this is the type of stuff we SHOULD be learning in schools EDIT: Because of the truly absurd number of people getting upset over this comment or making the asinine statement of "they already teach this in engineering classes", the subtext of this is that it should be taught in primary and grade schools, not just colleges. Its the type of thing that nearly everyone can benefit from learning.
@@J.brashear122 you know, this didn't really hit me until like a year or two ago. But I think your totally fucking right. And its so well hidden that most people don't even notice it, which makes all the insane things we do seem normal. And ofc, our learned helplessness.
Essentially, you made a miniature hydroelectric dam generator for home use?! You are truly a fine example of no nonsense ingenuity. Thank you for this great idea!
I came here after watching a washing machine turned generator that has been giving an off grid house power for 16 years on Marty T TH-cam channel. Thanks for answering the question "how is it made?"
Anything is used nothing is thrown away, those old silicone tubes that I threw away when they get stopped up he simply cut them open and digs the useful part out love you video dude
You sir are a very smart man. I grew up in WV . My dad kept an old DC motor in the basement for years intending to build a device on the stream near our house. He died before building it and my mom gave the motor away. I thought about that when I saw this.
I can recommend installing a temperature sensor on or near the bearings to monitor any possible issue with them. You can also add an accelerometer to sense for excessive vibrations and autmoatically shutdown the unit. If your controller does not support this, a small Arduino could monitor these parameters and issue an emergency shutdown signal to the controller through a generic IO line. Or even shutdown the system itself too, adding redundancy in case of failure. While you're at it, add a temperature sensor on the battery pack.
They're factory sealed bearings that will wear out from the excessive speed of rotation. Not to much to do about it, other than drilling a small hole into the housing and lubricating it on a schedule. Just my opinion though, carry on.
Im giving THIS video a Thumbs Up after watching just 2mins of it. It's brilliant! : ) I LOVE seeing anyone recycling stuff like this that would otherwise end up rotting to bits on landfill. There are so many re-useable parts inside domestic appliances...and that's so creative of you to use the available water flow to power your home. Well done and thanks for posting.
I've seen similar systems using a car alternator and welding a steel box housing for it , the wheel of the alternator on the inside of the box , acts as a pelton wheel :) it produced enough power for two houses changing batteries 24/7 !!! :) Nice job , the bearings issue obviously needs maintanence regularly , taking time to lube regularly ! With the alternator system , bushes need servicing every one or two years :) I love free power , my fisher and Pakel machine recently had a electrical fault , it's the same as yours , I pulled it apart to see what could be recycled and discovered the internal gear , perfect for a wind or water free power system !!! I was stoked to see your post today , and it's confirmation ! I put a multi meter on the posts that come off the motor and found instant voltage :) and realised just spin it with wind or water and , FREE POWER . Thanks for your sharing , great timing ! :)
THAT is what i hear in the background! I hear that water running on the trail cam goat video. I thought u may have a highway near by, but how, with all that nature?? It was the water i heard. How convenient and cool. Im no mechanical genius, but i love these off grid ideas. I will show my husband, we have a creek on our land, may be fast enough, who knows?
pure genius. Now I'll just run out to Home Depot and buy a running water source and put it next to my house. I wonder how much they cost. Thanks for the ideas.
Nice job fella, I did the same thing in the 1970's by making everything in my basement during the winter time. You really have it much easier these days for sure. But it is still running for my father. He loves it. Keep on making videos too.
Do you have a video explaning each part? For example: Bridge rectifier. How to do high pressure. How to convert it to 110v. Charge a battery. Thank you.
This is pretty impressive. Even with the advancements that have been made in power in the past 8 years. I feel like your design has room to expand upon but it is a really great start for people who want to do this.
Genius. Of course it helps that your water source has such "current" to be tapped. Nevertheless the power you have harnessed from it should make you self sufficient for as long as you have a supply of bearings !! Great video sir !! Now THAT is free energy !!!
Your work is one of the most amazing and intelligent works I have ever seen.....am so excited watching your video on the water turbine project. Thanks so much for taking your time to make this very video.
+goaliedude32 you're right, it's not free in that he has to pay for the pipe and parts and repairs and has to lay the pipe and has to purchase the property and has to pay property taxes - so, for every $1,000 he saves in electricity he might have to pay $50 in labor, parts, taxes and investment costs so it's not "free". But, paying 1/20th of what he'd pay the power company is pretty close! The REAL cost is that he has to live in a totally Hillbilly, zero civilization place where the ability to earn money is likely nill and the lifestyle is surly shit. NO THANKS! I'm fine living here in Vegas and paying my power bill, thank you very much!
David Beecroft No, I meant that traditionally free energy is energy that is created by using over 100% efficiency devices. So more energy comes out of a system than goes into it. This is just harnessing potential energy and converting it and it's not even a new idea. It's one of the first forms of generating power that we invented.
+goaliedude32 Since he has found a way to power his generator from the stream rather than having to pay for high-pressure water, the electricity is free to him.
hats off to you Ram! Very well illustrated and details are clear. So much to learn...! :) Keep posting your works. Also appreciate your efforts in making the video. I know the efforts that goes into a video.
Bravoooo!! Great invention. Its great that some people care about recycling and are creative enougth to produce usefull inventions. I wish I had the talent of creativity...
Brilliant! Love the idea of just getting a Pelton wheel off Ebay and to build a micro hydropower generating unit out of a washing machine. Pure genius.
Awesome idea, awesome video. Very well done, easy to understand directions, you talked and moved through the process at the proper speed to allow all to gather and understand the process and information you just explained!!! Again so very well done, thank you very much sir for putting out the information to help your fellow man learn something so beneficial to anyone!!! You are an awesome and amazing human being. Hopefully your teachings can also help others calm down and move forward in their life!!!
Wow, i've been involved with Remote Area Power Supply for 25 years, using Solar, Mini Hydro and Wind. That was cool to watch, well done And a reasonable output too. Sadly i also tossed out a F&P Washing machine 12 months ago
Another U.S. equivalent of that is a Kenmore Elite Oasis (and several other models are basically the same thing). I had to replace the bearings in mine earlier this year and that stator, rotor, and tub look identical.
Wow, great to hear that. I am very interested in using the same method but just can not understand the picaxe method. Do you do coaching and if so I would like to talk about it. Thanks
This is ingenious. The simplest water generator I have ever seen. And I have 2 washing machines ripe for this project. Thanks I’m gonna watch your whole series also u got a new subscriber.
I'm glad I seen this.. I actually have one of them washers.. So as soon as the pump goes bad or it leaks all over the place I know what I am gonna do with it.. Awesome video! thanks for sharing the info!
If you are full charge you can use the PLC to drive a solinoid which switches off the incoming water. it would save wear and tear on your bearings. btw, slick setup!
Funny. I'm the total opposite. Doing drive trains, crank shafts blows my mind and has held me back from many projects, but I could design a basic CPU with transistor logic.
