Comments on: Small Waterwheel Produces Cheap Electricity for Your Home. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:25:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: HH McDonald PE, BSME http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-64983 HH McDonald PE, BSME Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:28:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/#comment-64983 It would seem to me that a decimal, or perhaps two has been misplaced as to the power production. To generate just 1 KW at 18" of head will require roughly 1 horsepower which is 33,000 ft-lbs/minute. That equals about 4,000 gallons/min.....This stream looks like 200/gpm at best. Certainly not 4,000. HH McDonald PE, BSME It would seem to me that a decimal, or perhaps two has been misplaced as to the power production. To generate just 1 KW at 18" of head will require roughly 1 horsepower which is 33,000 ft-lbs/minute.
That equals about 4,000 gallons/min.....This stream looks like 200/gpm at best. Certainly not 4,000.

HH McDonald PE, BSME

]]> By: Moon http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-64582 Moon Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:49:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/#comment-64582 24kw hours is a lot of kw hours! 24kw hours is a lot of kw hours!

]]> By: yayo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-64557 yayo Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:18:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/#comment-64557 It's ilegal up here too... But you maybe it's got something to do with allow the same quantity of water to leave your land through the same stream and that's not a problem with this I think... Donno! ^^ It's ilegal up here too... But you maybe it's got something to do with allow the same quantity of water to leave your land through the same stream and that's not a problem with this I think... Donno! ^^

]]> By: Gomez http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-64548 Gomez Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:21:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/#comment-64548 Foo. Nothing new. Google "Crossflow turbine" such as the Mitchell, Banki, and Ossberger designs. Foo. Nothing new. Google "Crossflow turbine" such as the Mitchell, Banki, and Ossberger designs.

]]> By: Bob http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-64536 Bob Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:18:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/small-waterwheel-produces-cheap-electricity-for-your-home/#comment-64536 Neat, but sadly in many places here in the US you cannot alter, deface, or divert a stream that is on your own property. It's illegal to do so. Neat, but sadly in many places here in the US you cannot alter, deface, or divert a stream that is on your own property. It's illegal to do so.

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