- [Matt Byrd] Being on a farm 600, 1,200, 3,000 acres it's very hard to get electricity and to check on those diesel generators that they want to pump. So, having the ability to utilize solar and utilize the sun, which is a commodity that comes out every morning and lasts all day long. If they can use that without spending too much money, I mean, it's a win for everybody. We were able to offer him a solution where solar could be predominantly the main power to basically pump that water out of that bore.
- If you want your solar on all you do is just turn this switch on here and give it a minute and they it'll crank up, and out comes there water.
- When we're talking about customers like Doug, Doug lives on 600 acres. It's not easy to get power over to you know, 250 acres away. So, when we talk about the cost of installing cables to try and get to that bore, I mean, the price outweighs the return on investment. I mean, there's no return on investment with something like that. Putting solar there and giving him the availability to pump water whenever he wants through the day, so he can water his cattle without him worrying about you know, the cost of diesel or electricity, I think really helps Doug out. If we have more solar panels, it definitely gives you ability to be able to pump more water per second out of this bore. At the moment, we've got it set to around half a liter to three quarters of a liter per second, which is enough for Doug to be able to irrigate what he needs to irrigate and obviously water the land.
- [Doug Lovegrove] We're not paying for electricity to pump water anymore so that's all solar. So that's free. Yeah, people that don't got solar got rocks in their head, I reckon.
- Darwin's environment I guess, is quite harsh. It changes from humidity, from the dry season to the wet season. So, basically when we design a system, our number one priority is to design it around quality. Obviously Grundfos and LG came hand in hand and there was no other option. We believe anyway.
- You know SEM, they do, do a good job and I'm really happy to be dealing with those guys. So, I'll stay with them. I think if you're getting plenty of sun, you'd be crazy not to use solar and yeah, way to go. Crazy if you don't.
How does Doug use solar power to pump bore water for his cattle farm in Adelaide River?
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