Dennis,
Is this what your were talking about ?
http://www.homepower.com/files/homebrewhydro.pdf
But that one is 240 VAC
Martin
--- In [email protected], "Dennis Buller"
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ironjohn83<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:49 AM
> Subject: [microhydro] Any real potential here for AC power, guys?
>
>
>
>
> There is a pond that is served by diverted stream water in a 6"
pipe.
> Total
> head to pond water level is about 14 feet or so including a 8"
drop
> into pond
> via waterfall. Meanwhile, pond discharge via syphon valve 10"
> diameter PVC.
> The water really rockets out of the discharge point and am
wondering
> if a
> turbine could be employed at this point. My untested guess is 40
gpm
> that
> seems pretty constant. Is the head meaningless, with actual
pressure
> being
> driven by pond volume and syphon physics? Is this worth pursuing
or
> is there
> a fly in the ointment? Seems like the pond reservoir allows for
good
> regulation
> of discharge with any variations of inflow reflected in surface
level
> in pond?
> Problem
> might lie in 10" diameter which is not "full." Could discharge be
> split via Y
> fitting into one 5" pressurized, enclosed pipe to turbine with any
> extra flowing
> through the twin "overflow" pipe?
>
> Any advice or education for this non-techie is welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
> Dear George,
> I forget where, but somewhere on the net (that narrows it
down!) I remember seeing a family that had taken and put a boat prop
on a shaft and put it on the end of a pipe coming out of a dam. The
shaft then came out of the pipe and went about four feet to dry land
where it was attached to a DC generator. Simple, easy to build, and
cheap!
> I will look around when I have the time and see if I can find
it. I think it may have been on Otherpower.com.
> Sincerely,
> Dennis
>
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