Water Wheel trial with pto generator, ratio from wheel to genny is 1-75, just a experiment to see what would happen, a low rpm genny is needed really to get more torque on the genny.
This is a really nice looking set up. I lived on a rented off grid property for 2.5 years in northern California and had a water wheel for main power. It was a 6 or 7' wheel, about 14" wide, which turned at about 6rpm. The water came from the bottom of a 20' deep creek fed pond. There was a penstock, with a valve, that dumped the water over the top of the wheel nearly dead center. The down side was that it was not self starting, it needed a push after starting the water. The up side was that a greater number of buckets were carrying water weight. Like yours, it operated through a reduction gear , turning the output shaft. It turned a 90 amp alternator which charged a large battery bank and kept up with a 2.5kw inverter just fine. I never got so far ahead of it that it didn't catch up within an hour or so of going to bed. It is really amazing how much torque a wheel like this generates. You certainly could not stop it by hand.
It is actually worse than you think, because there is a loss in the conversion. I didn't say that it kept up with 2500 watts, I said that it keeps up with a 2500 watt inverter. When I had ample water, I had enough battery storage that, whatever overhead was lost during the day, when I was using electricity, I gained it back by morning. In other words, it produced more power, in a 24 hour period, than I ever used.
Scott M what you needed to do for self starting is adjustable trough over the top with some drop for velocity push of wheel. just past center over the top should get it going. belt tensioner or kick out gear to get wheel in motion the activate gearbox, then motor, then field and load.
with reference to various comments, this generator was a temporary set up to try and determin potential output and has been replaced, see other video, the combined gear ratio here was 1 - 70, so using just belts n pully's not practical, and the angle drive has less friction than belts, any small fish etc can pass harmlessly down through the buckets and there is a upstream bybass off to the side. flow of water through wheel is around 3000 ltrs min. Many thanks for stopping by.
+Smiddy Man You could feed it from the sides higher up to avoid the opposing force vector (if it were possible), and as it drags water upwards at the exit the drain could be a little earlier.
+Smiddy Man Dear , where i can find the second part which multiply the speed of the mill ? The 3 part i think is a generator from an electric benzine machine , is that true ? Sorry for my english !
I like to think I have the almost perfect arrangement. 4 KW solar plant grid tied with a rebate. Going on 8 years now and no electricity bill. Average annual rebate over the eight years is 350+AUD. They pay me! Sadly only 7 years left on my contract. No creeks on my block.☹️
You need to hook the sluice gate up to a governor on the generator - as you draw more current from the alternator, the spindle speed will drop, thus needing more water. An awesome project (either electronic or mechanical) would be to take the slowing spindle speed, and open the sluice gate more, to allow more power - obviously setting a limit so you don't burn the generator out! Very nice construction! :)
+Smiddy Man Cheers! I've been meaning to try it out myself. It's common on those open frame (non inverter type) generators - they have a governor to hold the engine crank RPM constant. Should be easier in this case, as you have the mechanical inertia of the flywheel. I just need a stream to have a play! :) Not too many here in London. They're all underground or in parks!
@George can we add an alternator which can't burn on different speeds and give different voltage Than these voltage converted into DC voltage and output voltage will be utilized as solar inverter input and output and deformed again
Very cool indeed. I know nothing about the mechanics of this type of project, but I love to read all the good comments from smart people who do. I hope to be on a piece of land soon where I can do something like this. Nice build.
Looks very well engineered for a temporary job, there's a lot of people around the world who who would be overjoyed to have one. Just making the same again but wider would produce more power. Moving the wheel downstream would allow for a larger diameter wheel, which would also help increase power. Chain drives are about the most efficient, as long as they are enclosed, and lubricated. Maybe from a motorcycle, old Russian bikes often had them.
