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  • if you made a catch basin and a main resivoir tank you could add a recirculation pump and not have to rely on fresh sources of water. for added pressure surely something equally eco-friendly could be devised. nice vid!! :)

  • amazing you are super cool for building this and for sharing it here! i want to build one someday. thanks :)

  • Great Job! Thank You for posting. Your a genius. Now find some paydirt and install a sluce/long tom under the drum outlet... hook up a dredge to the electric out put

  • @ImbikerTrash Good Idea, but not much gold floating about where I am.

  • yea i know the people who think yopu can pump it back up are dum

  • you cant pump water in to a generator and make more power than you use if you could you would be the richest person ever

  • @5horsepower It is powered by my stream which is gravity fed

  • How about your water bill? Kinda cancels out the reason for doing it unless you come with a recycle system and run a pump? That's very nifty, and even if the water was an issue would be great for emergency.

  • @theguitarczar I have my own stream so no water bill to worry about.

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  • Doesn't the water cost of the water you are throwing away (drained off after going thru the turbine) make it not economical.. you'd have to use ALOT of water normally (and not throw the waste water down the drain) to even considers doing this ..

  • @InventPeace1 I have a small stream on my property so no water is wasted, I'm just diverting some of it through a pipe to the turbine then it goes back to the stream.

  • Fabulous !!!!!!!

  • These conversions are great.I just completed a project.I have successfully converted a Stihl chain saw into a whole-house water heating unit and it only costs $4.00 a month to operate.We use on average 16,000 gallons of water a month with the majority being heated to 120 degrees fahreinheit.The chain saw no longer requires gasoline, yet is in use 24/7.

  • @sallymaggiespotty Well done, how about posting a vid? I'd love to see your setup in action.

  • @sallymaggiespotty yes! video please!

  • This would work in the city say for example in an apartment building where there is almost always someone using the water (regular pipe tap water) you could use that stream of water to move the turbine . . .

  • wonderful , and great work crowned with success

  • this looks like it waqs designed for outdoor use, like with a stream or something of the like, any ideas on how/if this can be converted for city use?

  • @megaman11011 Yes it is outdoors powered by a stream. Probably not practical for city use, unless you had a good source of free high pressure water

  • @megaman11011 If one were to use this in a city, one had to have been able to amass huge amounts of rainwater in some way. If one had used tap water to run it, it would have had major consequences for the environment unnecessary by adding volume to the contaminated waste water.

  • @stiantiger that's what i thought, but i don't have a lot of creativity, so i hoped someone smarter then me saw a solution, thanks for verifying my thoughts :)

  • Hi its great project you had done. It be even better if you have time and put more details about the motor control valve you put on.Thank you

  • Can anyone who really is experienced tell me what is the most effecient, cost effective ready to assemble alternate energy solutions that are availible for retail purchase????

  • @botiroti1 Check out the powerspout website, they sell turbines with a similar output.

  • Excellent vid Thank you!

  • Thats awesome, can you tell me if the speed reduces by about 50% would the voltage remain 25 volts but the amps would go down to say 10 amps and would that mean the batteries still charge at the right voltage only slower? And one more question if you had a drop that was say a 100m and you put 2 of those into a stream one halfway and one at the bottom would that help in a circumventing terminal velocity in some way? and would 25 volts DC be difficult to transport say over a distance of 200m?

  • @watgaanhieraan Great questions.1. Yes when the turbine slows down only the amps drop as the battery bank dictates voltage - open circuit is over 40v. So I can reduce nozzle size when my stream flow slows down & still have the batteries charge. 2. I actually have a 2nd turbine lower down to catch water from the lower catchment area which I only use during summer when stream flow is low, not sure about terminal velocity but pipe friction losses are less due to shorter pipe length.

  • @watgaanhieraan - 3. Dc transmission losses would depend on the size of your cable, my transmission line is 500m but I got around the problem by having my battery bank & inverter near the turbine & running 240ac to the house from there so power losses are far less.

  • @Buddhanz1 Ah thanks that also explains the double machine as a waste of time.

  • is the spent water recycled back through? if not seems like a waste of water. how much water is then wasted to produce energy for one day use? the ingenuity is interesting too make something out of junk.

    rose

  • @TheRosa63 All I'm doing is diverting water from my stream through a pipe to create pressure, after passing through the turbine, the water is piped back to the stream. No water is wasted.

  • bro youre the man kiwi ingenuity loving it

  • @pest2334 Cheers mate. Good to make something useful from what would have ended up in the landfill.

  • @Buddhanz1 hay bro can you post some vidz up showing your turbine in action actually of your whole setup would be coooooooool

  • A new cottage industry and use for potential landfill waste?

  • Yes, yes, yes!

    That's the spirit!

    All my respect!

  • @yo6ial Thanks mate

  • Use the Bedini circuit to charge the batteries forever. Make your own circuit or buy the charger.

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  • Simply ingenious. Good planning!

  • I'm curious why you chose to wire the Stator as 3 phases and not a single phase.

