Can a Waterwheel Generate Electricity?

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  • @bradenharris2214
    @bradenharris2214 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Yes. The answer is yes.

    • @majkdave
      @majkdave ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No. The answer is sometimes, like, "is the current fast and strong enough.".?

    • @bradenharris2214
      @bradenharris2214 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@majkdave No, the answer is yes. To the question "can a waterwheel generate electricity?", the answer is yes. The question was not "under what conditions can a waterwheel generate electricity?".

    • @ajmerthethy6724
      @ajmerthethy6724 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@majkdavegear reduction

    • @qentin731
      @qentin731 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stupid ass question, obviously it can

    • @eg8568
      @eg8568 ปีที่แล้ว

      Such innovation...

  • @user-ey1km7fm5h
    @user-ey1km7fm5h 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    For the production of electricity of higher voltage, a generator should have:
    1. Stronger magnets
    2. More turns in its coil
    3. Quick relative motion between the
    magnet and coil
    Lekin iss main kuch aisa nahi lag raha

    • @kaushalkaushal1450
      @kaushalkaushal1450 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      can you help me out tonight

    • @aminocity
      @aminocity 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@kaushalkaushal1450tf

    • @markerbull
      @markerbull 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I believe this is done at the box where it has a gear ratio change. The wheel is turning slow with a lot of torque and that can mean a smaller gear turning faster with less torque.

  • @baldric44
    @baldric44 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    depending on the load requirement the gear ratio would need adjustment

    • @gjohns316
      @gjohns316 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree 100%, running way too slow unless it’s under 100% load

    • @michaelf.2449
      @michaelf.2449 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gjohns316 probably charging so seems like it's loaded down

    • @dustinbailey9644
      @dustinbailey9644 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s charging batteries it’s not direct flow

  • @kelvinkhoo6061
    @kelvinkhoo6061 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    It is a good idea but it can produce more electricity if the vans of the waterwheel faces the follow of the riverflow rather than the vans against the follow of the water.

    • @kingadams8411
      @kingadams8411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point

    • @jarrensmith1060
      @jarrensmith1060 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's kinda counter intuitive but most are this way, so I'm pretty sure it's more efficient. I think they're at an angle with a hole drilled in the corner so the water can be drained out as it's entering on the other side..
      I've actually researched this a lot, I'm going to buy a couple wind turbines melt small plastic cups that can catch water at the tips.That way ya can use it the rain snow or shine as long as you can access a creek..

    • @tjstudionyc
      @tjstudionyc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That’s what creates the force for it to spin, it would be cool to engineer a water wheel you can manually adjust all vans at the same time in the same angles.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You want the vanes to be in the direction they are in to catch the water. You do want the inside diameter to be at the same level as the water though for the best efficiency.

  • @clioflano421
    @clioflano421 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    What would you want electricity for when you can listen to that banjo drive you around the bend...😅😅

    • @patrickv.8492
      @patrickv.8492 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂

    • @patrickv.8492
      @patrickv.8492 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haven’t laughed so hard in ages.
      #banjo sound .😂😂😂😂

  • @reznap0002
    @reznap0002 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The waterwheel isn’t placed in the right direction. The “shovels” should get the water inside, and not from the outside. Dont know if you understand me, but it’s like taking the soup with a spoon that is upside down.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are turned the right way. Problem is they are too deep in the water. And that causes extra drag.

    • @JB-bc9nm
      @JB-bc9nm 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I agree with @reznap0002

  • @SarahEve97
    @SarahEve97 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Most of countries use flowing watsr to generate electricity and supply to all of houses and residents

  • @milokiss8276
    @milokiss8276 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Can a waterwheel produce electricity?”
    . . . Have you heard of a Dam?

  • @ChristeEleison7
    @ChristeEleison7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Preppers should get water wheels for electricity generation in addition to wind turbines and solar panels.

