For the sake of discussion, let's say you put in a solar powered aeration system. You find later that your system will not be able to run all night, every night during the summer. So, you might be getting 50% of available run time from your system vs running air from a compressor in barn. Maybe it just runs a few hours a night. In a one acre pond, 15' depth (average 8')
It's still helping, right? It may be inconsistent running two hours one night and six the next. It wouldn't be hurting the fish or water quality, would it?
Not wanting to hyjack the thread, but I'm thinking solar might be a good option for me. The thought of running a trencher 300 yards through rocky soil and ravines, then burying the plastic pipe or conduit. There's a very remote chance anybody would mess with a system at my pond, so that's not a worry. The dam runs east west, so I could set it up on the south side of the dam, get fairly decent exposure to the sun. I've got a lot of trees, so sunlight would be limited. If I could just set up some panels, a converter, some batteries, and a pump. It would be a whole lot easier. Then just take it down in the winter. I haven't had that much ice and snow for a while.. Just thinking, this might be an option.
Thanks,
Jeff