If you buy a finished micro hydro system, you'll have to pay anything from 2000 to 5000 for it new. The more expensive ones can give you over 500-1000 W.
even though this is an old video this is probably still watched today and it is a great Idea however when disassembling the washing machine there is a reason for that long extension in the middle toward the top of the machine. It is keeping a lot of forces from the bearings. Which as can be seen between 7:55-8:00 in the video the bearings are the part that is going to break down first. I would suggest using another bearing at the other end of the rotor rod that is seen around the 2:05 mark. It might take off some of the efficiency of the setup but it will greatly boost longevity. edit: by the way love how you generate that pressure. pretty simple solution. Couldn't that have been improved by using a funnel at the start.
I have done the same thing but instead of water I use wind. I had many problems using wind but after about 30 different designs I have it working great. The only problem is when the wind gets over 70 mph. We just had a storm come through and was hit with 70+ mph winds and wow what a explosion. I'm fixing my mistakes. Great Videos
use a reduction gear hooked to a governor. As wind speed increases, the reduction gear kicks in, slowing the blade speed, increasing the generator speed. Shunt the extra power, of course, or have a max speed disconnect.
t s problem is reduction can only do so much, same with tilting mechanisms. Storms are unpredictable gusts of wind that can load up the turbine one direction then snap it back the other. Hence why in high winds they lock down wind turbines.
the idea of dumping excess power into hot water heater is good. I majored in thermo and heat transfer back in the 70s. Wind generators or any other type of generator seemed to me could easily be used to dump excess power into water heaters or tanks, opened with no need for venting or over pressure safety issues. Get "free" hot water.
Wow this is amazing. I spent $1400 on a solar kit setup and it generates on a sunny clear day 5 hrs of good amp hour rated energy of about 180 - 200 Ah to charge batteries. This thing, which I assume you didn't pay nearly that amount for, generates 24 hrs of harvest-able energy and for a 12v system seem around 900 AMP HOURS! (450 Ah on a 24v system, which is all the same...24v systems are more efficient for homesteading and easier on the batteries/wire loads so I'd be going with that.) Holy jeeezz. 14 kWh system that thing supports. Maybe I did my maths wrong but wow. I know what I'm building for my mountain homestead when I get there. Wow. You'd make a killing selling that energy back to the power companies on the grid because 14 kWh a day about a 1/3 of what I'd probably actually use on an avg. day.
He is using gravity to create the water pressure. As you can see at 0:40 he is running a pipe a good ways down stream, which creates a difference in elevation. There's a lot more to it but for a general idea in a static system, Pressure = (density of water)x(acceleration due to gravity)x(Height/elevation of water column). So that pipe you see there starts off about 90-100ft higher up the hill than its outlet, and could stretch a couple hundred feet across.
No need to be nasty Eric. Yes he is running a pipe along the stream, but what determines the pressure is the HEIGHT difference from source to destination. Calculations show that he would need at least a height difference of 92 feet to achieve 40 psi. And this is using a reservoir tank. He is feeding directly from the stream. He can run a mile on a gentle slope and the pressure is is still going to be determined by the height difference. On a gentle slope of around 10 degrees as shown in the video, the pipe would be around 529 feet long. This is what made me curious. Yes it is possible, just a lot of pipe and lots of real estate.
Thanks for clarifying gabriel, i was going to but figured my comment was already really long :) The only thing I'm curious of is the temps there... it looks like its in the mountains, but what geographical? If I tried this in Pennsylvania I'd be replacing the pipe annually (unless I winterized it pretty darn good)
Greetings from Brazil !!! Congratulations for the video. This is very well illustrated, very educational and very good !!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and may God bless you for it !!! //// Saudações brasileiras !!! Parabens pelo seu video. Isso é muito bem ilustrado, muito educacional e muitissimo bom!!! Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento e que Deus o abençoe por isso!!!
This stuff is awsum! A friend of mine did this using a 24 volt alternator gave it more field and got 36 volts, ran that into 4 8 volt diesel locomotive batteries of high amps. He told me this was better as 100 watts used at 12 volts would be a little over 8 amps, but 100 watts at 36 volts would draw 2.7 amps. He did also have a made-up cast iron briggs stratton engine with a hvy duty alternator to keep the batteries up if the creek ran dry.
And this could be done with 5 feet of head. It would just take a much larger wheel. Love the can do spirit here but the comments section is unfortunately par for the course.
+fla playa dude, you could live there! and once you do you'll see "heaven" is actually hell and wish you had never moved to a place you get "free" electricity and no job and no social life and no conveniences and where it rains all the time and everything sucks shit
David Beecroft Turn that frown upside down mate. Why is there no work there man? I live in the US and am trapped in the boondocks with no car, no life, no consistent job. I saw a docu several years ago that NZ's govt. was all about citizen happiness and it looked like there was a lot to do; Surfing, skiing, outdoor paradise. Does it suck there? Is difficult to make it?
David Beecroft Your reply got muted as spam and am interested in your opinion. I think the link is toxic so tell me in your words what the problem is. Serious bro. Feel your strife.
Hi mate,that's brilliant.i too want to go off grid up in the far north island.i've looked at other alternatives but to costly to make a start.until now.i appreciate what you've shown in this clip...willing to help others,my hats off to you mate...Cheers bro.
I didn't really get it, but sat through the whole thing mesmerized. I wish I could meet a MacGyver like this! Need one in my life! LOL! AMAZING!! I LOVE guys who can do this stuff!! Rockstars!!
The water travels down through the pipe, building up pressure inside. The more the water drops from the mouth of the pipe, the higher the pressure at the bottom
He has a 150m long pipe that goes way higher up stream. Certainly not something youd find in every back yard, but pretty cool, that head of water can certainly give that pressure
I am thinking if you divided your flow equally among three smaller nozzles spaced equally along the circumference, the shaft load on the turbine would be better balanced and the bearing life would increase dramatically.
To get twice the watts you need twice the height of water in the penstocks or twice the volume of water at the same pressure hitting the Pelton wheel. The Pelton wheel needs to be large enough and strong enough to absorb and transmit this energy to both generators......
The size of the stream is only part of it, without elevation to produce an amount of pressure even a large river is useless for power generation. Pressure is what creates the force, volume (size) is what transfers it.
Congratulations Angry, contributions like yours increase the creativity of many, I`m one of them, I love attending this type of videos. Felicitaciones Angry, aportes como el tuyo aumenta la capacidad creativa de muchos, yo soy uno de ellos, me encanta asistir este tipo de videos. Carlos Alberto
You could run a transformer off the inverter for 12VDC... theoretically 850 watts continuous.... theoretically 40 amps worth but in reality probably less....
Might be good to do the AC to DC rectification near the inverter since you may need to run the AC voltage over long distances of wire and having the option to step it up with a transformer would be a good option.
