Solar Water Pump Full Installation & Demo • RPS Solar Pumps

It's finally here: the comprehensive, start-to-finish installation companion video for our standard, most popular well pump: the RPS 400. With this first-of-a-kind extended video to guide you, you'll be up and pumping in record time.

This video details the entire RPS customer experience; from receiving your shipment and unboxing, through our simple step-by-step installation, all the way to your first of many oh-so-satisfying solar-powered water flows.

Follow along with your user manual, or if you're here for a certain step, skip around at your leisure:

00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Overview
01:51 - Unboxing and Kit Components
08:50 - Site Introduction
09:12 - Tools Needed
12:10 - Installation Overview
12:38 - Step 1 - Pump and Plumbing Installation
18:21 - Step 2 - Solar Panel Installation
19:24 - Step 3 - Controller Installation
23:16 - Step 4 - Testing and Startup
34:38 - First Solar Water Flow!

Some steps are covered in greater detail in our previous videos. Mike references several in this video. They are linked below in order of appearance:

RPS Solar Pump Systems are for people that appreciate quality and value. Designed to aerospace standards, yet affordable.
Easy to install. Zero maintenance. Zero energy costs. Quality you can trust for years and years to come.

Just wanna talk? Give us a call at [phone]. We're a friendly bunch. Shoot the breeze about your property, well or cattle, or get sized for a pump by our specialists at any time!

[mr]

That was one of the finest product demonstrations I've seen and it's good to know it was produced in the heart of irrigation country. Well done!

[robrifkin]

I wish every company I dealt with was as good as RPS! The online information covers everything and is high quality. The sales / customer service team helped this first-time well-owner with all details and took the time to discuss and explain when needed. 

When I received our RPS 800 with full turnkey kit for our off-grid property, I read the outstanding manual from cover to cover. After that I made all of the connections, did a bucket test, and everything worked the first time. On installation day, everything went smoothly and it was so rewarding to get water pouring out of the well after turning the system on!

We have another off-grid property which needs a well so now I’m a repeat customer after ordering a second RPS kit. I highly recommend RPS to anyone needing a system.

[MellisMusicStudio]

We have the RPS 400 and its great! Customer service with this company is second to none

[iLynnisse]

Great system; great service BUT Need a video showing exactly how to handle the wiring through the well seal and to the controller--you mention flexible conduit but don't show an example. Do you need some kind of rubber insert for the well seal in your kit? A jam nut? Could use some help w/that. TIA

[KathleenEdge]

We are installing this on our property. Customer service is fantastic! I would order from this company again and again. Thank you, RPS!

[oscarcalderons]

So awesome. In the process of buying a house with a well. I’ll definitely be buying one. Great video. I plan to connect straight to the house as back up when electricity goes out.

[luimackjohnson]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing this magnificent video on solar water pumping! That's we need a couple of thousands of these solar water pumping systems in Papua New Guinea!

[Alexz_Archivz]

Great tip! @22:43, i didnt see a ground connection/symbol inside my MPPT, so Im glad you pointed this out. I will be connecting a lug to my today!

[beautifulaether]

Thank you for the video. Will you please do one showing how to hook up the piping and such so the well water can run through the house. Revelation 21

[baddoggie]

Never ever use poly pipe for such an installation unless you have the equipment to pull that pipe up from a great depth full of water. I made the mistake of using 1.25" poly pipe to a depth of 200 ft and it weighs 500 lbs, I don't have the tools to pull it up and what is worse is none of the half-dozen well service companies in this county will deal with poly pipe. They complain that the pipe will kink and be damaged during the pulling and their insurance company will not cover them if they reinstall it. They insist on replacing the poly with PVC and special couplings. The material cost to me to replace the pump now includes $800 extra just for a new pipe string. Putting the poly in is easy as the pipe is empty of water.

[shane]

This is great. So many others just make a 5 min video pointing at things and components, naming them and reading from a brochure card. Seeing it put together helps me understand how it works and what I need to replace my AC pump with a DC solar pump.

Well done.

I want to put it on a 48v battery bank, do I also need a charge controller or does the controller that comes with like the RPS400 kit handle the charging as well?

[BrookhillAngus]

I really liked this video, well done! We are in Kentucky and have a cattle ranch. We would be interested in a well system that could be hooked to a Ritchie waterer just as if it were attached to city water, which we currently using. Not sure how it could all be integrated and how the well would be drilled, but I’m sure you could explain it all and help. Thanks, James.

[healthfullivingify]

That was great, Mike. Thanks. It's been many years since I installed a well's piping and wiring. Great refresher.

[roosterknowles]

Good info, appreciate the flag, USMC here.

[gatostanley]

Excellent video! Have you ever taped the wire to the pipe drop? Fortunately our installer taped the electrical to the pipe drop every 10 ft and when the pipe drop came out of the well head, pulled all of the connections loose they were able to fish it out and since wires were taped, it was repairable. 😊

[bradyamandarich]

This would be a game changer for MCF&T

[vanessacastaneda]

Also when do you need batteries for these? I’ve seen some other pumps with batteries

[Wherstead]

Very nice presentation.Great for helping make this system my choice.

[nickmarquez]

This system looks like it would be ideal for many of my clients. How do the components hold up in outdoor salty environments? Most of their empty lots would be off grid at the beach. Constant wind and salt spray, and a long rainy season has been a rough go for most systems installed in the past.
How do those low water level detectors hold up if there is any iron in the water?
Do you have international distributions set up/ship to Panama at all?

[vincentdepaulmussati]

Merci beaucoup pour cette présentation, en effet je voudrais savoir les coûts de cet équipement, rendu en RD Congo à Lubumbashi.