LIVING OFF GRID

This blog is about our travels in our solar powered "Airstream" and living off grid, in our passive solar home, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.

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Friday 27 July 2012

Water Pump

While Mary was busy shopping for sinks, faucets and shower stalls I drove over to the Honda dealer to see if they had one of these ......................





This is the Honda X10 a small water pump perfect size for Mary. She can carry it and actually yank the cord to get it started. It will pump 140 litres per minute and is a great help for looking after her gardens.





It's lightweight, powerful, and noisy. I thought all Honda products were quiet, but this little beast sure makes a racket for such a little guy; .........  ............... sort of like Owen. (grandson)




We take these 40 gallon white tanks down to the lake, put the inlet hose, from the pump, under water and in a few minutes the tanks are full. Life is getting better. Too bad they don't have a solar version of this pump. Maybe someday.






Back at the garden there is plenty of pressure to water whatever is thirsty and lately everything is thirsty.






Mary has started a tree nursery and we don't want them to die from lack of water. This little pump makes the task so much easier.



The whole set-up, water tank, pump and hose working together to keep our clover alive and healthy.


Thanks for stopping by and checking out our little pump. I'll write a more detailed review after we have been using it for a couple of months.

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