I have a few questions for Angry Ram/Mitch T. First of all, I live in the USA, so finding the type of washing machine that you have in New Zealand might be a little harder to find, if not impossible to find, and/or to buy, and/or sell, halfway around the world in the USA, where I live, so what kind of other washing machines would be a good substitute for people to use in my part of the world? Second, can you modify this system for places that run on a bit flatter land that still has water in a lot of areas and still have it work just as well? Third, can this system be modified for places that are plains, the savanna, the tundra/cold deserts, or hot deserts, yes or no? Fourth, have you considered making more maintenance checks for your power generation system? Fifth, have you considered making a better filtration system for your power generation system? I suggest that you have a system that is in place around your pipes that drags the debris and detritus off into an area like large scale power generation systems like yours do so that it takes away from doing as much maintenance around your pipes in that regard. Sixth, since New Zealand runs on around 230 volts to 240 volts in its electrical outlets, and the USA, Canada, Japan, Anguilla, and a few countries tend to run between 100 volts to 125 volts in their electrical outlets (though, weirdly enough, a few countries, like Belize, for example, can run on either system), how can you convert the system to run on lower voltage power systems so that the electronics, as well as electrical outlets that are in your home, do not get fried, as well as burn your house down, since your generator does not function on an electrical outlet any longer? Seventh, and lastly, have you ever considered making the water pipes run a bit more in line, that is, flush to, the rocks without making the rocks, debris, plants, and other detritus causing difficulty to having periodic maintenance checks being made on the system from time to time? Now, granted, I may not be an engineer by trade (I am actually disabled in real life), but I figured that I could ask these questions so that I could not only improve your own power generation system, but that I could also help out people that run on different voltage systems to have their own variants of such a system themselves. Thank you for the responding comments.
That is spectacular. Thanks for sharing. If I had a constant water flow in my property I would do that for sure! Have you thought about putting an electric solenoid valve on the water line so that it can stop the turbine when batteries are full?
THE BARREL HACK: Quite impressed with this mad max hack you've managed to have convinced myself to thinking you've managed to put together a system that's looking pretty darn feasible no doubt. Very impressive indeed. Mr. Angry Ram I would like to make a suggestion dealing with the flow of water entering the system (ignore if you had mention this idea as I charged into the thick of the video.... Okay once the system as you'd mentioned has made its rounds by charging, heating... done all its possible needful tasks. And now is just washing of electrical generated potential power and that means the mechanicals of the system are continuously being 24/7 stressed by just the sheer movement causing wear and tear due to the nature of friction. So to reduce the amount of usage the system sees how about connecting a 12v DC Auto Relay/ solenoid gate valve into the water line. Obviously set it so your system sparks alive when power is drawn and opposite when no significant power is being drawn. Yes, I am not just another one of those folks who just talks because he thinks he knows something. No, that’s the furthest from the reality. Because in fact I have a bush camp with solar power with pretty serious 12volt power system that I utilize several water pumps in-line and bilge, timers float valves, check valves, etc.… (Incl. battery bank acting like kind of a big juicy capacitors… just like you’re doing) Everything from thermal solar earth battery bank, to night lighting my power system is basically utilized to its max. But keeping in mind I do try to manage to put the least amount demand up-on the system whenever possible… example no need to circulate water from the thermal solar collectors to it earth battery until the sun is strong enough,. Thus a check valve is a smaller solar panel operating a relay. Nevertheless i am impressed ... very cool Reinholdt
+Devin Ingram maybe just normal people that instead of buying a generator powered by water pressure, they wanna use the one they have in their old refrigirators... Are you the one that thinks using water pressure in rivers is a conspiracy theory? Are you the one that never heard of millions of water wheels around the world that create free electricity? OMG...
Sooo. I've been trying to follow your video and build one of these up here in the states. What are the chance you could build/wire they stator and motor and sell it up this way?
Very good video. Samsung washing machines have the same motor, but in metal. Where is the 45psi water supply coming from? Upstream into a storage tank?
look up head pressure for Pleton wheels .The difference in height between the water source and the turbine location is the key to generating power. This height is known as head or more precisely static head. Head is expressed in feet just like height; the difference is when we use the term head, we are actually talking about energy per pound of liquid displaced. So head is just another term for energy, specifically energy per unit weight of liquid displaced. How is this possible? Energy, or useful work can be expressed as pound-feet or lbf-ft in the Imperial system. If I divide this term by lbf, I obtain lbf-ft/lbf or feet (ft) and this is what is known as head. If I you know how many pounds of liquid are displaced per unit time (this is proportional to flow rate in gallons per minute for example) then you know how much power is required since by multiplying head in lbf-ft/lbf by lbf/min, I get a unit of power in lbf-ft/min or foot-pounds per minute.
Michael Schwab or you can do alternative research and make a ram pump to do the work. Easily get 45 psi, easily pump hundreds of feet uphill. Oh, and it works off gravity, zero electricity. SO..... Make a ram pump. Power the Washing machine with that. Free power. Minus 40 bucks in material. Oh, And i am not pointing you out Michael. Just Hit reply to your post since you was last on the list. peAce
Glad to see someone get a use out of these because they were CRAP for washers (especially, the pumps). You can get the parts BUT they're expensive and you'll be doing it alot.
Jeremy Hofecker You are so right. I am told all the time "what a shame these washers aren't available here in the states" They are everywhere under various brands including F&P. Just visit any appliance reseller. Tell him you are looking for those funny looking permanent magnet washer motors. He probably has half a dozen that are not worth fixing as the computers go bad and cost more than what he can get for the washer used. (You don't need the computer) Here in NE TN they will let you have all the parts for about 20.00. Try and get one with good bearings so you don't have to replace them. Bring tools ;-)
Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome. Very well explained. I couldn't find this explanation--simply put anywhere else. Great teachers are hard to find. Grade: A++💥
Amazing. I actually have a F&P washer that has an electronic issue and won't complete a wash cycle (but the motor runs fine) and I was going to let the appliance place take it for recycling. Now you've given me a mission, thank you! We have an automatic hose reel that uses only the city water pressure to coil up the hose, and that got me thinking long ago how water pressure can produce the horsepower/torque to crank in a 100 foot hose across the lawn. Can't wait to rip apart my machine now. BTW has anyone tried hooking the raw 3 phase to a small 3P motor?
Brilliant film! Really informative and you have highlighted the major features of your design, which are obviously based on experience, to achieve a really efficient system. Thanks for posting and all the best, Andy
What's so special about this washing machine as I'm from the UK and that model won't be available here but I'd love to figure this out just for power while camping
It's a direct drive brushless motor. Any washer that uses one should work. There are quite a few out there these days. Fisher and Paykel was one of the first companies to use this type motor.
