oooh lights a bulb!

[discoide1451]

Generateur 24 V site Weeb discoide1451

[GeorgeVeld]

I bet you could run 10 100 amp alt's off of that wheel the power is there

[MrOtix]

@ voyrnj & Chardnj lol its people like you the reason why mankind isnt fixn the major probs we have to day. If you think about it all inventions starts off being small but as time goes on it grows to be big and successful, we need to support stuff like this for us to move forward spec away from fossil fuel technolgy

[tedbuilder]

Unfourtunetly not! Loads of water but no hills!

[Kurru]

Can you raise the incoming water level? If there was a hill nearby totally use that :)

[sgtelzilcho]

Is that the location of the original wheel? because I bet if you put a bigger wheel the size of the original where that was you would get much more power. I understand this is just for experimentation though, I built a windturbine using an alternator and some roof guttering.

[voyrnj]

all this work and all the materials put into it just to light a bulb.. ???? lol for the cost of this generator this guy could have this bulb lid off of the grid for many many years

[tedbuilder]

Was experimental work 2 years ago! Now charging 24v back up lighting system!

Got nothing better to do than trawl around dissing people??

[IdahoViewing]

@tedbuilder I agree. Gotta start SOMEWHERE and make sure things are working before moving on the bigger and better things.

[chardnj]

Bravooooooooooooooooooo hahahahaha can I put that light bulb in my cabinet kitchen?..but where can i put that big round thing that rotating???/hmmm maybe in my kitchen sink with the water on!!!!!! IMAO

[london1817]

Hey Wow very cool!!!!! 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fritti]

Hey, i am gonna make a prosjekt with waterwheels any1 have any clue how i can Make the waterwheel creat engergy and light a lightbolb? I have the waterwheel,

[stage4turbo]

haha hey fritti its a lightbulb! You silly person you! Yes message me for more info

[fritti]

it was 9 moths ago

[sagebrushwy]

it's hard to see what kind of drop you have in the water level but the wheel looks very inefficient the way it is set up. I realize you are just making an initial setup for experimentation but I am willing to bet that if you get the wheel set up correctly, you'd get twice the power. Obviously you are experimenting but it will take a LOT more water to make the whole thing worth developing in a low head situation.

[tedbuilder]

Have since done many modifications,I have lowered the wheel 30cm (can't lower it any more otherwise it's in the millpond) which made a big differance.Totaly agree with you that I'm not getting the max power from the wheel yet.

[x934]

heating might be along way off ,but if you can charge a 12v battery. lighting your house is not!either 12v or with a small inverter(200w)with energy saving bulbs.

iam impressed<as its 24/7 power.(unlike wind or sun)

[x934]

Hi well done on this,

What rpm is the motor doing?is it about 150rpm?

[tedbuilder]

Currently about 320rpm (under load)No where near happy with the output, still got a lot of mods to do to the wheel,mill race & gearing!

[x934]

You have done well with this.lots of people talk about it but do very little,or than talk.

If you look at the windblue graph at approx 320rpm you should be getting about 30 volts at about 8amp.Are you ?

If you stick a meter on that is it 30volts?

Great Job!

I know how long things like this take to make!

[tedbuilder]

cheers!

Making the wheel was the easy bit, it's all the farting experimenting with the water flow, gears etc that takes the time :-0

The problem with the wind blue graphs are that they are with no load!With no load I can get the wheel spinning at 32rpm which gives me 129volts/10amps+ DC.

Thanks for your comments-Encouraging

[tedbuilder]

As soon as I conect a 100w 12v Halogen car light bulb it slows the wheel down to 6rpm and just about lights it, charges 12v batteries ok thought.

Intial idea was to heat domestic hot water tank, still along way off that!

[katchupoy01]

may i ask which windblue did you get?

[tedbuilder]

It's the DC-540 (low wind)PMA that starts kicking out 12v from 150rpm.

[loaded44mag]

Nice. Now imagine using that alternator to charge a car battery. and then use the battery to make hho. Then use the hho to power a lawnmower engine. And the engine to power a generator. It would be lots of work to set everything up, but realistically you could probably power the average household with everything working right. or maybe im just retarded. ???

[RickMHobson]

Not bad! People don't think to compair the output of something like this to solar, and the waterwheel will produce power more consistantly. I sy if you have access to one, hook it up!

[blellblell]

its 12v. id take a bath with it.

[vellumUTube]

haha waterwheel and lightbulb...opps..electrocutio­n...zzzz aaaaahhhahahahah