I Bought My Kitten a Solar Water Fountain
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
- Just a little video about a solar water feature fountain I bought for my feral kittens and any other wildlife that may use it. The cats live outside and I want to make sure they have plenty of water for all the sunny weather that the UK gets! haha I'm not sure the solar panel is that great though.
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If I put out a selection of Evian at different temperatures, flowing and still the cat would drink from the plant pot every time!
😂 why are they like that
Cats and women, go figure. Best o luck with them. Take care & stay safe.
Great video Aiden! I'm looking forward to you're next video.... DIY haircut. Hee hee, you're looking smart fella.
I wouldn't say smart, just not so much of a scruff bag 😆
Like my dog that loved the water from the toilet 😒despite having fresh water everywhere else.
Also I see your appointment with the hairdresser didn't go too well 😅
Oh she done alright 😅 Its not my best cut but it's not my worst, so it'll do. I had literally just got back from the barbers before I filmed this and didn't have any products in it
Our Feral monster cat drinks out the manky bird bath rather than from the fresh water bowl we provide 🤷
My cat drinks out of a plastic pint glass I got at Download festival in 2007 😸
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The open circuit voltage is determined by the difference in elctron orbital potentioals of the dissimilar materials in the semiconductor and how those cells are wired together. The number of photons adsorbed by the material (determined by light intensity) determies the current. There are a few basic ways of dealing with shading which can impact output, without this cells in series are limited by the lowest performing cell.
You have to treat the cats well 👍👍
The solar panel has no load on i, that's why the voltage remains high, as soon as you load it, by connecting the pump, it pulls current from the panel and it will drop the panel voltage. If its sunny and the panel is uncovered, the suns energy is being converted usable electrical power. If you cover the panel, there is less power, so the pump slows down. Imagine it like a poor battery, when nothing is connected to it the voltage across the terminals will be sort of normal. If you connect a load on it, the voltage drops significantly.
Oooohhh 🤯 that's so obvious 😆 why didn't I realise that
Ivy Watts a powerful lady, I (amps) x V (volts) = Watts. The panel needs to produce enough of amps x volts to meet the minimum wattage of the pump, I prefer to use a clamp meter to measure the amps.
Ahaa I remember this from physics class now 😂 maybe I should have said yes to the free Chinese clamp meter I was offered 😁
Only just noticed - the barnet is looking good 😀
We've got the same outdoor 'table', in my case because the electrician couldn't be arsed to take it away with him, lasted a couple of years so far so can't complain.
I actually ended up buying this specifically for the cats 😆
I was like, this guy is cool, I should subscribe...
Oh wait a minute, I already am... Nice, I have good taste! 😂
Sounds like you're one of the 15k subs that have subscribed but don't watch regularly 😝
If you ask ChatGPT it says voltage does remain constant while the current varies according to weather conditions. So if the panel has enough light to function at all, the voltage level is determined by the semiconductor materials in the panel, not outside conditions.
I think I'm going to go question it abit more until I fully understand it 🧐
I bought this last summer. Worked great for a week or two, albeit with same solar issues you had. Both my domesticated cats drank from it (it wasn't bought for that purpose).
Then the seal under the frog went, and it kept emptying, so it got stored in the shed.
Am 50/50 on whether to find a solution to the leak or bin it.
Buy some tube, put a longer one on the pump and extend it out the mouth maybe?
Nice little video Aidan, explains a lot, my dogs prefer to find the manky puddle and slurp it down. That water feature is really pretty 🙄 The ride on mower, a mountfield? Is there a project in that? 👍
Oh no it's a rally ride on. Not really a project other than in order to start it I have to run a jump lead straight off the battery to the starter motor 😅 it works well enough to not need any attention. Had an issue with it last year but after I cleaned the carb out it was fine. I do either need to have a go at sorting the land rover or the digger though. Wish I could just pause time and mess about with them
We've just moved into our new place and the cat now likes to get in the bath and have a lick of the water from there, I think cats will try water from anywhere at least once. Oh, and I see you got a hair cut then. Was that done at the new barbers? How do you rate them? Any good? Looks alright on the video.
One of my old cats used to drink out of the bath whilst I was in it! 😂
Yeah new barbers are ok, not the best cut I've had but certainly not the worse so I'm happy to go back. I literally filmed the 2nd half as soon as got back from getting it cut, she didn't put any product in it so I'm sure it could have looked a little better on camera if I bothered 😂
Knowing cats, just leave an old khazi, with some water in it, outside!
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I bought something similar years ago, after 10 minutes they lost interest, little gits. Mine was electric though, ran off mains. As for electrickery, I don't understand it, I'm a mechanical engineer.
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Come on the new Barnet was out and you didn't mention it..Does the fountain have batteies for the solar panal to store charge? It looks like the solar panel powers the pump directly, if it's a 5-7 volt pump and the solar panel can't harvest that when the sun goes behind a cloud it'll stop...maybe...🤷🏻
Yep no batteries included, maybe there's a cheap solar panel battery set up that might work with it 🤷
That's not a kitten, it's a mini tiger 😊
Totally wild 😸
Don't you know that cats are like women. You can always depend on them to do the opposite of what you want them to do. 😉
That fountain uses Chinese wise wisdom technology, they know you generally would sit outside in the sunshine and when it's cloudy you won't be there, so it's saving itself for longer working life 🫣😊👍🇮🇪
Hahaha