I am putting 800 to 1,200 watts of solar on my camper but I am unsure on all the math when it comes to what is needed. You mentioned 900 will do you. I guess 900 is a good number if it can keep you off the grid. I just don't want alot of batteries. I have a live well for fishing that works on a panel and no battery so I am thinking 800 to 1200 in watts of solar and just 2 or 3 batteries to use at night. Do you think that is possible?
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 if you were to make sure you had at least 150-200Ah in your battery system you should do fine. But ask yourself what kind of things will you be using, does anything run 24/7? How much energy does it use.
@@HellFire178 ...... I just bought a 14 k btu portable Honeywell air conditioner for my camper. I am not sure how many solar panel in watts I would need to operate it strictly off solar but have the batteries operate it at night. I know there is math involved , do you know what I need to look at to determine the watts needed in the panels?
What an excellent way of recycling an old piece of equipment! Unfortunately where I live there are very strict laws preventing any private use whatsoever of water streams, falls, etc. No form of collecting water is allowed, even if it were to be returned downstream after being used by the generator, even if it is in private property. A real pity.
Debra Oakley Yep. It is extremely strict here. We cannot even build *anything* 50 ft from streams or rivers much less collect water even if they pass right through our property. No longer my case, I sold the property, but the rationale behind the law is that if everyone uses the water and returns its waste to the river, it will have less and less clear water and more pollutants downstream. So only the utilities companies are allowed to do anything river-related here.
ElDon Quijote87 Brazil. All rivers, streams, etc, have a "protected" area whose width varies with stream size (and also with specific city laws), in which *any* construction is prohibited, even inside private property. This is usually something in 10m - 30m range, both sides of the stream. So if it happens to pass in your back yard, you must just leave that area alone.
You could use wind and solar as well. The energy is stored in the batteries so you can adapt your approach to whatever climate you're in. The only climate you probably can't do it in is a dry, windless and constantly cloudy place. Which doesn't exist. But water is ideal because it is more reliable. (Until you have a drought)
You could use a small temperature sensor on the bearing and once it reaches a certain temp you know its time to change the bearings. You may be able to run it for more than 2 years and also you can test different types of bearings this way just for fun.
this is the type of stuff we SHOULD be learning in schools
EDIT: Because of the truly absurd number of people getting upset over this comment or making the asinine statement of "they already teach this in engineering classes", the subtext of this is that it should be taught in primary and grade schools, not just colleges. Its the type of thing that nearly everyone can benefit from learning.
If they did that we would all be free thinking people. They would have no mindless sheeples..
Thank you! I would rather live in an educated world than an uneducated one?
@@chris432t6 whats the question mark for
You go to school to learn to be an employee. Nothing else
@@J.brashear122 you know, this didn't really hit me until like a year or two ago.
But I think your totally fucking right. And its so well hidden that most people don't even notice it, which makes all the insane things we do seem normal.
And ofc, our learned helplessness.
Essentially, you made a miniature hydroelectric dam generator for home use?! You are truly a fine example of no nonsense ingenuity. Thank you for this great idea!
I came here after watching a washing machine turned generator that has been giving an off grid house power for 16 years on Marty T TH-cam channel. Thanks for answering the question "how is it made?"
I just asked the same question on Marty Ts channel then found this!
Is this the same guy as Marty T?
@@droopypie I don't think so.
@@droopypie yep same guy
It's the same guy I'm sure. Near the end he brought up his melted enclosure which I saw on the other TH-cam channel.
Anything is used nothing is thrown away, those old silicone tubes that I threw away when they get stopped up he simply cut them open and digs the useful part out love you video dude
You sir are a very smart man. I grew up in WV . My dad kept an old DC motor in the basement for years intending to build a device on the stream near our house. He died before building it and my mom gave the motor away. I thought about that when I saw this.
This guy is a legend! Great to see people putting skills to practical use.
This was actually the first video i ever saw on TH-cam. Still one of the best
Don’t touch the like or else your pet dies
@@Waldz24 wtf bitch?
You can think about a hydrolic head amplification power plant which can be set up at any place without consideration of geographical dependency.
Same ,it was really simple to get as well
Awesome
I can recommend installing a temperature sensor on or near the bearings to monitor any possible issue with them. You can also add an accelerometer to sense for excessive vibrations and autmoatically shutdown the unit. If your controller does not support this, a small Arduino could monitor these parameters and issue an emergency shutdown signal to the controller through a generic IO line. Or even shutdown the system itself too, adding redundancy in case of failure. While you're at it, add a temperature sensor on the battery pack.
Hey do you run the F&P Smartdrive yourself and if so, do you do coaching for a fee?
They're factory sealed bearings that will wear out from the excessive speed of rotation. Not to much to do about it, other than drilling a small hole into the housing and lubricating it on a schedule. Just my opinion though, carry on.
@@JohnJohnson-bg2oo then stick a magnet on it or magnetise it and fill it with ferrofluid
@@JohnJohnson-bg2oo you can replace them before they damage the whole thing
Im giving THIS video a Thumbs Up after watching just 2mins of it. It's brilliant! : ) I LOVE seeing anyone recycling stuff like this that would otherwise end up rotting to bits on landfill. There are so many re-useable parts inside domestic appliances...and that's so creative of you to use the available water flow to power your home. Well done and thanks for posting.
where can i buy a never ending creek
rofl! my question
I've got a magical garden hose that has never ending water. 😂. But I get a bill😔
+Breaking good buy some beer and sit there on top of the coming stream
New Zealand
+Breaking good
Aotearoa.
I've seen similar systems using a car alternator and welding a steel box housing for it , the wheel of the alternator on the inside of the box , acts as a pelton wheel :) it produced enough power for two houses changing batteries 24/7 !!! :)
Nice job , the bearings issue obviously needs maintanence regularly , taking time to lube regularly !
With the alternator system , bushes need servicing every one or two years :)
I love free power , my fisher and Pakel machine recently had a electrical fault , it's the same as yours , I pulled it apart to see what could be recycled and discovered the internal gear , perfect for a wind or water free power system !!!
I was stoked to see your post today , and it's confirmation !
I put a multi meter on the posts that come off the motor and found instant voltage :) and realised just spin it with wind or water and , FREE POWER .
Thanks for your sharing , great timing ! :)
THAT is what i hear in the background! I hear that water running on the trail cam goat video. I thought u may have a highway near by, but how, with all that nature?? It was the water i heard. How convenient and cool.
Im no mechanical genius, but i love these off grid ideas. I will show my husband, we have a creek on our land, may be fast enough, who knows?
You obviously know more about 3 phase generators than i thought i did. Great information. Thanks.
I will never have the need to make this, but I thought your video was really clear and well put together and was really interesting to watch - thanks!
Robert Prest Thanks, glad you found it interesting
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pure genius.
Now I'll just run out to Home Depot and buy a running water source and put it next to my house.
I wonder how much they cost.
Thanks for the ideas.
