Irrigation – Sun Pumps

Drip lines, vineyards, market gardens. All on solar.

Solar-direct irrigation for orchards, row crops, and small farms. Pressure regulated for drip emitters, sized for your peak July afternoon, no electricity bill ever.

Quick estimate

Water demand by crop & system type.

Drip · vegetables

0.5 GPM/acre

rip · orchard

2 GPM/acre

Vineyard drip

1 GPM/acre

Sprinkler · pasture

5 GPM/acre

Pivot · row crop

8 GPM/acre

Peak-summer figures. Solar pumps deliver max flow midday. Exactly when crops transpire most. Pair with a pressure tank or storage cistern for night drip cycles.

Recommended systems

Three systems for three farm scales.

Every home/property/operation is unique. These are configurations we ship most often. Your system will be sized to your specific setup.

Market garden · 1–3 ac

SDS-Q-128

Orchard / vineyard · 5–20 ac

SCS-20-180-120-BL

Row crops 20+

SPV Drives

Typical field layouts

Three configurations we install most often.

Direct-to-drip

Pump → pressure regulator → drip lines. Simplest setup. Runs only when sun shines, but that's when plants want water anyway.

Cistern + gravity

Pump → 1,000–5,000 gal storage tank → gravity drip. Day-to-night flexibility. Needs 8–10 ft elevation drop.

Battery-backed

Pump → battery + AC controller → pump or sprinklers any time. Higher cost, full grid-style control.

Natural Resource Conservation

Solar irrigation pumps often qualify for grant funding.

Especially generous for organic, drought-stressed, and beginning farmer applicants.

“

We’ve been with Sun Pumps since 2015. Sun Pumps answers their phones and they have great service and trouble shooting. They are American made and the back up their product. The pumps work! They are reliable and impressive. With all of the systems we have purchased and put in I’ve only had to fix a couple of small things. If it doesn’t work you probably put it together wrong. If the person that answers the phone doesn’t know the answer they can find someone who and will walk you through the problem. If it’s a defective part, they will ship you a new one ASAP.

Matt M.

Kansas