  • @p-acormier5215
    @p-acormier5215 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    how much power does it make though, and does it even work in the winter

    • @kaitobmw5561
      @kaitobmw5561 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It the same as dam
      Electric
      But dam
      They fill up before they release
      So I expect around 150w
      Or 100w or even more

    • @Grizzly__13
      @Grizzly__13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Moving water doesn't freeze easily. That's why you are supposed to leave your faucet dripping when it's really cold out

  • @jeffreyniergarth9894
    @jeffreyniergarth9894 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It would take an electrical engineer about an hour to explain why numerous complex control systems would be required to maximize this setup's electrical power output and to match it to either a battery or some other load that can except the variable output power ie as the stream speed varies daily or seasonally.
    There are very few modern electrical loads that can directly accept this setups unguaranteed output voltage, power AND frequency, presuming its an AC generator. Note that the power and voltage comment applies to a DC generator...
    Directly driving a drum to wash clothes, a spindle to turn wood, or maybe a rotisserie is possible, but seriously how many people would bother today...?
    99% of the time IMO comments are a waste of time... few people read them, and even fewer people appreciate them. The comment process gives people a false or minimal indeterminate sense of contributing something of value. Most people don't care to hear other random people's oppinions. Most facts are useless drivel with zero useful factual objective information.
    I would be surprised if more then one person appreciates THIS comment... and there is no guarantee that anyone will.

  • @user-ot5bx3zv5v
    @user-ot5bx3zv5v 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can’t wait for rockstar to add this feature in rdr3

  • @allthingsgilmour
    @allthingsgilmour ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So can this be adjusted for different heights of the river flow? There are constant ebbs and flows that change the height of rivers constantly. I see this mechanism being extremely damaged when a river swells and a fallen tree smashes into it....

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That whole steel beam rotates allowing the wheel to rise with the river and roll over any debris.

    • @NC_SUGAR
      @NC_SUGAR ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My power company has the same issues. A tree falls across the line, a squirrel chews into a transformer, a thunderstorm knocks it out a car hits a pole. ECT.

  • @shanelipe2552
    @shanelipe2552 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s adorable.

  • @rocquel7
    @rocquel7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the turbine can be lowered for a little more power, more powerful magnets to pull, after those combinations has been tweaked to it's best potential you'll have power for days.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Actually you would want to raise it. Inside of the vane circle should be no deeper in the water than the surface of it.

  • @MrNarak
    @MrNarak ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So relaxing .

  • @brandonsellers4888
    @brandonsellers4888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dam exits should be designed to utilize many of these, especially in the white water.

  • @pieterbezuidenhout2741
    @pieterbezuidenhout2741 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great idea BUT . . .
    This 'Inventor' should just have BROADENED THE BLADES running in the water to have DOUBLE or TRIPLE the GENERATING CAPACITY as this Stream of water totally allows for that to be done !
    TORQUE on driving Shaft would immediately multiplied and thus the GAIN of electricity also increased at MINIMAL COST INCREASE.
    🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

  • @tierrasworld
    @tierrasworld 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At this point I think it is going the wrong way if it's trying to catch, store and use energy 😊

    • @OFFGRID_Trucker
      @OFFGRID_Trucker 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep.. which s why it's going so slow. Makes me wonder how much resistance it's turning.. VS how much power it's making.

  • @bidav2114
    @bidav2114 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That wheel moves slow which means you'll need a gear between it and the generator. You could reshape the wheel so it spin faster but you'll still need a gearbox unless you water to dam the river/stream

  • @JESUSISLORD.........
    @JESUSISLORD......... 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
    Matthew 6:19‭-‬21 Jesus saves!

    • @danholley4733
      @danholley4733 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤️✝️

    • @OFFGRID_Trucker
      @OFFGRID_Trucker 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not the right place to put this. I'm a believer in Christ, but this does NOT belong here.

    • @barrycharlesbrebner
      @barrycharlesbrebner 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@OFFGRID_Trucker the devil wants people to believe it is never the right place, never the right time, and never the right way. ❤️ Why do you think this is not the right place? Where is the right place, if this is not? Any place, any time, to everyone as God directs, and enables walking according to the Spirit of God.

  • @masondrip42
    @masondrip42 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    having a flowing water resource is also convenient

  • @billsauer3164
    @billsauer3164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks like they're about 15% efficient with that setup... Look at all the white water around that thing

    • @nolandonohue3514
      @nolandonohue3514 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just look at the relative speed of the water vs the wheel, it’s much less than 15%

  • @Raafiu4
    @Raafiu4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how about making it lighter weight? and how much the power production is approx?