1234LMAO12345 sry the comment I wrote, was written to you...but it was meant to be for Joshua...so I erased.it and rewrote it to Joshua... Lol that u got the notification =D
What can I say, I MUST LAUGHH! at such cross renewable energy jokes...one minute the video is about a water wheel, then i scroll down and then all of a sudden, he's talking about A WIND TURBINE HAHAHAHA what a crazy guy, to much of a change of reference for me not to laugh, dont you agree? hahah
What a WONDERFUL little piece of engineering! I was going to build a great big overshot wheel on my property for generating electricity. But I think I'll start here and make small mistakes on a small wheel first. This only requires two or three feet of fall. This construction is so well thought out and I love the simple steel fabrication. I am going to copy this as closely as possible! The only thing I would add is a little hut for the equipment. They probably have one and it's just taken off for the video.
Am I missing something somewhere? There are 43 dislikes to this video? Smiddy Man is using his own resources to figure out a way to generate his own electricity so he can reap the fruits of his labor and 43 people dislike this idea? Hmm? Well built system Smiddy Man, you have my thumbs up/like. Keep up the good work Keep a positive attitude on ironing out any bugs in getting it to function flawlessly.
@@smiddyman3054 Thanks! What was the flow rate with respect to the surface area and angle you achieved the greatest success? Did you change anything for greater ROI? Are those gennys easily rebuilt?
This appears to be around 800 gallons/minute of water running the wheel. This is exactly why the best site to build a lake is a bench on a mountainside to generate power at least once from the effluent.
Now that's done right and proper! Correct setup of the wheel to get all the power available: Good to excellent durability of machinery: Right amount of wheel size for the elevation drop available. I'm descended from Scots and we do have a knack for efficiency. What is the power output? About Scottish efficiency: A young man asked an old Scotsman for his daughters hand in marriage and the man said... *"Yes. But you have to marry her here in the house and when you leave, go out by the back door."* When the young man complained, asking were he ashamed of him the old man said... *"No. It's just so the chickens can get the benefit of the rice."*
you'd get more power output by having the water come in slightly higher and spin the wheel in the same direction the water flowing across the top would be....gives a higher "fall" distance, and the water already in motion can also impart some power....result is overall better efficiency and power
+Tim Hyatt - overshot water wheel will be much smaller diameter. diameter = torque. typical overshot water wheels have a 2 foot water drop to the wheel to get a gravity assist over a direct flow version. this science has more to go to get us all edumacated on what is best.
привет супер фильм , могу ли я использовать часть твоего видео в моей подборке самодельных изобретений ? hi can I use part of your video to my compilation homemade inventions ?
Wow that's really neat and nice construction! It's my dream to eventually live off grid, would definitely do something like this if there was a creek going through it.
@@smiddyman3054 Very good, did you do the project? I have a property with average flow of 600 lps and drop of 1.5 to 2.0 m Would this type of system serve this volume of water? or exists volume limitation. Thank you very much for your attention.
@@naohu_kkkkkkjk895 thats a good flow of water, you could build a much larger wheel to manage that flow and 2m is a good drop. Yes l built this system.
Nice options you offered. Thanks for sharing. I am currently exploring videos on design for a water wheel on my creek in my front yard. Jerry of Pine Meadows Hobby Farm
Ive wonder can a person put a generator on both sides of water wheel or is that even possible if so wouldnt it almost double electric out put ? Like I said dont know anything about this kind of stuff just a question
Razes Dhozu Hello, the wheel is mainly constructed from 6mm sheet steel, cut to sizes and arc welded together, or mig welded, forms a nice strong structure.
looks great,but I wonder how do you stop the wheel in order to do a preventive maintenance (pm) on those for example changing belt or bearing on those if needed?
@@smiddyman3054 How do you determine the number of buckets, the width of the bucket and at what angle do you need to weld the bucket to the wheel to get the maximum performance?
