He’s Been Generating Free Power for 16 Years Using a Water Wheel

https://www.alloutdoor.com/2020/05/26/hes-generating-free-power-16-years-using-water-wheel/

This blog post/video shows a simple but effective home made hydroelectric system that has been running for 16 years in New Zealand.

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Bluetreefrog@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

Wonder where he got his pelton wheel?

kungfu4@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Super cool stuff

palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Bugger. Not a lot of water where I live! But very cool!

Bluetreefrog@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Perth huh?

palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org · 1 pts · 3y

apparently! it is very flat... and one river, and i expect that most people, councils and governments would be annoyed if i run a pipe from the Swan to my house :-/

Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y

I might post some wind turbine stuff soon for those in dry places.