MNFISH2 if you find your old parts list thread, put it in your "watch list" so it will be easy to find in the future. You are going to get ask about this again and again.
I remember that experiment and build but did not mark it. Was a very nice non-battery setup. I remember at the time I was interested in it not for winter but for summer aeration in one of my ponds without electricity (across a creek so difficult also to run pipe). The LCB was to get enough current boost to initially supply the extra current to start the pump. Then the panel provided enough for the "run" current draw.
An alternative to the LCB might be a very small lithium rechargeable battery (like the ones that run fish feeders) but then a charging circuit would also need to be included to charge said battery.
Last edited by snrub; 02/04/19 08:18 AM.
