Hydroelectric Power From Gutters

Jack rabbit turbine a drop in the creek turbine that can generate power from a stream with as little as 13 inches of water and no head.

Hydroelectric power from gutters. Quint builds 2 502 879 views. We have been inspired to create a device that will create electricity cleanly and support areas in which other alternative sources may not be as applicable. Rain gutter power 1 how to harvest free energy from your roof with a hydro electric generator. This is running my lights usb outlets fan radio bug zapper in car dvd player.

To generate enough hydropower to charge anything you d need a lot of downward pressure says bob bass a power engineer at portland state university. Our hydroelectric power duration. Sometimes referred to as the aquair uw submersible hydro generator. This video series starts with the theory of how much power is available then at.

See more ideas about hydro electric alternative energy water turbine. I have 10 micro hydro turbines stacked 14ea from aliexpress. Quint builds 1 487 152 views. Output from the jack rabbit is a maximum of 100 watts so daily output averages 1 5 2 4 kilowatt hours depending on your site.

Apr 10 2019 explore ewan mcintyre s board hydro electric gutter downpipe generator on pinterest. A vertical drop of less than 2 feet 0 6 meters will probably make a small scale hydroelectric system unfeasible. In a rain gutter you don t have that push. However for extremely small power generation amounts a flowing stream with as little as 13 inches of water can support a submersible turbine.

A lot of people wonder if there s any power in the rain falling on our roofs. We also looked at past instances when others had similar ideas generating power from rainwater and tried to learn from their mistakes. Low head refers to a change in elevation of less than 10 feet 3 meters. Rain gutter power 1 how to harvest free energy from your roof with a hydro electric generator.