In this video I will show you how to make quick and cheap DIY rain barrel pump. It is quiet, efficient and most importantly works on demand so that you can water your garden from your rain barrel pumps from your standard garden hose. The pump also works great to transfer water from place to place so that you can store extra water (like from a kids pool) in your rain barrels to use later in the garden and as a camp shower.
I have also paired this system with the Bluetti AC50S Solar Generator for the ultimate off grid water pressure.

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Equipment list for the pump. These are affiliate links, please considering clicking them if you want to support the channel:

Pumps (pick one they are roughly the same just go with the cheapest):
DC House 33-Series Pump: https://amzn.to/3hyYz9N
Seaflo 33-series Pump: https://amzn.to/3qDfnR4

Hoses:
1/2” hose: https://amzn.to/3y7qiVG
Twinkle Star Brass 1/2" Garden Hose Mender: https://amzn.to/3qA6jvZ
Hose clamp: https://amzn.to/3hmU55V

Optional but recommended:

Twinkle Star Sediment Filter: https://amzn.to/3dqOElo

Case supplies may need to be adjusted depending on the type of toolbox you get/have. It isn’t an exact science and you can pick all this up from Home Depot or any hardware store or ideally use whatever you have laying around. You may need to adjust sizes to fit the exact scrap wood or toolbox you are using. These are examples and will not look exactly like what I used because I used scrap laying around the house:
Toolbox: https://amzn.to/3w9PnxE
#10-24 X 2" Stainless machine screws: https://amzn.to/2UzFH2x
#10-24 nuts: https://amzn.to/3dWHYvr
#10 Washers: https://amzn.to/3yzH7bW
Wood planks: https://amzn.to/3AHSLmZ

For remote power:
Bluetti AC50S Solar Generator: https://amzn.to/3dTB3TG
Bluetti EB70 Solar Generator (blue): https://amzn.to/3hNt77C
Bluetti EB70 Solar Generator (red or gray): https://amzn.to/3yHVAml

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:04 Why Rain Barrel are important
0:11 Our Rain Barrel installation challenges
0:45 DIY Rain Barrel pump demonstration
1:08 List of components
2:11 Building the pump kit
3:35 Using the kit
3:51 Using a solar generator to power the kit for off grid functionality
4:06 Final details and demonstration