solar water pumping

[evimont]

Is anyone knowledgeable about solar water pumping set ups ?
in my case I need to pump about 8 g.p.m./500 g.p.h. up less than 4' to my bed.
I was thinking about using 2 pumps to get to 8 gal.
What is the best source of info. and the best place to buy equipment?

[badflash]

I use an Intex pool pump. 80 watts and puts out 10 gpm at over a 5' head. A 200 watt collector with battery storage will do fine for this. That is what I am planning to do when the budget gets pumped back up. Youtube is loaded with solar panel how-tos

[urbanfarmer]

In my search for an inexpensive yet powerful battery, I found the following battery:

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access ... tid=796224 (http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Duralast-12-Volts-1000-CA-Marine-Dual-Purpose-Battery-12-Month-Free-Replacement/_/N-25uw?itemIdentifier=107676&_requestid=796224)

at $80 (with core return) it's a steal! It has more than 75 amp-hours available (I got this from the reserve time specs). You don't want to drain it that low anyway, but you can assume for design it's an 80 amp-hour battery or push it a little move if you are brave. :D