@@Bimbiga the number of buckets isn't to critical, something like this one is enough, adding more won't benefit much. The width and depth would need to hold the flow and volume of water available, deeper will hold more weight. Bucket angle is important as holding water longer on way down is better, more angle will be better than less. I haven't tried other angles, it's just what l felt would perform best.
can I ask why you put an angle off your main shaft from the wheel rather than just running it straight from the shaft of the water wheel? you can get the difference in ratio by just changing the size of the generators wheel. The way you have it adds another couple of points of friction.
if you calculate the gear ratio of the angle gearbox, you would have to have the bull pulley the same diameter as the Paddle Wheel. that would be too cumbersome and not practical
Oh thanks, no video on the build, just photos. it cost about £10K, it makes about 1500watts which equals to 35kw units a day, it is grid tied so you save that off your electic bill. worth about £7.00 a day or £2.5k a year, its been going now for 7 years.
For in the Video there is Lot's of Wind Sound in it & you can Bareley hear the Water folwing over the Water wheel. But as to it turning the Generator it doe's the job (but at a lower Voltage).
you know this is 1 of my faves...i really like it so im not trolling....but i am curious, why the differential?...couldnt the dynamo be mounted in-line with the main pulley for simplicities sake?....im guessing you got that puppy at little or no-cost and just went with it, but it also looks like a gearbox that "ups" the pulley speed....still...great video on a great setup....kutgw.
Oh thank you for your kind comments, yes it's not a differential but a geared drive, it has a 7 to one ratio, as the wheel runs about 20rpm it needs to be geared up a lot, this dynamo was just experimental, it now has a pmg off a wind turbine on it. (see other video)
Excellent! With the PMG what power output are you achieving? I have a stream beside my house where an old water wheel was used to produce power. The wheel is gone but the stone structure is still there. I would love to do something like this but I feel the cost would outweigh the benefit
@@smiddyman3054 I already found the manufacturer of hydro-powered ( water-mill ) generator. Thank you for the idea. Everybody thinks about bunkers, silo to hide. Also some people think about buying and hiding precious metals. I am thinking of surviving on my tropical ranch. Your idea fits perfect with the irrigation ponds I have. I have the irrigation ponds to prevent flooding on my farm when raining season comes. Again thank you my friend.
I agree with Tim Hyatt, if the water chute drops the water on top of that huge wheel you would have twice the drop you have now!? Looks like you could easily go down the hill about three feet to get the drop.
I believe the difference in output between breast shot and over shot is only about 10%, but with breast shot you can install a much bigger wheel and results in a higher output.
I've watched a few of these videos online to get a sense of what all in involved in setting one of these up, and it sounds like there is a lot of different opinions regarding how and where the water should land on the wheel to deliver the maximum amount of torque. I'm certainly no expert, but I can imagine some of these guys out there commenting on how your only using 1/3rd of the wheel's area when you could use 2/5ths or 3/7ths... I wonder if anyone has tested each of the different landing areas to ascertain maximum efficiency.
Overshot and breast shot like this one I don't think there is much in it, undershot being the least productive. the benefit I can say to breast shot is you can utilise a lower drop but still use a larger wheel.
I watched for five seconds and fell in love with it because of that beautiful construction.
Thank you so much
@@smiddyman3054 how much power?
@@mrwess1927 hi, it makes 1500w and is grid tied.
@@smiddyman3054 thanks, informative
1500 w is really good result
We had basically the same set up in the early 70s. Flood control is paramount
This is a really nice looking set up. I lived on a rented off grid property for 2.5 years in northern California and had a water wheel for main power. It was a 6 or 7' wheel, about 14" wide, which turned at about 6rpm. The water came from the bottom of a 20' deep creek fed pond. There was a penstock, with a valve, that dumped the water over the top of the wheel nearly dead center. The down side was that it was not self starting, it needed a push after starting the water. The up side was that a greater number of buckets were carrying water weight. Like yours, it operated through a reduction gear , turning the output shaft. It turned a 90 amp alternator which charged a large battery bank and kept up with a 2.5kw inverter just fine. I never got so far ahead of it that it didn't catch up within an hour or so of going to bed. It is really amazing how much torque a wheel like this generates. You certainly could not stop it by hand.
