Fountains

Solar Powered Fountains - Achieve Beauty While Preserving Nature

In today’s world we are all aware of the importance of saving our environment. If you can beautify your home or garden with a fountain while helping the environment you will be in a win win situation. The answer is a solar powered water fountain. By installing one you are not only being a friend of the earth but helping yourself too. These fountains require no electricity which can save you a bundle.

Solar powered water fountains used to be an expensive and exotic proposition, but not anymore. The price of solar panels is now much less than what it used be due to technological advancement and mass production. The basic working involves collecting sunlight on small panels and converting that light into electricity to power the fountain. The panels can be built directly into the fountain, in which case it must be placed where it can get lots of sunlight or have wires that are attached to the panels. If there are wires the fountain can be placed anywhere while the panels will be placed in a position to receive direct sunlight. 

Solar fountains can be used indoors as well as outdoors, the only requirement being ready access to sunlight. They are very easy to install and extremely portable. The only thing you need to take care of is transporting the fountain to where you want to place it and once it is powered by the sun it will start working – no hassle of wires, plugs, etc.

The question often asked is whether a solar fountain will work in winter. It works on heat not light so it will definitely work in the winter but the flow may not be strong. It will also work on cloudy days or at night on the principle of the efficient panels are still converting stored light to energy. But if this is not up to your satisfaction you have the option of buying a solar fountain fitted with a small battery pack. This is a more expensive option though.

If you are the creative sorts then making your own solar powered fountain is both economical as well as fun. You can purchase a ready to use pre designed fountain kit which comes with an accurate sized pump. But if you would like to design your own then you will have to buy a pump from a hardware store.  Make sure you buy an appropriate solar panel that matches the electrical specifications. Any fountain can be converted to a solar powered one by buying a solar power cell.

Solar powered fountains are available in a vast choice of sizes, designs, materials and price points. One model that catches the eye is the Terracotta Cascade Solar Fountain by SerenityHealth. It is a beautiful 4 tier unity made of terracotta ceramic. The water cascades down each tier making a relaxing sound while providing pleasure to the eyes.

Nurseriesonline is a great place to buy both solar powered fountains as well as complete DIY kits that include a solar panel, pump and cable which allows you to install the panel at a distance of about 4 -5 meters from the fountain. Some even come with interchangeable fountain heads. Their pump kits are submersible, easy to install and incur no operating costs while giving you a spray height of 12 cm to 2.5 m depending on the model.

Go green with a solar powered fountain.

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