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Building A Generator That Runs Off Hose Power (hackaday.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You can do this with a long enough hose and height difference by just using river water

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why not set something up by the river instead and just route the power?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

That requires a much bigger river, that carries enough water to drive a big ass wheel, which limits your options for location a lot. If you take a look at the video i linked in the neighboring comment you can see what is possible with just a little water stream if you have the right setup.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

what? Something like a Water Mill? You are crazy!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you'd get enough water pressure that way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Just a question of height difference. 100m = 10bar

I just remembered this video i watched a while ago with a 2.5kW generator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5wpkMmCOY

That one just has a head(height difference) of 60m so 6bar and it works just fine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ahh, I see now. That all makes way more sense lol. Thanks for sharing.