looking at a Shur-flo or a Hober. We can get the Hober shipped direct from China to Uganda DHL, plus it's about $200 less. However, we would like some advice as to their reliability. We want something reliable. </font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class="">Have any of your Solar Wrenches used or heard of this company? Looking at using a 3000 liter/day pump to pump 1,000 liters, since it will be directly tied to solar power, no battery back-ups.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class="">You're welcome to call me if you have questions!</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class="">Thanks!</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class=""> Rosanna Bauman</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font size="4" face="Calibri" class="">\u201d</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></div><div class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Cambria" class="">Thanks</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""> <font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Cambria" class="">for your thoughts</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">Bill Dorsett</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class=""> </font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""> <font color="#76923C" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">\u201cStart where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can\u201d</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""> <font color="#76923C" size="2" face="Calibri" class="">Arthur Ashe</font></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">1715 Leavenworth</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">Manhattan, KS 66502</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><a href="http://www.fhreec.org/" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><u class=""></u></span><u class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></u><u class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#0000FF" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">www.fhreec.org</font></span></u><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></a><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">785/539-1956 Office </font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">785/564-2583 Cell</font></span></div><div dir="LTR" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><a href="mailto:wmdorsett@cox.net" class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><u class=""></u></span><u class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></u><u class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#0000FF" size="4" face="Calibri" class="">wmdorsett@cox.net</font></span></u><span lang="en-us" class=""></span></a><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""><font color="#1F497D" size="4" face="Calibri" class=""> </font></span></div><div class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="en-us" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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