Nice job fella, I did the same thing in the 1970's by making everything in my basement during the winter time. You really have it much easier these days for sure. But it is still running for my father. He loves it. Keep on making videos too.
Do you have a video explaning each part? For example: Bridge rectifier. How to do high pressure. How to convert it to 110v. Charge a battery.
Thank you.
@@AurelienCarnoy I will have to make some videos for all to see and get an explanation also. Good day VF.
@@victoryfirst2878 thank you.
This is pretty impressive. Even with the advancements that have been made in power in the past 8 years. I feel like your design has room to expand upon but it is a really great start for people who want to do this.
See Marty's complete new system install at a friend's place....
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Genius. Of course it helps that your water source has such "current" to be tapped. Nevertheless the power you have harnessed from it should make you self sufficient for as long as you have a supply of bearings !! Great video sir !!
Now THAT is free energy !!!
Where can I find, buy payton wheel?
@@borivojetravica569 like he said in the video, eBay.
@Roger Rarebit 😁 tnx, that make difrents...
All I can say is Wow ! That's a smart man . I can understand so many things .But not electricity ! I will stay on grid forever .
Your work is one of the most amazing and intelligent works I have ever seen.....am so excited watching your video on the water turbine project. Thanks so much for taking your time to make this very video.
Thank you for a most informative video. The world needs more people like you.Thumbs up!
You mean people that put old batteries in water streams ?
we need free lithium for all the crazies down stream.
hahaha yes, and those that share their ideas ;)
Where can I find, buy payton wheel?
How generous you are for sharing your hard work, and solutions. Good heart. Free soul.
Insimplebeing shut up dumb hippie
inventors like this will make it to heaven...
I don't know where I've ended up on youtube - but love this guy :)
Cool, finally a video about free energy which is not full of bull or woo but really offers a solution! Like.
+Nele Abels It's not 'free energy' though, it's just hydro electric power, that we've known about since we've had electricity.
+goaliedude32 you're right, it's not free in that he has to pay for the pipe and parts and repairs and has to lay the pipe and has to purchase the property and has to pay property taxes - so, for every $1,000 he saves in electricity he might have to pay $50 in labor, parts, taxes and investment costs so it's not "free". But, paying 1/20th of what he'd pay the power company is pretty close! The REAL cost is that he has to live in a totally Hillbilly, zero civilization place where the ability to earn money is likely nill and the lifestyle is surly shit. NO THANKS! I'm fine living here in Vegas and paying my power bill, thank you very much!
David Beecroft
No, I meant that traditionally free energy is energy that is created by using over 100% efficiency devices. So more energy comes out of a system than goes into it.
This is just harnessing potential energy and converting it and it's not even a new idea. It's one of the first forms of generating power that we invented.
goaliedude32 yeah, good point. he shoulda said "cheap energy" or "untapped energy"
+goaliedude32
Since he has found a way to power his generator from the stream rather than having to pay for high-pressure water, the electricity is free to him.
hats off to you Ram!
Very well illustrated and details are clear.
So much to learn...! :)
Keep posting your works.
Also appreciate your efforts in making the video.
I know the efforts that goes into a video.
+Venkateswara Rao Thanks man, I appreciate it
As a jack of all trades, every part of this video makes me happy
See Marty's latest hydro using this technology and fully explained
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GENIUS! MY GOD...THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET WITH A BRAIN!
This video is amazing! I think it's fantastic how you can recycle something like this into a power generator.
Hey barn
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Barnacules Nerdgasm that's nothing, i keep myself warm in the winter by lighting my farts on fire!
gordon kistler Don't give Jerry aka Barnacules any ideas, he might make a video about it.
Bravoooo!! Great invention. Its great that some people care about recycling and are creative enougth to produce usefull inventions. I wish I had the talent of creativity...
how is this an invention? its a mini hydroelectric plant.
عندما شاهدت الفيديو اعجبتني دقة التصوير الاحترافي
لكن عندما لاحظت ان الفيديو منذ 19 سنوات اصبت بصدمة 💀🔥
Brilliant! Love the idea of just getting a Pelton wheel off Ebay and to build a micro hydropower generating unit out of a washing machine. Pure genius.
@@jitenmehra17 lol.🤣
Awesome idea, awesome video. Very well done, easy to understand directions, you talked and moved through the process at the proper speed to allow all to gather and understand the process and information you just explained!!! Again so very well done, thank you very much sir for putting out the information to help your fellow man learn something so beneficial to anyone!!! You are an awesome and amazing human being. Hopefully your teachings can also help others calm down and move forward in their life!!!
Wow, this is Great, a few in series could be huge for generation
This guys was paying attention in every single one of his classes hats off to him
Not mainstream school. Prob grew up on a farm where you need to do everything yourself.we call it Kiwi ingenuity
Wow, i've been involved with Remote Area Power Supply for 25 years, using Solar, Mini Hydro and Wind.
That was cool to watch, well done
And a reasonable output too.
Sadly i also tossed out a F&P Washing machine 12 months ago
I hope you make videos.
hi my self jagjit singh from India, pl send ur mail id so that we can discuss further
Another U.S. equivalent of that is a Kenmore Elite Oasis (and several other models are basically the same thing). I had to replace the bearings in mine earlier this year and that stator, rotor, and tub look identical.
Wow, great to hear that. I am very interested in using the same method but just can not understand the picaxe method. Do you do coaching and if so I would like to talk about it. Thanks
Also would year and model is the Kenmore you spoke of above?
They should teach stuff like this in school
This is ingenious. The simplest water generator I have ever seen. And I have 2 washing machines ripe for this project. Thanks I’m gonna watch your whole series also u got a new subscriber.
I'm glad I seen this.. I actually have one of them washers.. So as soon as the pump goes bad or it leaks all over the place I know what I am gonna do with it.. Awesome video! thanks for sharing the info!
If you are full charge you can use the PLC to drive a solinoid which switches off the incoming water. it would save wear and tear on your bearings. btw, slick setup!
Am I the only one who noticed how perfect that circle was being cut out by hand?!?
i know right how did he do that
its people like you that will make a real difference to sustainable living/energy. genius .
I wish I was an electrician! The mechanical stuff I get, but wires and electronic stuff? Does my head in.
You don't need to be an electrician to figure out electronics there's enough info about the subject on the internet for anyone to freely explore
im currently studying too become an electrician, its exciting
+phoenixrisingharley that adds to the shock value
Funny. I'm the total opposite. Doing drive trains, crank shafts blows my mind and has held me back from many projects, but I could design a basic CPU with transistor logic.
Simply: Fairys fly through the tubes and make things chooch
All I need now is a broken washer, an endless stream, and a genius brain such as yours, besides that this looks easy :). Great Video!
If you buy a finished micro hydro system, you'll have to pay anything from 2000 to 5000 for it new. The more expensive ones can give you over 500-1000 W.