Scott M 90 amp x 12 volt = 1080watt, so I call shenanigans.
It is actually worse than you think, because there is a loss in the conversion. I didn't say that it kept up with 2500 watts, I said that it keeps up with a 2500 watt inverter. When I had ample water, I had enough battery storage that, whatever overhead was lost during the day, when I was using electricity, I gained it back by morning. In other words, it produced more power, in a 24 hour period, than I ever used.
Scott M what you needed to do for self starting is adjustable trough over the top with some drop for velocity push of wheel. just past center over the top should get it going. belt tensioner or kick out gear to get wheel in motion the activate gearbox, then motor, then field and load.
Is that a car differential?
Mr. T.
That is a right angle speed reducer.
The way it’s set up, it overdrives the sheave that in turn powers the generator gearbox.
with reference to various comments, this generator was a temporary set up to try and determin potential output and has been replaced, see other video, the combined gear ratio here was 1 - 70, so using just belts n pully's not practical, and the angle drive has less friction than belts, any small fish etc can pass harmlessly down through the buckets and there is a upstream bybass off to the side. flow of water through wheel is around 3000 ltrs min. Many thanks for stopping by.
+Smiddy Man Nice work. Hey noob Q, would it not be advantagous to have the water inlet higher up on the wheel?
+Mr Todd hi yes it would be better but to achieve that the wheel would need be smaller, so decided to opt for max diameter and torque.
+Smiddy Man
You could feed it from the sides higher up to avoid the opposing force vector (if it were possible), and as it drags water upwards at the exit the drain could be a little earlier.
+Smiddy Man Dear , where i can find the second part which multiply the speed of the mill ?
The 3 part i think is a generator from an electric benzine machine , is that true ?
Sorry for my english !
Wheel runs 15-20rpm under load, best to use a wind turbine type generator, slowest possible
Finally someone who has done it properly, I have seen many other videos and people did shoddy jobs. This one is properly done though.
thank you, ye it's made to last a while
It could be better if the water falls over top of the wheel not underneath. But when you don't have other choice works too
This makes me ache for my dream off grid power. Hydro, solar, and wind. Total independence from power grid
I like to think I have the almost perfect arrangement. 4 KW solar plant grid tied with a rebate. Going on 8 years now and no electricity bill. Average annual rebate over the eight years is 350+AUD. They pay me! Sadly only 7 years left on my contract. No creeks on my block.☹️
:)
You need to hook the sluice gate up to a governor on the generator - as you draw more current from the alternator, the spindle speed will drop, thus needing more water. An awesome project (either electronic or mechanical) would be to take the slowing spindle speed, and open the sluice gate more, to allow more power - obviously setting a limit so you don't burn the generator out! Very nice construction! :)
Cool idea George
+Smiddy Man Cheers! I've been meaning to try it out myself. It's common on those open frame (non inverter type) generators - they have a governor to hold the engine crank RPM constant. Should be easier in this case, as you have the mechanical inertia of the flywheel. I just need a stream to have a play! :) Not too many here in London. They're all underground or in parks!
@George can we add an alternator which can't burn on different speeds and give different voltage
Than these voltage converted into DC voltage and output voltage will be utilized as solar inverter input and output and deformed again
A three phased Induction motor with sized capacitors between the terminals is locked to a determined angular speed
Very cool indeed. I know nothing about the mechanics of this type of project, but I love to read all the good comments from smart people who do. I hope to be on a piece of land soon where I can do something like this. Nice build.
Looks very well engineered for a temporary job, there's a lot of people around the world who who would be overjoyed to have one.
Just making the same again but wider would produce more power. Moving the wheel downstream would allow for a larger diameter wheel, which would also help increase power.
