Splash: I'm not an electrical guru, but increase the head, by all means. If you can make a small cross flow, cheaply, I'd believe it's got to be better than your furnace fan. Furnace fan has curved blades, which are designed to move air, not be driven by air (or water). Just my humble 2 cents worth. Where are you located?
yt, Hydromagnt ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "splash081468" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 13:50:06 -0000 ><html><body> > > ><tt> >Just wondering if anybody can help. One year ago I started a mini hydro <BR> >experiment. The head is 5 feet and the flow is 100 gpm. I'm using my <BR> >old blower fan off my furnace as the turbine. I have 80 feet of 4" pvc <BR> >pipe going down to a 1 1/2 nozzle to strike the blades. My generator is <BR> >a old dc motor (90 volt 6.35 amp) with a blocking 6 amp diode. It's <BR> >putting out between 21-26 volts into my forklift batteries 100 ft away. <BR> >The wire I'm running to the batteries is 12/2. I have 2 problems. One <BR> >is it possible to increase production with crossflow and a different <BR> >generator. I can increase the head up to 10 feet by putting down 100 <BR> >more feet of pipe. And 2 can anybody tell me about how many watts and <BR> >amps I might be charging now? I'm guessing around 20-30 watts, pretty <BR> >low but nothing cost me anything. I'll have pictures soon.<BR> ><BR> >�������������������������������������������� Thanks Splash<BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> ></tt> > ><br><br> ><tt> >Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at <a >href="http://microhydropower.net/directory";>http://microhydropower.net/directory</a> > ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro >community world wide!<BR> ><BR> >NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides >us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse >products or support the advertisements in any way. <BR> ><BR> >More information on micro hydropower at <a >href="http://microhydropower.net";>http://microhydropower.net</a><BR> ><BR> >To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]</tt> ><br><br> > > > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > ><br> ><tt><hr width="500"> ><b>Yahoo! Groups Links</b><br> ><ul> ><li>To visit your group on the web, go to:<br><a >href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/";>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/</a><br>� ><li>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br><a >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a><br>� ><li>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a >href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/";>Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>. ></ul> ></tt> ></br> > ><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > ></body></html> > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TzSHvD/SOnJAA/79vVAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