Where was the link to make that rectifier?
even though this is an old video this is probably still watched today and it is a great Idea however when disassembling the washing machine there is a reason for that long extension in the middle toward the top of the machine. It is keeping a lot of forces from the bearings. Which as can be seen between 7:55-8:00 in the video the bearings are the part that is going to break down first. I would suggest using another bearing at the other end of the rotor rod that is seen around the 2:05 mark. It might take off some of the efficiency of the setup but it will greatly boost longevity.
edit: by the way love how you generate that pressure. pretty simple solution. Couldn't that have been improved by using a funnel at the start.
Simply, you are bloody genius mate! This is one of my favourite video.
I have done the same thing but instead of water I use wind. I had many problems using wind but after about 30 different designs I have it working great. The only problem is when the wind gets over 70 mph.
We just had a storm come through and was hit with 70+ mph winds and wow what a explosion. I'm fixing my mistakes. Great Videos
You should make vids of your project, sounds interesting
Lol need a regulator to limit the max to the batteries
use a reduction gear hooked to a governor. As wind speed increases, the reduction gear kicks in, slowing the blade speed, increasing the generator speed. Shunt the extra power, of course, or have a max speed disconnect.
t s problem is reduction can only do so much, same with tilting mechanisms. Storms are unpredictable gusts of wind that can load up the turbine one direction then snap it back the other. Hence why in high winds they lock down wind turbines.
This is an excellent video. You might add that about 100 feet of head height is required to get 45 psi.
Well done sir!
Unless you live in an area with huge mountains, this is not even feasible.
@@gordtvradio3465 35m is not a "huge mountain".
the idea of dumping excess power into hot water heater is good. I majored in thermo and heat transfer back in the 70s. Wind generators or any other type of generator seemed to me could easily be used to dump excess power into water heaters or tanks, opened with no need for venting or over pressure safety issues. Get "free" hot water.
Wow this is amazing. I spent $1400 on a solar kit setup and it generates on a sunny clear day 5 hrs of good amp hour rated energy of about 180 - 200 Ah to charge batteries. This thing, which I assume you didn't pay nearly that amount for, generates 24 hrs of harvest-able energy and for a 12v system seem around 900 AMP HOURS! (450 Ah on a 24v system, which is all the same...24v systems are more efficient for homesteading and easier on the batteries/wire loads so I'd be going with that.) Holy jeeezz. 14 kWh system that thing supports. Maybe I did my maths wrong but wow. I know what I'm building for my mountain homestead when I get there. Wow. You'd make a killing selling that energy back to the power companies on the grid because 14 kWh a day about a 1/3 of what I'd probably actually use on an avg. day.
question: What are you using to pressurize the water to 40psi? You need a power source for that as well, right?
He is using gravity to create the water pressure. As you can see at 0:40 he is running a pipe a good ways down stream, which creates a difference in elevation. There's a lot more to it but for a general idea in a static system, Pressure = (density of water)x(acceleration due to gravity)x(Height/elevation of water column). So that pipe you see there starts off about 90-100ft higher up the hill than its outlet, and could stretch a couple hundred feet across.
gravity dumbo
No need to be nasty Eric. Yes he is running a pipe along the stream, but what determines the pressure is the HEIGHT difference from source to destination. Calculations show that he would need at least a height difference of 92 feet to achieve 40 psi. And this is using a reservoir tank. He is feeding directly from the stream. He can run a mile on a gentle slope and the pressure is is still going to be determined by the height difference. On a gentle slope of around 10 degrees as shown in the video, the pipe would be around 529 feet long. This is what made me curious. Yes it is possible, just a lot of pipe and lots of real estate.
Thanks for clarifying gabriel, i was going to but figured my comment was already really long :)
The only thing I'm curious of is the temps there... it looks like its in the mountains, but what geographical? If I tried this in Pennsylvania I'd be replacing the pipe annually (unless I winterized it pretty darn good)
-Very good point. and it is not easy to find that long of stream you can lay pipe without cows or game wardens messing you up.
Greetings from Brazil !!! Congratulations for the video. This is very well illustrated, very educational and very good !!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and may God bless you for it !!! //// Saudações brasileiras !!! Parabens pelo seu video. Isso é muito bem ilustrado, muito educacional e muitissimo bom!!! Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento e que Deus o abençoe por isso!!!
This stuff is awsum! A friend of mine did this using a 24 volt alternator gave it more field
and got 36 volts, ran that into 4 8 volt diesel locomotive batteries of high amps. He told me
this was better as 100 watts used at 12 volts would be a little over 8 amps, but 100 watts
at 36 volts would draw 2.7 amps. He did also have a made-up cast iron briggs stratton
engine with a hvy duty alternator to keep the batteries up if the creek ran dry.
Extra super blessed to have a 45 psi water source like that. I've heard that New Zealand is like heaven. Wish I could live there:( Great video!
And this could be done with 5 feet of head. It would just take a much larger wheel. Love the can do spirit here but the comments section is unfortunately par for the course.
+fla playa dude, you could live there! and once you do you'll see "heaven" is actually hell and wish you had never moved to a place you get "free" electricity and no job and no social life and no conveniences and where it rains all the time and everything sucks shit
David Beecroft Turn that frown upside down mate. Why is there no work there man? I live in the US and am trapped in the boondocks with no car, no life, no consistent job. I saw a docu several years ago that NZ's govt. was all about citizen happiness and it looked like there was a lot to do; Surfing, skiing, outdoor paradise. Does it suck there? Is difficult to make it?
+David Beecroft you talk Shit more like it
David Beecroft Your reply got muted as spam and am interested in your opinion. I think the link is toxic so tell me in your words what the problem is. Serious bro. Feel your strife.
Hi mate,that's brilliant.i too want to go off grid up in the far north island.i've looked at other alternatives but to costly to make a start.until now.i appreciate what you've shown in this clip...willing to help others,my hats off to you mate...Cheers bro.
+lani apiata Thanks man, appreciate it
This is really handy mate. I highly appreciate it. You are a blessing to humankind :-)
machinemanmclaren Thanks man, glad you found it interesting :)
I didn't really get it, but sat through the whole thing mesmerized. I wish I could meet a MacGyver like this! Need one in my life! LOL! AMAZING!! I LOVE guys who can do this stuff!! Rockstars!!
No WONDER this is Popular. WOW. Great Work Mr Ram.
I'm just confused about HOW you get the water from that little stream to the generator to create the 35 psi pressure
The water travels down through the pipe, building up pressure inside. The more the water drops from the mouth of the pipe, the higher the pressure at the bottom
1 psi per 2.31ft. 30 psi would be 70ft. Not very common.