Chain drives are about the most efficient, as long as they are enclosed, and lubricated. Maybe from a motorcycle, old Russian bikes often had them.
Sounds like a good place for a wind mill too
HAHAHA YOU MAKE JOKE, I LAUGH....but seriously you're right! ....and solar might i add
Joshua H lol...couldn't stop laughing for a long time after reading that lmao
which comment and why?
1234LMAO12345 sry the comment I wrote, was written to you...but it was meant to be for Joshua...so I erased.it and rewrote it to Joshua... Lol that u got the notification =D
What can I say, I MUST LAUGHH! at such cross renewable energy jokes...one minute the video is about a water wheel, then i scroll down and then all of a sudden, he's talking about A WIND TURBINE HAHAHAHA what a crazy guy, to much of a change of reference for me not to laugh, dont you agree? hahah
What a WONDERFUL little piece of engineering! I was going to build a great big overshot wheel on my property for generating electricity. But I think I'll start here and make small mistakes on a small wheel first. This only requires two or three feet of fall. This construction is so well thought out and I love the simple steel fabrication. I am going to copy this as closely as possible! The only thing I would add is a little hut for the equipment. They probably have one and it's just taken off for the video.
Now this is proper, this looks like the way to do it. Looks a lot better than the rinky-dink way others are doing it
Thanks
very beautiful location and electricity is generated. I love this project.
Am I missing something somewhere? There are 43 dislikes to this video? Smiddy Man is using his own resources to figure out a way to generate his own electricity so he can reap the fruits of his labor and 43 people dislike this idea? Hmm? Well built system Smiddy Man, you have my thumbs up/like. Keep up the good work Keep a positive attitude on ironing out any bugs in getting it to function flawlessly.
Thank you ace
@@smiddyman3054
Any specs, genny source etc would be awesome!
@@skeetorkiftwon best genny to use is off a wind turbine.
@@smiddyman3054
Thanks!
What was the flow rate with respect to the surface area and angle you achieved the greatest success?
Did you change anything for greater ROI?
Are those gennys easily rebuilt?
No matter what you do, there will always be someone in opposition to it.
That's impressive! When things hit the fan, you're the kind of guy everyone is going to need.
Thank you 🙂
I am surely going to construct this generator in my village.
loimk by
i believe in you!
please use a wooden wheel
Racca Soko
Have you built it yet? Please post a video.
هذا الفديو هو الأكثر وضوحا والأغنى بالمعلومات وذو تصميم جميل عن العجلة المائية شكرا لك سيدي
This looks like work of an proper engineering. Good job.
Thank you so much
This appears to be around 800 gallons/minute of water running the wheel. This is exactly why the best site to build a lake is a bench on a mountainside to generate power at least once from the effluent.
Nice gear ratio set up.
I've lived off grid over 20 years now....love it
Now that's done right and proper! Correct setup of the wheel to get all the power available: Good to excellent durability of machinery: Right amount of wheel size for the elevation drop available. I'm descended from Scots and we do have a knack for efficiency. What is the power output?
About Scottish efficiency: A young man asked an old Scotsman for his daughters hand in marriage and the man said... *"Yes. But you have to marry her here in the house and when you leave, go out by the back door."* When the young man complained, asking were he ashamed of him the old man said... *"No. It's just so the chickens can get the benefit of the rice."*
Thank you,
It's more efficient to have the wheel fed from above in an overshot manner. Also wheel looks back to front re, the bucket config.
you'd get more power output by having the water come in slightly higher and spin the wheel in the same direction the water flowing across the top would be....gives a higher "fall" distance, and the water already in motion can also impart some power....result is overall better efficiency and power
+Tim Hyatt - overshot water wheel will be much smaller diameter. diameter = torque. typical overshot water wheels have a 2 foot water drop to the wheel to get a gravity assist over a direct flow version. this science has more to go to get us all edumacated on what is best.
yes, good answer
привет супер фильм , могу ли я использовать часть твоего видео в моей подборке самодельных изобретений ?
hi can I use part of your video to my compilation homemade inventions ?
