I need caravan help! Electrical

[solarman216]

And this is my water wheel

[zippy656]

what yo uwant to run off the water wheel then rick

[solarman216]

It generates electricity when it rains, it is connected via the land rover box in the picture to a further system of belts and pully's to get the speed up and drives a permanent magnet alternator 24 v rectified to DC to charge an 880 ah battery bank.

[zippy656]

so what do you run off that then

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by solarman216

it generates electricity when it rains, it is connected via the land rover box in the picture to a further system of belts and pully's to get the speed up and drives a permanent magnet alternator 24 v rectified to dc to charge an 880 ah battery bank.

i want one!

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by clivvy

i want one!

Do you have a stream ?

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Do you have a stream ?

no....could make one!

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by clivvy

no....could make one!

How you gonna do that, I could do with enhancing mine.

[lacroupade]

You're not Fred Dibnah's long-lost son by any chance are you Rick??

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Do you have a stream ?

I've got a river (the Towy or Tywi as we say in sheep*****ing country), but because it drains a big valley system it rises and falls by 4-6 metres in heav rain so its impossible to do anything permanent, but I'd love to - I could power the whole house I reckon!!

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

You're not Fred Dibnah's long-lost son by any chance are you Rick??

i was just thinking that too..

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

I've got a river (the Towy or Tywi as we say in sheep*****ing country), but because it drains a big valley system it rises and falls by 4-6 metres in heav rain so its impossible to do anything permanent, but I'd love to - I could power the whole house I reckon!!

I would love that, yes I would be powering my house with that no question, as we stand now with no rain I get around 10,000 gallons a day from my little stream after half hour of rain 100.000 gallons plus, heavy rain and it rises 4 foot, lovely, have not harnessed the full potential yet, the gear box is not ideal etc.


Fred Dibnah now there was a guy.

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by solarman216

I would love that, yes I would be powering my house with that no question, as we stand now with no rain I get around 10,000 gallons a day from my little stream after half hour of rain 100.000 gallons plus, heavy rain and it rises 4 foot, lovely, have not harnessed the full potential yet, the gear box is not ideal etc.


Fred Dibnah now there was a guy.

My father in law is the dead spit of him.....worked 40 years as an electrical foreman in Vickers at Barrow and as left wing as its possible to get LOL, hates it when I rib him about his paid off house, company pension, new car every three years.........