He has a 150m long pipe that goes way higher up stream. Certainly not something youd find in every back yard, but pretty cool, that head of water can certainly give that pressure
I am thinking if you divided your flow equally among three smaller nozzles spaced equally along the circumference, the shaft load on the turbine would be better balanced and the bearing life would increase dramatically.
that seems like a great idea but I think you might need a lot more head pressure
valley rap addict why?
i think he was implying taking a 3cm outlet [for example] and making 3 @ 1cm outlets
St medisina naturales casera
maybe one of those adjustable garden hoses that makes it fan out could work to apply force all around.
Could you make a quick cradle up and have two end to end with the pelton spline fitting both shafts. So one wheel turns two generators?
To get twice the watts you need twice the height of water in the penstocks or twice the volume of water at the same pressure hitting the Pelton wheel.
The Pelton wheel needs to be large enough and strong enough to absorb and transmit this energy to both generators......
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq yep I gathered that, looking at the the head of water he has you could do it, but again it is any more then enough is a waste. V
I just LOVE the sound of the Pelton wheel spinning up.
I suggest finding some videos of these machines during the spin cycle, I also love the sound
Pelton wheel ASMR...
@@5226-p1e nope, BLDC motor ASMR
makes my peepee buck
Its amazing that little tiny stream is enough to power his entire setup
The size of the stream is only part of it, without elevation to produce an amount of pressure even a large river is useless for power generation. Pressure is what creates the force, volume (size) is what transfers it.
Congratulations Angry, contributions like yours increase the creativity of many, I`m one of them, I love attending this type of videos.
Felicitaciones Angry, aportes como el tuyo aumenta la capacidad creativa de muchos, yo soy uno de ellos, me encanta asistir este tipo de videos.
Carlos Alberto
+Carlos Alberto Tavara Lescano Thanks Carlos
Pure and respectful admiration. I am an electrical engineer. Kudos.
Can it be wired for 12-13 volt output and if so what would be a good guess on results
You could run a transformer off the inverter for 12VDC...
theoretically 850 watts continuous....
theoretically 40 amps worth but in reality probably less....
Might be good to do the AC to DC rectification near the inverter since you may need to run the AC voltage over long distances of wire and having the option to step it up with a transformer would be a good option.
Brilliant , this is exactly what I would do if I lived next to a reliable stream. It might be worth me trying it as a wind turbine.
Did you ever build that wind turbine?
@@BushidoBrownSama Not yet, but I haven't abandoned the idea, the problem is local UK regulations.
Vacuum syphon system
Wish I had a steam near by. Your video was very instructive and instructional. Please make more of such in the near future. Regards from Goa India
I have a few questions for Angry Ram/Mitch T. First of all, I live in the USA, so finding the type of washing machine that you have in New Zealand might be a little harder to find, if not impossible to find, and/or to buy, and/or sell, halfway around the world in the USA, where I live, so what kind of other washing machines would be a good substitute for people to use in my part of the world? Second, can you modify this system for places that run on a bit flatter land that still has water in a lot of areas and still have it work just as well? Third, can this system be modified for places that are plains, the savanna, the tundra/cold deserts, or hot deserts, yes or no? Fourth, have you considered making more maintenance checks for your power generation system? Fifth, have you considered making a better filtration system for your power generation system? I suggest that you have a system that is in place around your pipes that drags the debris and detritus off into an area like large scale power generation systems like yours do so that it takes away from doing as much maintenance around your pipes in that regard. Sixth, since New Zealand runs on around 230 volts to 240 volts in its electrical outlets, and the USA, Canada, Japan, Anguilla, and a few countries tend to run between 100 volts to 125 volts in their electrical outlets (though, weirdly enough, a few countries, like Belize, for example, can run on either system), how can you convert the system to run on lower voltage power systems so that the electronics, as well as electrical outlets that are in your home, do not get fried, as well as burn your house down, since your generator does not function on an electrical outlet any longer? Seventh, and lastly, have you ever considered making the water pipes run a bit more in line, that is, flush to, the rocks without making the rocks, debris, plants, and other detritus causing difficulty to having periodic maintenance checks being made on the system from time to time? Now, granted, I may not be an engineer by trade (I am actually disabled in real life), but I figured that I could ask these questions so that I could not only improve your own power generation system, but that I could also help out people that run on different voltage systems to have their own variants of such a system themselves. Thank you for the responding comments.
That is spectacular. Thanks for sharing. If I had a constant water flow in my property I would do that for sure! Have you thought about putting an electric solenoid valve on the water line so that it can stop the turbine when batteries are full?
really good! what a system...
THE BARREL HACK: Quite impressed with this mad max hack you've managed to have convinced myself to thinking you've managed to put together a system that's looking pretty darn feasible no doubt. Very impressive indeed.
Mr. Angry Ram I would like to make a suggestion dealing with the flow of water entering the system (ignore if you had mention this idea as I charged into the thick of the video.... Okay once the system as you'd mentioned has made its rounds by charging, heating... done all its possible needful tasks. And now is just washing of electrical generated potential power and that means the mechanicals of the system are continuously being 24/7 stressed by just the sheer movement causing wear and tear due to the nature of friction.
So to reduce the amount of usage the system sees how about connecting a 12v DC Auto Relay/ solenoid gate valve into the water line. Obviously set it so your system sparks alive when power is drawn and opposite when no significant power is being drawn.
Yes, I am not just another one of those folks who just talks because he thinks he knows something. No, that’s the furthest from the reality. Because in fact I have a bush camp with solar power with pretty serious 12volt power system that I utilize several water pumps in-line and bilge, timers float valves, check valves, etc.… (Incl. battery bank acting like kind of a big juicy capacitors… just like you’re doing)
Everything from thermal solar earth battery bank, to night lighting my power system is basically utilized to its max. But keeping in mind I do try to manage to put the least amount demand up-on the system whenever possible… example no need to circulate water from the thermal solar collectors to it earth battery until the sun is strong enough,. Thus a check valve is a smaller solar panel operating a relay.
Nevertheless i am impressed ... very cool
Reinholdt
Thank you so very much for this useful video. I was trying to explain this to a friend in a group I used to belong to.
yes - though i had to admit it - a Green MP candidate in Wales (useless - about as green as mould is rather than a bright shiny leaf:-) )
they're labour now - you will have to contact the red-tie tory office to get them
+Devin Ingram maybe just normal people that instead of buying a generator powered by water pressure, they wanna use the one they have in their old refrigirators... Are you the one that thinks using water pressure in rivers is a conspiracy theory? Are you the one that never heard of millions of water wheels around the world that create free electricity? OMG...
+Hilary Hilry
Sooo. I've been trying to follow your video and build one of these up here in the states. What are the chance you could build/wire they stator and motor and sell it up this way?
No time for that but there is a place selling them ready to go www.powerspout.com/
@@AngryRambro thank you very much
Thanks for watching? No No No...Thank YOU for making this info. available. This is wonderful and well done !
-Bob
This was a really good video. It's actually power generation that works. No phoo phoo magic or anything
So you can power a new washing machine with an old washing machine. Crazy shit!
Nope.
Yes. With proper energy storage and a good inverter.