Wow that's really neat and nice construction!
It's my dream to eventually live off grid, would definitely do something like this if there was a creek going through it.
Thanks for your kind comment, l hope you find a place with running water and set something up to.
this type of hydro power is very handy and easy to build.. thanks for sharing this..
Very good,
It could tell you the drop and the volume of water and what power it provided.
Thank you very much
Hi, Drop is about 1.5m, 3000 lpm, does 1500w.
@@smiddyman3054
Very good, did you do the project?
I have a property with average flow of 600 lps and drop of 1.5 to 2.0 m
Would this type of system serve this volume of water? or exists
volume limitation.
Thank you very much for your attention.
@@naohu_kkkkkkjk895 thats a good flow of water, you could build a much larger wheel to manage that flow and 2m is a good drop. Yes l built this system.
sir your set up is very smart ill make same thing for my car alternator to charge my battery banks
How many kW this plant?
1500w
Now that`s a water wheel very nice...
Nice options you offered. Thanks for sharing. I am currently exploring videos on design for a water wheel on my creek in my front yard.
Jerry of Pine Meadows Hobby Farm
The Construction looks very nice and play strong
nice, very solid, you can be proud of that.
thank you
remember me im here again back to my fave...and am about to make this reality on my own spread. thanks dude kutgw
That's great, be interested to see it.
Mister, you are engineer. Everything made good and clever.
i see you made sure the flow of water never changed well done
Beautiful and very good job
Thank you.
Good work bro
Thank you
Ive wonder can a person put a generator on both sides of water wheel or is that even possible if so wouldnt it almost double electric out put ? Like I said dont know anything about this kind of stuff just a question
Very interesting I have enough head for an overshot wheel so it should produce more power depending on the flow?
Maybe could be slightly more, about 10%.
I saw the remark about the water flow being 3000 liters per minute ( 750 gallons +/- ) but how much does it produce......how many KWH? Thanks
Hi Raymond, it juggs out 1500w, thanks
will it not be more efficient if generate and water wheel are parallel, rather perpendicular?
thats what i thought..because of friction loss
How much power is coming out from this little beauty ?
Israel Wore it do 1500watts
Судя по видео тут 0,25 об./с или 15 об./мин?
Какая передаточные числа на редукторах?
Excellent workmanship.....
Thanks Richard
Seeing all these cool waterwheels, it makes me wish my yard had a stream running through it.
ah yes, it would be so good to have it.
Very sound engineering skills. Congrats.
That thing is a beast. How much power does it make, 1500 watts?
about 1500 yes
Very good construction
Can this technology be used for raising water up to 5 to 6 ft?
So, did this create useable electricity or just look good?
Ye it makes 1500w hr, grid tied. But on a different generator to this..see other video
I like it! Great video, the best of luck to you! Thanks for posting.
how much energy thus this wheel produce? if you could please tell.. thanks..
around 1500watts
Smiddy Man ; are you providing any services for this ? Consultation ? Thanks.
Just a one off really, but happy to help in any way if your building
@@smiddyman3054 Thank you.
nice job. what are the details on the lower speed generator? I have an old windmill I want to put a generator on.
What a beautiful, well built , wonderful machine !
how many kw?
mohikan about 1.5kw
can u please tell me which materials are used for making the blade and wheel arrangement. And how did you join blade with rim of the wheel??
Razes Dhozu Hello, the wheel is mainly constructed from 6mm sheet steel, cut to sizes and arc welded together, or mig welded, forms a nice strong structure.
what about when it floods does all that get destroyed? all the electrical equipment?
no any flood water passes by the main stream channel nearby.
yeah but a real good flood?
