Solar thermal hydroponic system

Energy & Sustainability

By Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman makes stuff, some of which works. He invites you to drive a bike for a living (dirtnailpedicab.com), stop killing your garden (growerbot.com), and live in an off-grid shipping container (boxouse.com).

View more articles by Luke Iseman

January 14th, 2009 2

Here’s a brilliantly simple Instructable on using the sun as your pump for a hydroponics system.

According to the Instructable, clouds passing in front of the sun creates enough change in light to make the pump run. Has anyone seen scaled-up versions of this? Seems like it could be a great way to create some water pressure for harvested rainwater…

Tagged Green hydroponics Instructables

By Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman makes stuff, some of which works. He invites you to drive a bike for a living (dirtnailpedicab.com), stop killing your garden (growerbot.com), and live in an off-grid shipping container (boxouse.com).

View more articles by Luke Iseman

Discuss this article with the rest of the community on our Discord server!

ADVERTISEMENT