Micro Hydroelectricity

Here is video of that wheel making some useful voltage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDekCnihS0M

I would like to try this too, just need a good location

>>696618
Did you make this OP? How well does it work? What's the output voltage/current? What do you use it for?

Very cool OP. Would like to know efficiencies, flow rate vs output, how you learnt how to do it.

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>>696684
Yeah I am generating about 24VDC @ 1 amp. I am using this mostly to charge my power tools and phone, and I can run spools of LED lights from it directly.

>>696718
Thanks, Flow rate in this creek is pretty good, as you can see in the vid I am just using a small fraction of it. My grandfather introduced me to electronics at an early age. This project has just come together out of need. I will see if I can calculate some figures for you.

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>>696618
>>>/diy/

>>697083
That is really cool, would like to make a vawt sometime as well

>>696931
Nice, that's exactly what I want to reduce electric bill and for emergency situations. I was thinking about doing a solar panel thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnyo95hon-U

>>696618
Dude saw your youtube video, are you okay in the head?

>>699028
Pretty neat.

I'd actually go with the vortex design that incorporates the vortex into the turbine design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_water_vortex_power_plant

The German wiki page has a lot more info:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserwirbelkraftwerk

Translated version:

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWasserwirbelkraftwerk

Is it un-/out/ of me that my first immediate impulse is to get a backhoe and upgrade to a hydroelectric dam?

why is it so hard to find any good diy plans for this type of shit online

>>699216
Because it is really easy to do, but people really don't care to post their "sekret stickin et tu da guvment devise" online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmsHUt8WkO4

This one is really impressive, like crazy guy off the grid status https://youtu.be/Ad4zhDcF-NU

>>699064
Lol No

>>699357
>let's see how much pressure we can get
>wrrrrr
>WRRRR
>WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy shit.

210psi

I backed the Blue Freedom on Kickstarter a while back just cause I was interested to what it could actually do. Still haven't got it but its probably a meme piece of equipment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0S5v7GWsok

>>702095
How hard is it to get some molds made for injected molded plastic, and to find some basic electric parts that'll fit into the plastic?

>he said, having no experience in manufacturing projects

>>702095
How much did you pledge to this guy and what is the price point and power output supposed to be for that thing?

>>702095
There's actually a few of these types of devices now.

>>702371
this

>>699357
>>699406
Dude that was cool as fuck. Seemed like a chill guy as well. And his dog was cute as hell.

10/10 video

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>>702371
>>702526

I think pledged $250 AUD

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>>702371
>>702526

More specs

Also: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hydropower/blue-freedom-the-worlds-smallest-hydropower-plant/description

>>703075
>specs
>5v 5watts generator
>5v 5aH battery

It should have at least a 6v generator to make up for all the losses between the generator and the battery. 7v would be best. 5 watts is pretty much nothing at all. That's at least 6 hours of charging time for that battery, probably longer.

I'd probably have gone with a supercapacitor array instead of a battery plus a generator that put out more power. Then it would recharge in almost no time. The generator itself would have to be redesigned of course. It also needs a hand crank option. lol