Very well done, wheel runs nice and true, very nice!!
thanks, it was interesting job fabricating it and the cubical.
looks great,but I wonder how do you stop the wheel in order to do a preventive maintenance (pm) on those for example changing belt or bearing on those if needed?
there is a sloose gate to control the flow or stop it entirely
Cool thank you.
you can see gate at 1:30 which is on a screw control
Yap
What is votlage and amp out put of your hydro set?
aye Jim, this set up was making 1000w, then changed to a pmg and was 1500w, 3ph, 500 per phase at 240v, (see other vid)
Great work. I would love having the plan or some guideline if it can be made available.
Thanks, I would be happy to offer some advice, based on my own experience.
@@smiddyman3054 Thanks for your reply, What would be the bucket design for over short water wheel?
@@Bimbiga I would say same as the wheel here would be good.
@@smiddyman3054 How do you determine the number of buckets, the width of the bucket and at what angle do you need to weld the bucket to the wheel to get the maximum performance?
@@Bimbiga the number of buckets isn't to critical, something like this one is enough, adding more won't benefit much. The width and depth would need to hold the flow and volume of water available, deeper will hold more weight. Bucket angle is important as holding water longer on way down is better, more angle will be better than less. I haven't tried other angles, it's just what l felt would perform best.
can I ask why you put an angle off your main shaft from the wheel rather than just running it straight from the shaft of the water wheel? you can get the difference in ratio by just changing the size of the generators wheel. The way you have it adds another couple of points of friction.
if you calculate the gear ratio of the angle gearbox, you would have to have the bull pulley the same diameter as the Paddle Wheel. that would be too cumbersome and not practical
Cool thanks for the answer :)
This is great! I love it
Sir what type of gear box used ?
Gera quantos volts e amperes? Muito bom, parabéns. 🎉❤👏👍
Era 240v 1500 watts. Mudou para isso depois. ruclips.net/video/ba3G7hrCeBw/видео.html
Obrigado
Thank You for the great video. Very, Very nice!. I have to find and look at your other video. 1200 to 1500 watts is a very nice start. Again Thank You
Ne 1500watı bu 50 kw dan aşağı üretmez
@@muzaffercengiz5985 Thank You.
Very nice setup. thanks for the vid
Super ! :)
How much energy ... from this generator....?
Greetings PP
Hi, it will make 1500watts...
Great !
How much rpm - generator..?
@@PP.EKOTECH this one is 1400rpm was only a test, this was changed to a pmg at 140rpm, (see other video)
OK...
how many watts you generate,, great work
it makes 1500 watts,
I think most pto gen head require 540 rpm input. Will this do that with the angle drive?
yes it is, between the angle drive and the pulleys
how much energy does it make?
Chris Keller about 1500 watts
very simple and easilly doible it looks ;how much electricity we can get it from it
amazing work. do you have a video on the build? roughly how much did it cost? and is it worth the electricity? thanks!
Oh thanks, no video on the build, just photos. it cost about £10K, it makes about 1500watts which equals to 35kw units a day, it is grid tied so you save that off your electic bill. worth about £7.00 a day or £2.5k a year, its been going now for 7 years.
Where to find a water wheel, or do I need to construct one?
Hi, Thanks for the comment, I dont know of any place making wheels, I made this one myself.
Very interesting....thank you so much for your work.
Would you mind speaking about the set-up and where you got and what brands you used.
Eric Locke not at all, happy to
What would this cost? Or was it homemade?
It is a home made set up indeed
For in the Video there is Lot's of Wind Sound in it & you can Bareley hear the Water folwing over the Water wheel. But as to it turning the Generator it doe's the job (but at a lower Voltage).
what is the amount of wattage generated by this hydro system?
Hi, this set up makes1500w.
Turning up in wind, rain, snow end ice?