  • @yaxo11
    @yaxo11 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just use car alternator, 150A @ 14v

    • @jacuzzibusguy
      @jacuzzibusguy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Car alternator requires much higher speed but also wastes about 50% of the energy as heat.

  • @bradenharris2214
    @bradenharris2214 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Dams do it all the time.

  • @konstantine381
    @konstantine381 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well? Can it? 😂

  • @JackBlackNinja
    @JackBlackNinja 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With damming and batteries you can also store the energy

  • @jimhenry6844
    @jimhenry6844 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are u people engineers?
    You have the bloody vanes on the water wheel backwards!

    • @loveformoney1402
      @loveformoney1402 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tide goes in and out smart guy 😂😂 so the water comes both ways

    • @whatta7793
      @whatta7793 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@loveformoney1402looks like a river to me, pretty sure they only flow one direction. Tides are for the ocean.

  • @SaintRegime
    @SaintRegime 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Someone, please please tell me what tune this is.

  • @user-jl7cw9kl4c
    @user-jl7cw9kl4c หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why not !
    Every thing is possible 👍

  • @henryhedges
    @henryhedges หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe im just really high but dude nah yall mfs don't get to skip over how it looked like they was moving a fuckin island for a second

  • @nolandonohue3514
    @nolandonohue3514 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That wheel is so ascetic its dysfunctional lol

  • @iconic5599
    @iconic5599 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there no way to create another wheel or something powered by the bigger wheel that increase the current generated into the bigger wheel? 👀

  • @user-tz7ck7gq2k
    @user-tz7ck7gq2k 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How does it turn to electricity

  • @Raising.hell.
    @Raising.hell. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You don’t even need water…. Just magnets…. Look at Stonehenge or other monoliths that have magnetic energy around them.. if, perhaps you build a small Stonehenge using poles with magnets then attach a long wheel or fan with magnets attached which then attach to a generator, then that propulsion alone would allow the wheel to turn using positive and negative friction to power the generator thus creating electricity…. So many ways but the easier the better and water might not always be in that area so it’s better better to create something self-sustaining with her without the presence of additional elements

  • @skitz2494
    @skitz2494 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sooo it does work??

    • @jordonmartin8034
      @jordonmartin8034 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My same question

    • @roachdoggjr1940
      @roachdoggjr1940 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Of course, it works.

    • @ojpimpson3343
      @ojpimpson3343 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@roachdoggjr1940 but HOW? How does the wheel transfer the electricity, what do you need to forge to make spark?

    • @roachdoggjr1940
      @roachdoggjr1940 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ojpimpson3343 oh. You think electricity is magic.
      You must cast magic missile on the mind stone.

    • @ojpimpson3343
      @ojpimpson3343 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@roachdoggjr1940 No, if the power went out, I realized that I don't know how to generate electricity or make a battery to run anything.

  • @lindakleckner215
    @lindakleckner215 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fins on this wheel need movement comming downward vertically to use gravity. The way it is has too much resistance from being slightly down in the water. Perpendicular (90degrees) to the edge of the wheel, i would think, would be🙂better. If you have it just touching the water, i wonder if the wheel would turn backwards when the wind blows the top of the water on a river the opposite up-river dirrection😂?.

    • @8546Ken
      @8546Ken หลายเดือนก่อน

      It needs to spin a lot faster. Where's the meter to show power output?

  • @1968ford1
    @1968ford1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How much kw does that produce in an hour?

  • @user-sm4sf4ff2i
    @user-sm4sf4ff2i หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cheer~~~a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.😊

  • @Areyourviewsjustcopied
    @Areyourviewsjustcopied 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A generator is most efficient at 1800 rpm, water wheels go very slowly but have tremendous torque, so a larger reduction would aid in the effectiveness.
    Also using a water channel means that the water can’t go around it, therefore providing more torque

    • @kikyoass
      @kikyoass หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks i will use your advice to research more and build mine one day

    • @Areyourviewsjustcopied
      @Areyourviewsjustcopied หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kikyoass , also bigger wheel increases torque, but requires a greater elevation change if the water is going over it rather than under.

  • @Jkauppa
    @Jkauppa หลายเดือนก่อน

    Open tesla turbine is a better water wheel and easy to diy.