Could this power a ceramic kiln?
Depends how many watts, this will make 1000w max constant output
Very good video. Samsung washing machines have the same motor, but in metal. Where is the 45psi water supply coming from? Upstream into a storage tank?
look up head pressure for Pleton wheels .The difference in height between the water source and the turbine location is the key to generating power. This height is known as head or more precisely static head. Head is expressed in feet just like height; the difference is when we use the term head, we are actually talking about energy per pound of liquid displaced. So head is just another term for energy, specifically energy per unit weight of liquid displaced. How is this possible? Energy, or useful work can be expressed as pound-feet or lbf-ft in the Imperial system. If I divide this term by lbf, I obtain lbf-ft/lbf or feet (ft) and this is what is known as head.
If I you know how many pounds of liquid are displaced per unit time (this is proportional to flow rate in gallons per minute for example) then you know how much power is required since by multiplying head in lbf-ft/lbf by lbf/min, I get a unit of power in lbf-ft/min or foot-pounds per minute.
Shades shady You need ~150 ft of vertical head to make that pressure.
Michael Schwab
or you can do alternative research and make a ram pump to do the work. Easily get 45 psi, easily pump hundreds of feet uphill. Oh, and it works off gravity, zero electricity. SO..... Make a ram pump. Power the Washing machine with that. Free power. Minus 40 bucks in material. Oh, And i am not pointing you out Michael. Just Hit reply to your post since you was last on the list. peAce
that little river has 0.050 psi, enough to power 40w laptop..
petnzme01 Yes
Glad to see someone get a use out of these because they were CRAP for washers (especially, the pumps). You can get the parts
BUT they're expensive and you'll be doing it alot.
Whirpool Cabrio and Maytag Bravos use the same type of stator motor, and they are much more common than the Fisher / Paykel washers.
Jeremy Hofecker Thanks for the info Jeremy
Jeremy Hofecker You are so right. I am told all the time "what a shame these washers aren't available here in the states" They are everywhere under various brands including F&P. Just visit any appliance reseller. Tell him you are looking for those funny looking permanent magnet washer motors. He probably has half a dozen that are not worth fixing as the computers go bad and cost more than what he can get for the washer used. (You don't need the computer) Here in NE TN they will let you have all the parts for about 20.00. Try and get one with good bearings so you don't have to replace them. Bring tools ;-)
Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome. Very well explained. I couldn't find this explanation--simply put anywhere else. Great teachers are hard to find. Grade: A++💥
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Marty's new series of 4 vids detailing a recent install for a mate's place of the hydro turbine....
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4 vids detailing a recent new installation...and the Pelton wheel came off ebay years back...
This is genius, did not know they had that setup in a washer with the coils and magnets
Only some washers.
Amazing. I actually have a F&P washer that has an electronic issue and won't complete a wash cycle (but the motor runs fine) and I was going to let the appliance place take it for recycling. Now you've given me a mission, thank you! We have an automatic hose reel that uses only the city water pressure to coil up the hose, and that got me thinking long ago how water pressure can produce the horsepower/torque to crank in a 100 foot hose across the lawn. Can't wait to rip apart my machine now. BTW has anyone tried hooking the raw 3 phase to a small 3P motor?
Brilliant film! Really informative and you have highlighted the major features of your design, which are obviously based on experience, to achieve a really efficient system. Thanks for posting and all the best, Andy
Thanks Andy
Wow, amazing... thanks for taking the time to record this and post it....
What's so special about this washing machine as I'm from the UK and that model won't be available here but I'd love to figure this out just for power while camping
It's a direct drive brushless motor. Any washer that uses one should work. There are quite a few out there these days. Fisher and Paykel was one of the first companies to use this type motor.
I come and watch this video like once every 6 months. its so beautiful...
this is unreal! so amazing. wish i had that water pressure, 900 watts could keep my off grid easy
I am putting 800 to 1,200 watts of solar on my camper but I am unsure on all the math when it comes to what is needed. You mentioned 900 will do you. I guess 900 is a good number if it can keep you off the grid. I just don't want alot of batteries. I have a live well for fishing that works on a panel and no battery so I am thinking 800 to 1200 in watts of solar and just 2 or 3 batteries to use at night. Do you think that is possible?
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 if you were to make sure you had at least 150-200Ah in your battery system you should do fine. But ask yourself what kind of things will you be using, does anything run 24/7? How much energy does it use.
@@HellFire178 ...... I just bought a 14 k btu portable Honeywell air conditioner for my camper. I am not sure how many solar panel in watts I would need to operate it strictly off solar but have the batteries operate it at night. I know there is math involved , do you know what I need to look at to determine the watts needed in the panels?
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 what is the BTU of the unit
What an excellent way of recycling an old piece of equipment! Unfortunately where I live there are very strict laws preventing any private use whatsoever of water streams, falls, etc. No form of collecting water is allowed, even if it were to be returned downstream after being used by the generator, even if it is in private property. A real pity.
you and others like you should challenge that law.it is wrong...especially if the stream runs thru your property ...
Debra Oakley Yep. It is extremely strict here. We cannot even build *anything* 50 ft from streams or rivers much less collect water even if they pass right through our property. No longer my case, I sold the property, but the rationale behind the law is that if everyone uses the water and returns its waste to the river, it will have less and less clear water and more pollutants downstream. So only the utilities companies are allowed to do anything river-related here.
+corisco tupi no one should put wastes in Sony creek stream or river...
ElDon Quijote87 Brazil. All rivers, streams, etc, have a "protected" area whose width varies with stream size (and also with specific city laws), in which *any* construction is prohibited, even inside private property. This is usually something in 10m - 30m range, both sides of the stream. So if it happens to pass in your back yard, you must just leave that area alone.
Why not use wind ? The basic electronics would be the same. You'd just need the bearing, gear box and a wind turbine. :)
How to live off the grid:
-Step1: get a river
You could use wind and solar as well. The energy is stored in the batteries so you can adapt your approach to whatever climate you're in. The only climate you probably can't do it in is a dry, windless and constantly cloudy place. Which doesn't exist. But water is ideal because it is more reliable. (Until you have a drought)
Lmao
..then wade through the beurocratic bullshit n red tape attached to river use.
@@marklewis4793 don't ask don't tell
@@marklewis4793
I think I will just avoid that methodology
how does this work is there magnets inside the plastic white thing that goes over the copper coils
Yes.
See Marty T YT channel which is Angry Rams other YT channel and shows a new installation and wiring of the stator.
You could use a small temperature sensor on the bearing and once it reaches a certain temp you know its time to change the bearings. You may be able to run it for more than 2 years and also you can test different types of bearings this way just for fun.
I’m still amazed that how this knowlage is free.
Hmmmm..... going to keep this in mind if I ever have to live off the grid.. sometimes I miss being on a farm.
It absolutely amazes me that people are this smart.