No problems with the electricity? No short circuit or something?
you know this is 1 of my faves...i really like it so im not trolling....but i am curious, why the differential?...couldnt the dynamo be mounted in-line with the main pulley for simplicities sake?....im guessing you got that puppy at little or no-cost and just went with it, but it also looks like a gearbox that "ups" the pulley speed....still...great video on a great setup....kutgw.
Oh thank you for your kind comments, yes it's not a differential but a geared drive, it has a 7 to one ratio, as the wheel runs about 20rpm it needs to be geared up a lot, this dynamo was just experimental, it now has a pmg off a wind turbine on it. (see other video)
you got it smiddy man...going to build 1 very similar to yours soon.....kutgw.
with all that wind a windmill would not hurt ether
do you run everything on the farm with this?
well is just jugs away making 1500w, grid tied so it pulls down the bill 24/7
Excellent! With the PMG what power output are you achieving? I have a stream beside my house where an old water wheel was used to produce power. The wheel is gone but the stone structure is still there. I would love to do something like this but I feel the cost would outweigh the benefit
Hi there, this set up makes 1500w or 500w per phase, not that much but when it's grid tied it adds up 24/7 to about 35kw a day.
@@smiddyman3054 When you put it that way!
It's the power of a microwave 😢
@@Martin-do5un Over a 24 hour period it has the capacity to achieve 36kw which is a substantial amount of energy.
How much electricity you are generating from it?
Osama Khan it makes 12-1500 watts
Beautiful construction. Does it still spin or was this a temporary installation?
Thanks, ye still spinning away.
The best i have seen so far, would be fantastic to have a tutorial of how you made it, but the video is kinda old so i don't think so
Where can I buy that generator do you sell it? And who installs it.
Not sold any, was just a personal self build project.
Not sold any, was just a personal self build project, but I think there could be a market.
@@smiddyman3054 I already found the manufacturer of hydro-powered ( water-mill ) generator. Thank you for the idea. Everybody thinks about bunkers, silo to hide. Also some people think about buying and hiding precious metals. I am thinking of surviving on my tropical ranch. Your idea fits perfect with the irrigation ponds I have. I have the irrigation ponds to prevent flooding on my farm when raining season comes. Again thank you my friend.
@@thesilentelitemember2611 That's brilliant, sounds like a good set up, should work well.
@@smiddyman3054 If you ever need help, and I will be glad to help set up hydroponics farm and ranch.
I think it can be made more beneficial if another turbine is fitted on other side.
Pollution free
Ozone friendly
Renewable energy
Isn't it then too heavy for spinning the wheel?
I agree with Tim Hyatt, if the water chute drops the water on top of that huge wheel you would have twice the drop you have now!?
Looks like you could easily go down the hill about three feet to get the drop.
I believe the difference in output between breast shot and over shot is only about 10%, but with breast shot you can install a much bigger wheel and results in a higher output.
I see where youre coming from but doesnt over shot apply more torque due to the weight of water adding to the effect? More torque means a bigger gen.
Will it charge a cellphone?
I've watched a few of these videos online to get a sense of what all in involved in setting one of these up, and it sounds like there is a lot of different opinions regarding how and where the water should land on the wheel to deliver the maximum amount of torque. I'm certainly no expert, but I can imagine some of these guys out there commenting on how your only using 1/3rd of the wheel's area when you could use 2/5ths or 3/7ths... I wonder if anyone has tested each of the different landing areas to ascertain maximum efficiency.
Overshot and breast shot like this one I don't think there is much in it, undershot being the least productive. the benefit I can say to breast shot is you can utilise a lower drop but still use a larger wheel.
Wow! You really made that stream go! Nice job!
cheers, thanks
What is the size and how much power generated plus where to buy
Wheel is 2.2m in diameter, makes 1500w. It is just self build, you would need to fabricate it.
Looks nice. How much electric power can you generate?
It runs at 1500 watts Thank You
how did get this type of turbun .actual cost .
This was all a home build and design, about £10k
How many watts does it put out.
How much energy they make?
1500 watts