My goal is to buy some woodland in wales in the UK and build a house with natural and re-cycled materials.
I spend most of my time at the moment making things that will be beneficial for the future projects such and a water wheel/turbine a wind turbine, woodworking benches and holding tools.
i would rather make something with my hands than to buy it. there is nothing more rewarding to me than to make something and see it working. its a real privilege that i can spend my time doing what i enjoy.
a) lime putty + ashes + olive oil = soap. try it. b) most limestone is actually dolomite. the longer limestone has to age, the higher likelyhood that it has become dolomite. the temps required to thoroughly calcify dolomite are much higher than limestone because of the suspended iron and magnesium in the matrix. if you have access to HCl acid, put a small drip on the stone. if it reacts violently, you have limestone. if nothing happens, you have dolomite. if you can get your kiln to an even 900C, you should be good to go. If you get higher than 1300C, it will ruin the stone and the lime won't react with water as well. 900C is the sweet spot. id second someone elses recommendation that you should get a bellows on there and burn the stone for longer. since you have unlimited free energy on your homestead, there's no reason you couldnt build a machine to automate the bellows for you. c) id say give this project another go
Kris, how would it go if you had slightly higher sides on the wheel so the buckets were lower than the sides, eliminating the water splashing over the sides, reducing the water striking the gearbox/generator cover and the shaft/plummer block bearing on the non drive side..
That winding you showed of the 3 phase alternator with the endshield removed, no phase insulation between phases and sustandard varnish on the winding which is suppised to hold the winding together/firm so the individual wires cannot rub,vibrate against each other. Also have a look at the winding connection to the output leads to see if there is any parallel connection of the individual winding wires...Keep up the great work, so so interesting.
the big problem with a lot of companies and their products ratings is that they use "peak" ratings which is more often than not what they can handle for a couple of mins or so before going bang. they do this specifically to make their products look better or more powerful than competitors. i have seen in recent years especially with things like generators here in australia that companies are listing a running/continuous rating and a peak or surge rating where less scrupulous companies are only listing the peak rating. personally if i see something thats only listing a peak or max rating then i take a quarter off that as a safety buffer which hopefully prolongs the lifetime a bit. you can get some good stuff produced in china but ive found more often than not that if its a chinese company and not a name brand thats just made in china then it will be a cheap and inferior version and ratings arent to be trusted at all. even the chinese themselves know this and avoid a lot of their own products and instead go for western branded stuff
watched this when it came out, popped up on my feed again today and was worth a second watch. Thanks Kris, you've inspired another off grid guy in Australia to build their own wind turbine. Cheers
"Has anyone ever told you that you look like Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter? Wouldn't it be more efficient if you turned the wheel 180 degrees and moved it a little bit further than it is now, allowing the water to hit the wheel at the height of the wheel axle? This way, the water will build up more momentum."
Ive been planning my future dream home in a journal at the moment and was looking for a bunch of different ways to sustaibably power my home so I can live off the land, and this little series is PERFECT! it's inspiring and given me the desire for hydroponics on my property❤️❤️
Hi Kris great work, as an electrician I was mostly interested in the 3 phase induction motor. Would you be releasing the wire diagram for your set up I’m willing to pay. Mostly interested in how you excited the motor to output power thank you
Hello my friend, I have some modifications to your work 1 Tightly tighten the noose on the source of the water flow and prevent it from leaking, whether from the source or from the wooden corner 2 Reducing the angle of the wood that connects to the water and making a slight slope at its end towards the generator. This will help increase the force of the water rushing towards the generator, which will lead to an increase in the number of turns of the rotor disk and thus increase the voltage and watts. 3. Cut the wooden connector slightly at its end at the generator so that water falls on the generator from the end of the rotating disc 4 Change the direction of the water carrier on the turntable With this application, I guarantee you an increase in voltage and watts. Thank you
I am sorry that you have somebody ill, who you care about. This sort of thing creep up on us, just when we are getting used to being an adult. I send Dot, you, and your family my best wishes.
small-holding is as in a strong-hold aka home-stead in escape of the brutal colonies. well done man... money is not much of anything but called "being rich" which is not a thing or anything at all, just the mans' trip ...brilliant work there &cheers from another colony completely, all be it samezies nonetheless
Saludos cordiales desde Venezuela Edo TÁCHIRA esa pelton. Puede mover un generador Stanford electrógeno de 1800 RPM y de 30 KVA trifásico de 220 voltaje con un buen caudal de agua 😊
