Solar water pump kits
Packaged systems for programmes buying many identical units: pump, controller, modules, frame and pipework as one item with one part number, one price and one document pack.
Most buyers here are procuring on behalf of growers rather than growing themselves, which means the paperwork matters as much as the equipment. We treat it that way.
Three kit types, split by water source
Not by kilowatts. How the water is taken and how the pump is installed decide the type, and the power follows from the duty.
Portable solar water pump kit
Portability is a procurement decision, not a hydraulic one. It costs some efficiency and some robustness, and it buys a system that can be shared between plots and locked away at night.
See the specificationSolar well pump kit (submersible)
Always primed, nothing to lose prime, and nothing above ground to steal except the array. The trade is that servicing it means pulling it back out.
See the specificationFixed solar surface pump kit
Fixing it down buys flow. The same money spent on a portable kit moves roughly a third of the water, because the frame, the base and the larger pipework all stay where they are.
See the specificationWhat goes in a kit
Pumps and controllers of the kind that go into our solar pump kits, photographed at audited partner factories. Third-party brand marks are covered.
Choosing between them
One measurement does most of the work: the distance from the ground down to the resting water.
| If the site is | The kit is | Because |
|---|---|---|
| A river, canal, pond or shallow sump, plot moves through the season | Portable surface | The pump can be carried to the water and locked away at night. |
| Water deeper than about 8 m, or a drilled well | Submersible | No surface pump reaches past roughly 8 m of suction lift, at any power. |
| Open water, same command area every season, larger flow needed | Fixed surface | Bolting it down and raising the array buys roughly three times the flow. |
If it is between portable and fixed, the question is whether the plot moves. If it is between surface and submersible, the question is only the water level. The longer version.
Buying kits in quantity
What changes when the order is a programme rather than a system.
| Freight per kit falls sharply | Most of the landed cost difference between a small order and a container is freight and documentation spread over fewer units. |
| The document pack becomes the work | Datasheets, a signed pump curve, module certification, a full bill of materials, drawings and manuals. On a funded programme this is often the harder half. |
| Packing has to be specified | Weight per package, modules crated upright, desiccant with electronics. On a rural distribution the packing decides how much arrives intact. |
| Serial traceability is a production decision | Recording serials per unit happens on the packing line or it does not happen. It has to be agreed before production starts. |
| Spares are worth ordering with the kits | Seal kits, splice kits and surge cartridges cost little and are four weeks away once the container has gone. |
Reading for programme buyers
Frequently asked questions
What is a solar pump kit?
A packaged system: pump, controller, modules, mounting frame and the pipework to connect it, supplied as one item rather than as components to assemble. Kits exist because programmes buying many identical units need one part number, one price and one set of documents rather than a bill of materials per site.
How are solar pump kits classified?
By how the water is taken and how the pump is installed, rather than by kilowatts: portable surface, submersible, and fixed surface. That ordering is right, because the water source decides the pump type long before the power rating does.
Which kit do I need for a borehole?
A submersible kit. Surface pumps of any power are limited to about 8 m of suction lift by atmospheric pressure, and water in a drilled borehole is rarely within 8 m of the top while pumping. Measure the static water level and that one number settles it.
What is the minimum order for solar pump kits?
We will quote any quantity, but the economics change sharply with volume: on a small shipment freight and documentation are a large share of the landed cost. We will tell you where your quantity lands rather than take an order that disappoints.
Do you supply kits for funded and tendered programmes?
Yes, and that is most of this business. Those buyers need a document pack as much as they need equipment: datasheets, a signed pump curve, module certification, a full bill of materials, drawings and manuals. We coordinate that with the factories and say plainly which items are routine and which need a factory to agree something.
Can kits be branded or configured for a programme?
Within reason. Frame colour, labelling and documentation language are usually straightforward at programme volume. Changes to the pump or controller themselves are a factory conversation and need lead time, so raise them at enquiry rather than at order.
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Ask for kit pricing
Tell us the quantity, the water source and the destination. If there is a BOQ or a tender document, send that instead and we will quote against it line by line.