How do you estimate or know the "startup surge"? This is the pump I'm looking at: https://www.thepondguy.com/product/the-pond-guy-solidflo-g2-pump/?sku=130320&p=PPCGOOGA&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAqY6tBhAtEiwAHeRopUOqZRkb7gtM411jtRv72R28Wh-y1yfcrvPn1u8oJWeIYcCG7Up19hoC7foQAvD_BwE
My goal is to part-time run a pump in our small duck pond, it's about 400 gallons (20 inches deep), so I want to move water off the bottom to a bog filter and have it pour back in. We also have a bottom drain that directs the water into our garden (yay fertilizer) so this pump project is just to...
Thanks very much for the explanation and clarifying how much wattage to plan for.
Based on your explanation, it sounds like it is ok to skip the battery, and just let it run when it gets power from the converter?