  • @Mirroxaphene I'm not sure its possible to wire them single phase, The single wire wouldn't handle 30 amps in my case anyway.

  • Good job I enjoyed watching this!

  • @TigerEatsPenguin Cheers mate

  • Did you end up using the picaxe? I would have gone arduino, but to each his own.

  • @ollenbergerstudios Yes I had an old 20x already so used that, I havn't tried the arduino. Do you find them faster to set up than picaxe?

  • @Buddhanz1 To be honest there isn't much of a difference. It's just my preference. I like the simple IDE-it's quicker for me.

  • You must be an engineer

  • @Brookzee32 Not really, Its just a hobby. I tinker in my shed on rainy days

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    put the dot com back in and it will take you to the vids mentioned in my last post

  • @REOSMUSIC Interesting vids, but I'm always dubious about claims of overunity machines. I think if it was legit we would have heard more about it, thats an awful big motor they used to drive the pump

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  • @Buddhanz1 I came across these videos before I found yours and I feel they could very well be a solution to creating steam using very low energy.

    This Idea and Your idea combined and adapted could produce transportable electric generators, which would run off water. Very little water at that too.

    Or this solar idea might be a bit easier to create and adapt.

  • Very nice job, that worked out really well for You,good work.I live in the Nevada desert,and don't have access to a good stream,luckily 2 things we have are lots of sun and wind,mostly year round.

  • Hey mate, Great job!

    I was wonder if you had consider turning that water into steam, then using the pressured steam to spin the wheel?

    would be more efficient and most likely increase power output.

    Any thoughts?

  • @REOSMUSIC Interesting idea but I think it would take more energy to heat the water to boiling point than the turbine is currently producing. I am pondering the idea of making a wood gas powered vehicle as I have an abundance of firewood & fuel prices are getting ridiculous here.

  • BUZZZZZZIN;-)

  • What happens to the water ?

  • @K0K4NE The water is returned to the stream after passing through the turbine

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  • thats great, do you have any idea how many kwh are produced @240v, for example, pre litre or kilolitre of water, very interesting and great great job your end machine looks very professional and useful!!!

  • @coketimemdear Thanks, Its pumping out 800 watts continuosly so by my math that would be about 19kwh / day with maybe 5% lost through the inverter & wiring. Not the most efficient turbine out there but its making more than enough for my needs

  • I'll buy one off you........contact me

  • @lusshuss I don't have any for sale but check out the powerspout website for pelton turbines with a similar output, they also have some useful tools for working out how much power you can expect from your site. Cheers

  • Wicked work =)

  • Very impressive. I like the battery drill regulator particularly. Very nicely done.

    Finding a 50 metre head of water might be a bit of a problem for some though.

  • @JohnJ469 I'm lucky having a decent head, but this will work with as little as 5m head & with the pressure sensing valve it can be made to work with low water flow - shutting off when pressure drops & opening again when it rises.

  • You've done a great job fabricating this generator! Very creative and resourceful! A+ and thanks for sharing!

  • @STARFIRESOLAR Thanks, I think if people like you & I share what we've learned about alternative power, it makes it so much easier for those just starting out

  • this is sooooo badass. nice job comrade

  • @WAGESLAVEesc Cheers bro

  • Seems to me this doesn't get you "off the grid" at all -- for this system to work you need a relatively high pressure water supply. So, you're most likely on the community water supply (the grid) or powering a water pump.

    Unless you can re-route a natural stream, you're just pushing your power generation costs to the county water department. True, your personal costs have gone down, but the community is paying the price -- in potable water that you're spilling out on the ground.

  • @bgage42 incorrect, the pressure comes from the drop in height between the water intake & turbine - basic physics. Check out my other turbine vid & you will see the supply pipe next to the stream.

  • Not very efficient as a generator I suspect, but certainly very cost effective if you have a good head of water. Nice idea!

  • @violetlight9 You're right, Its not as efficient as the $5k units but if you have the head & on a tight budget, its more than enough for an energy efficient home. Thanks for the comment.

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  • You did a good job documenting. I still think I'd need some hands on, or more in depth video, step by step.in each process and you speaking. Oh well. thanks muchos.

  • So who pays the water bill ? Duh !

  • @HANDBALLDIEHARD I have a stream on my property so its free power

  • @Buddhanz1 Yes it is good use of free energy hiding in plain sight then, good work putting mother nature to work !

  • excellent video, thanks for posting

  • @AmbiguouslyEnigmatic

    We have only a limited amount of earth bound resources and we barely use the ones that are abundant around us all everywhere. Wind, Solar, Tidal, ect..... Ask yourself these questions... Is the current state we live in working now? Has things got worse, and what are they? Could we have done things different or better? Then why not change now?

  • @rcplayland well those are great questions.....first...I believe in capitalism & the free market in their "true" form...not this self consuming monster that is masquerading as such. I don't believe in spreading the wealth...that being said I don't condone financially raping 2nd-3rd world nations. I like the idea of one's own personal prosperity being in step with their own motivation & ambition to accel. I believe in the Constitution to the letter

  • awesome

  • @KieshaJ55 Thanks

  • very cool man. very cool. nice work.

