Pedley wood water wheel

I started early with renewable energy! Years ago, while still at school, I worked on a project to build a water wheel. We had it drive a tractor gearbox backwards, which then ran an alternator to generate some electricity. This is a video of the project which we made at the time. And yes, I'm afraid the appalling voice over is me...

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[steveeo1]

This is a great idea and i have also had the privalage to see it in working order due to doing some tree work for the owner and it is still generating electricity. But the owner has now modied the wheel to a steel one.

[mikepepler]

Good to hear there's a metal one there now - the original wooden one would have been 20 years old by now, so would probably be in poor shape!

Mike

[4vermont]

This is great. Thanks for sharing.I have a waterfall and stream and a Grist Mill was on the property years ago. I would like to know more on Grist Mills in New England.

And would like to get some alternative energy from the stream.

[mikepepler]

Well, a water wheel isn't really that efficient, but you could try looking at using a small cross-flow turbine, or if the head on the waterfall is high enough you could try a pelton turbine. Alternatively do a web search for "archimedes screw turbine", though I expect they're too big for you.

Mike

[4vermont]

Thanks Mike, The waterfall has an immediate drop of 10-12' . But from the top of the falls to the end of the property, which is 500-600' from the falls.There is probably a 15-16' of elevation change from top of falls to end of my property. Thanks Again

[mikepepler]

OK, probably not enough for a Pelton, but a crossflow is possible, and is a nice simple turbine - I've heard of people building their own with some welding gear. Your next step is to measure the water flow (in litres/s or m3/sec) (convert the head to metres, so the calculations for power are easier in metric). If you look around on the web you'll find various ways of measure flow. Ideally you'd measure it in different seasons. The other thing is to use a map to work out the catchment area.

Mike

[discoide1451]

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[vintagebazaar]

Hello

The project is very good to continue to improve the system.

Also have a look AZENHA, WATER MILL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Thanks

[Hendo56]

You actually put together a team, made designs, and built something! I think that's great! *****

[phaaurarlison]

i'm looking for a battery bank for my water wheel. something cost effective.

[Iraqveterankill4real]

Your not looking at it right people only think you can hook one generator to the shaft but with the right tools you can place as many as six on one shaft and you can run two shafts of the wheel. I have an Idea for low rmp permanent magnent generators . I am going to flip the input of a planetary gear for maximum RPM and Hook up two low energy high efficent tubro pumps to the generators to continually power the wheel and 12 3.5kw gens this should power at least 4 homes with cost efficent power.