  • @robertcollins9047
    @robertcollins9047 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like it

  • @kaitobmw5561
    @kaitobmw5561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That not enough wheel

  • @biyahingbukid3897
    @biyahingbukid3897 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow, amazing

  • @ImRezaF
    @ImRezaF 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    isn't that just...hydropower ?

  • @adilengget5392
    @adilengget5392 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The wheel rotate too slow

  • @PrinceSalman-bc7ds
    @PrinceSalman-bc7ds 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes

  • @morkiff
    @morkiff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No, it can convert energy.

  • @secondaccount3136
    @secondaccount3136 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happens if we make cars take electricity from water so we don’t need to use gas no more

  • @roshnigupta1525
    @roshnigupta1525 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After electric generation is the water is usable or not

  • @NasirKhan-rn1oq
    @NasirKhan-rn1oq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dream

  • @user-ie3vu8hg7z
    @user-ie3vu8hg7z 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    GOOOOOOOOOD!🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

  • @1LEgGOdt
    @1LEgGOdt ปีที่แล้ว

    A waterwheel is a great way to generate power, but it’s not that efficient. I would rather instead use a lily leaf impeller that has so many leaves that it looks more like a lily leaf turbine impeller so that I can keep the maximum amount of power out of it without the loss in efficiency

    • @majkdave
      @majkdave ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah ok sure you'll survive out there with your lilly leaf jury rigged turbine impeller bro 👌😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @bradenharris2214
      @bradenharris2214 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those lily leaf impellers really are sick, though.

  • @babasojialaba3893
    @babasojialaba3893 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    But why not?

  • @ikkababa3129
    @ikkababa3129 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow
    Great

  • @PP.EKOTECH
    @PP.EKOTECH 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!! :)

  • @jerryclack524
    @jerryclack524 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    to much speed can destroy

  • @therealbs2000
    @therealbs2000 ปีที่แล้ว

    uhh...yeah, definitely, it will charge my iphone in a day.

  • @judah9934
    @judah9934 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whats so complex about old technology 😂 ig its like going back to the moon

  • @maxwebber4586
    @maxwebber4586 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This had been a thing for such a long time? Not really that impressive if you ask me..

  • @user-gc7fd3rf8l
    @user-gc7fd3rf8l 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Guys my house is next to a river like this its constantly flowing with water ..im in south africa how much do i need to have this????

    • @Goldenboy_Mjuluki
      @Goldenboy_Mjuluki 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you studied engineering ubuzakwazi and save money

  • @user-tj3hc7nh9y
    @user-tj3hc7nh9y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    iNC
    Inc
    INC.

  • @AiTheDove
    @AiTheDove ปีที่แล้ว +3

    • @JESUSISLORD.........
      @JESUSISLORD......... 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
      Matthew 6:19‭-‬21 Jesus saves!

    • @AiTheDove
      @AiTheDove 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JESUSISLORD......... thanks

  • @AdiNarayana-el7gf
    @AdiNarayana-el7gf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let me explain the

  • @Guestimaker
    @Guestimaker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh.....Nice !
    Good job !
    Congratulation !
    😊😊😊

    👍👍👍

  • @6secondsofsilence406
    @6secondsofsilence406 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    so slow,

  • @coreylarry2602
    @coreylarry2602 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🕷️

  • @otmossampacado1550
    @otmossampacado1550 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If this toxic mess is how survival works, then its only a matter of time before cannibalism starts

    • @Brandoe69
      @Brandoe69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what energy transformation is happening

  • @christiansoldier1547
    @christiansoldier1547 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    totally wrong elements and physics

  • @kunalkishor5495
    @kunalkishor5495 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Obviously depends upon water flow

  • @dedeeprice6560
    @dedeeprice6560 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes, a water wheel could produce electricity. But it's so little in so poor it's useless
    I know this because my last name is price
    I am one of one's
    Yes, I am in fact. I'm the one that came up with the idea that idiot ran with
    Define previously built Damn that had no electric power plants
    These came from the great depression mostly and can be found all over West Virginia and the East Coast and some other places. But west virginia was a gold mine
    Tons of dams from the great depression, not a single power plant on any of them.
    Not to wake up there
    My name is price. I'm the one that came up the idea my father ran with it
    For w v hydro hydraulic power company west virginia