  • @CrownHillChronicles Thanks, I appreciate the positive feedback

  • You should help people all around the world to get off the grid. We are moving to the resource based economy which is the end of the money system and people will need power to get off of it. You can watch Zeitgeist Moving forward on here to see what I am talking about. Have written plans and even sell them for a tiny bit so people can do this.

    I have some land I can use by a creek and I had no idea of how I could get off the grid but this helps. It was posted on FB & I came here to see it.

  • @SpiritLadyArtist the zeitgeist videos do have some interesting info in them, but overall the whole venus project & resourced based economy is a bit dubious at best, it's basically repackaged marxism....playing right into the hands of what the NWO has planned for us. If you research the contributers of zeitgeist as listed in the credits, they are all members of the illuminati & freemasons

  • @AmbiguouslyEnigmatic

    The illuminati and the freemasons are apart of it... so what is the problem there? The greatest minds and the greatest leaders were freemasons (not sure of their illuminati association). These men stood for the people, not the social manipulating machines of government and finance. The venus project isn't a perfect... why? Cause of the human element. But it does focus on a couple things, quality of human life and using our planet wisely.

  • @rcplayland well not all freemasons are bad, these social manipulating machines of government & finance are the engines of the NWO..or illuminati if you will. Their goal is to usurp the wealth of the individual & put it in the hands of our overlords to be redistributed at their own discretion. Absolute power corrupts absolutely

  • That's crazy: removing the sound tracK! Youtube seems to be lacking judgment these days.

  • What happens to the water. Here in CA there is a water shortage and we get it from very far away. I'm hoping that you are not just wasting the water to gain power.

  • @motoscootin it seeems to be the case no mention made of recirculating the water

  • @motoscootin No water shortage here, Im just diverting the water from my stream, using the energy & piping it back to the back to the stream.

  • This needs to be on a tv show like Monster Garage.

  • very well done BUT i have to ask "i am on solar & wind to battery bank" you claim that this runs your toaster and kettle, and hot water?? to the best of my knowledge these items run a heating element and the current required to do this would KILL your batteries in seconds?? how have you gotten around this?

  • @ArcaneDevo Hi, I Have a large battery bank & the tubine is continuosly making 800 watts, so if I use a 1000 watt element, only 200 watts is taken from the battery bank (maybe 250 including inverter/wiring losses etc). The water heater is controlled by programmable logic controller, it only comes on for 10 second at a time when batteries are fully charged so my battery bank seldom drops below 85 % charged, they have lasted 5 years so far & plenty of life in them yet.

  • Terrific project. Thank you so much for posting this. Your results are inspiring. Can you comment on the water source. Are you capturing the waste water for use as irrigation, etc.? For the applications that you described, how often does the system have to actually consume water, to keep the batteries charged... how much water do you use in an average day? Thanks again for taking the time to share this with us.

  • @macastat Thanks, I appreciate the positive feedback, I have a stream on my property. The water is diverted through a 100+ metre pipe, the vertical drop between the pipe intake & turbine is 42 metres or 60 psi, this "head" creates the pressure needed to spin the turbine, about 14000 litres run through the turbine per hour. The spent water is piped back to the stream, All i'm doing is using the energy which would otherwise be wasted.

  • @Buddhanz1 That makes *all* the difference in the world!

    I watched the video thinking locally, where the water options are county or catchment -- neither of which would power this system very well. But a continuous natural supply and a good vertical drop make this much more feasible than I originally thought.

  • Terrific project. Thank you so much for posting this. Your results are inspiring. Can you comment on the water source. Are you capturing the waste water for use as irrigation, etc.? For the applications that you described, how often does the system have to actually consume water, to keep the batteries charged? Thanks again for taking the time to share this with us.

  • I have lived downhill from a cistern, which needed an electric pump to fill, and then another electric pump in the house to make enuf pressure for a decent shower.. Neither pump ran constantly so there would be a net gain, but enough to make it worthwhile, IDK...

  • Would be great if you lived under a waterfall...but seriously, I'd like to see your 1 gal per second water supply in action!

  • river or gravity from a well at the top of a hill while you live at the bottom and the water could be easily recycled!

  • ... a river

  • yep, its wasting water, if more people did the reservoirs would run dry and we'd die of thirst and starvation,

  • @DICEGEORGE Because we all know this makes water completely disappear, right? Water cycle, bro. Water cycle.

  • What a waste of water!

  • I have one question for you genius---if you are truly living off the grid---where are you going to get the water pressure to generate the power it takes to run the pump to pressurize it??

  • Would this consume a lot of water though? Where I live scheme water is expensive.

  • @rejuvepedia I have a stream on my property, All Í'm doing is diverting the water through a pipe to create pressure & using the energy from that pressure to spin a turbine, the water is then piped back to the stream so its all pretty eco friendly.

  • nice job on your video

  • @michael970 Thanks mate. Doing my little bit for the environment.

  • @Buddhanz1

    And for your self reliance!

    Great job.

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