spoon powered hydroelectricity revisited

The title explains what this video is about. My first project was in need of a revamp so this is what I came up with. In general the only critical piece of information that I forgot to mention is that there should be a load attached to this sort of setup at all times just to stop the generator from building up some higher voltage that you may not want. When left unused, this system would have about 40 volts DC on the lines so my solution was to throw in that 4700uf 50v capacitor to shunt the voltage down to something that the 12vdc 13watt bulb could deal with when the light switch was switched on.

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• 25 watt hydroelectric
• small hydroelectric
• spoon powered hydroelectric
• pico hydroelectric
• micro hydroelectric

[Golddiggertoo]

Great Job! Love the project! Hope that you look for gold in that small creek!

[186282plus1]

@Golddiggertoo Funny thing is that I haven't.

[dirtTdude]

i like this video a lot and i'm really glad you are enjoying your cabin, i saw the wood stove pipe, looking forward to seeing your new wood stove... my cabin site is at least 300 yards from my creek so i'm still researching MHG options, plus i've moved out of state so i only get out there once a month now.

[186282plus1]

@dirtTdude Sounds like it's time to build another cabin DT_Dude (homesteading?!).

[dirtTdude]

@186282plus1 the thought of building another cabin has definitely crossed mind but Oregon is an incredibly crappy state. i've been here for 8 months and have not made one single friend yet. no, not homesteading, well, kinda... i'll do a video... oh, and please, call me Brian :)

[186282plus1]

@dirtTdude Brian, I'm sorry to hear about Oregon. Yea some places are just like that but I'm sure you're there for a reason, probably for work. It's definately more fun building a cabin with a friend so I hope that you find one, maybe you should post your rough location on your channel and see if any locals want to start a new cabin project. I'd be right in for the project if I lived within 100 miles.

[USMCmazac]

You should build a bridge so you dont have to keep jumping :p

[dirtTdude]

@186282plus1 I'm going to the cabin this comming friday !

[Rhinoch8]

@bilko1971 Have you checked yurts? at Yurts Direct they make some specially built yurts for rainy weathers, yet have a "authentic" look. And he arguments very well about other low quality yurts. I have the same project as you (i believe)! I'd like to buy 10-20 acres too, and put a yurt, a complete workshop and scrapyard, a small permaculture farm and maybe some community stuff.

[FixedByDoc]

sweet place wish i had your setup i would live there permenantly.

[186282plus1]

@dirtTdude Hi DT_Dude man! I hope all is going well for you my friend. I also don't spend all that much time at this cabin, but a periodic visit helps me to evaluate my building technics and where I might improve my designs in my next cabin project. I've added a handful of concepts into this cabin that I haven't shown yet,but should soon, that would add to the civility of an off-grid life style without the burden or complexity of specialized trades being needed for building such a thing.