Yes, I've seen that site. It was helpful.
Can I ask another question of you.
I'm not too familiar with how motors actually work.
Should I be attempting to make the largest stator possible? (i.e.
does size matter?)
Or is there some kind of voltage vs amps trade-off there?
I saw an interesting site that used brushless DC motors from CD-ROMs.
Seemed interesting to me b/c some use star configurations already
and I wouldn't have to build my own stator.
Thanks.
Ken
--- In [email protected], "Steven Schoeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I would think that a solar still would be more promising. Using
solar to directly heat your water would be much more effective than
using the intermediary of electricity. That said, I don't see a
particular flaw in using a low-voltage heat source as you propose,
except that it sounds like what you're looking at is a very low
power source.
>
> http://www.otherpower.com/scotthydro1.html shows a homemade system
on a
> 3-foot high dam, generating 2 amps at 12VDC. They provide
> photos detailing the entire manufacturing process (and they built
> essentially everything: wheel, generator, etc.)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Steve
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mr_galvo
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 10:50 AM
> Subject: [microhydro] Teeny-Hydro question
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm new here and hope to learn from the group.
> I am interested in a low voltage project that I thought might
work
> with a small hydro source. Any suggestions (or even letting me
know
> I'm nuts) would be appreciated.
>
> I have a small stream as a water source. In fact, I'm going to
need
> to verify that it doesn't freeze over in teh winter. Having said
> that, I odn't believe there to be a fast flow of water but it
does
> move.
>
> I was curious if I could create some sort of low voltage hydro
> generator or not? Most of what I've seen, both here and on the
web,
> are very large in comparison.
>
> My basic interest is to get a low voltage heater going to
vaporize
> water (downstream of the generator) and then condense it to get
> distilled water.
>
> The area I've got is remote and fairly wooded so I'm thinking
that
> even an expensive solar cell would not work.
>
> Any suggestions would be appr.
> Thanks.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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