[Part 5 of 10] Waterwheel Microhydro, Waterwheel Installation 

5:30 "Focus you fack" AvE would be proud

“Steel toed flip flops” sounds like a heavy metal band

i might be wrong but i think that wheel is too far forward. pulling it back a bit and finding the optimal flow would have helped and possibly increased the rotation, nice video though

25:20 I wouldn't worry about rust, the plywood is going to disintegrate long before the rust becomes an issue :) great job btw :) i wish i had a land with a stream running through it so i could do this myself.

All the cries of the lost children haunting your lands that can be heard in the time lapses are unsettling yes this is a joke but seriously, when he's doing that digging time-lapse just listen

Maybe bring you slough out little further to have the water fall farther out on the paddles would help on loss of water and speed. Also try a different size gear on the paddle wheel, think about it like a ten speed bike. Look at the back sprocket different size gives your speed difference so that maybe you can speed it up so to gain 12 volts. Just suggestions.

As an engineer I was always told to grease my shaft before putting it in a hole! Good advice for all things in life LOL

Not sure I would have chose plywood for a building material, in my experience it doesn't respond well to continuous moisture.

Joe, You get AC out of the generation process. It takes a commutator or rectifier to get DC. A step up transformer with a ratio of 1:2.2 would have gotten you the necessary volts. TANSTAAFL applies and raising the voltage lowers the amperage. Eli D.

could use a 50:1 gear box so 1 turn on the water wheel equals 50 at the generator. Or higher if you needed.

Joe Malovich what about doing a gear "reduction"/step-up? If i am thinking correct you could use a smaller sprocket to get a higher rpm.

Man that's a big ol crawdad for a back yard stream!

Great, Il have small River just down m'y new Land.... Congratulations.

I see you're a fan of AvE "FOCUS YOU FACK!"

I'm not an engineer so I'm just wondering; would it work a little better if the water was moved forward a little bit? Like, somewhat forward of the axle?

@2:10 Except for some of the stuff that happened in the basement: "It puts the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again."

Did I catch an AvE reference?

The wheel will move faster if you move the bearings away from the water 2 to 3 inches. More so because once you attach the generator to the paddle wheel it will require more water force to rotate the whole unit.

I just watched the other episodes for the first time today like 2 hours ago and then this is put up lol

You got me looking 4 a house where i can do this on a larger scale xD

This video seems quite a bit quieter than previous ones, I have all the volumes before my actual speakers maxed out and it's still quiet. The DSLR seems to have fine video, a bit less vibrant compared to the phone; but you might want to look into an external mic for it, just something that mounts on the hot shoe should be fine.

A Automotive alternator can produce 14 volts at 6 or 700 Rpms Do not know if that would help you or not Just a Thought and Keep trying and I am shur you can make it productive at least as a source of led outdoor lighting

the splashing happens because of the paddles are too close to each other and are positioned at a right angle to the flow. While the wheel spins the time a single paddle gets exposed to the flow(gets filled with water) gets shorter as potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy and the next paddle comes upwards and splashes breaking the flow , before it begins filling. This means that for each paddle you basically loose part of the energy of the flowing water- you can see how much when you rotate the wheel backwards and the water flow keeps it spinning.

When that bug came I thought it's was on my side 😂😂

Sounds like there's a formula 1 race track near by @4:00 xD

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Congrats on 1 mil views bro 🤗 and the wheel looks cool.

real men never wear thong slippers lol other than that your project is all good

25:25 i just watched a man grease his shaft on youtube...

with a bycicle transmission could solve the RPM issue

Sounds like somebody watches AvE. "Focus you Fack"

the T2i is 1000 times better, never go back.

the guy with flip flops says.... "screw it, i'm getting the ax" lol!

I just realized that when you are yelling "FOCUS", that you are talking to the camera not telling yourself to stay on topic. :)

i like the craftsmanship of the poject, maybe not the highest quality safty gear but hey if you got respect for the tools you are useing and know how to use them then it should be fine. i never knew you cud use a handheld circular saw as a planer. bit nice work i like it

you shall also follow the ark of the water to generate the most electricity good sir

i would suggest that you put some 2 x 6 pieces flat under the main support beams so that they are against the dirt and not the main beams...so the main beams dont rot and you have to redo the whole thing...or at least a shovel or 2 of gravel under them .. also could you hang a strip of leather/vinyl off the end of the plume over the wheel so it helps force all water to go/stay inside the wheel and get full use of the water...and maybe drop the last section of the plume down almost an inch to help with head pressure.

Actually You should run the wheel in the opposite direction so the bottom of the wheel is turning in the same direction as the flow of the stream. This allows water to push on the veins much longer and prevents the wheel from being stopped if the water in the steam gets higher than the bottom of the wheel. Close the end of the trough and make a slot so the water drops straight down into the cup of the vein.

That's a beautiful project, but in my experience, the whole thing will be rotted to junk in less than 18 months. Even if you use marine grade lumber it will not endure.

Years late to ask this question but wouldn't it have be better to install the wheel where you wanted it to be and then build the flume? Easier to adjust the length of the flume than adjust the wheel right?

yesss dude, beautifully done. the water splashing back only leads me to think that theres too much water for the size of the wheel. make a bigger one :D :D more torque for your generator, you can run a gearing system off of the wheel too depending on the size of the motor and the rpm which you want the motor to spin (average).

Use a much larger wheel sprocket to generate more RPM's ??????????????

Really cool bro 😁

*intensely lubes shaft* now let's stick it in

I cringed every time I watched you swing that axe.

8:55 "before anybody asks, yes, I do do have my steel-toed flip flops on"

What about using a car alternator? Intended for ~14volts and usually about 80amps

Use a bigger sprocket on the wheel. you'll get more rpm's for the motor.

Noooo!... A shovel and an axe for groundwork maybe, but not in open toed flip flops!

DOUBLE UR POWER BY LOWERING WHEEL OR RAISING CHUTE. THE MORE U ALLOW THE WATER TO FALL OTW DOWN. THE MORE FORCE IT HITS THE WHEEL WITH. UR LOSING 70PERCENT O UR POWER POTENTIAL. IM BROKE SEND ME A CHEK IF U WANT. LOL

I like how when sped up you hear the screams of the dying unborn arthropods

My grandfather and I put a very large water wheel ( 12 feet in diameter) in the river by his house. Then we added a drive gear chain and gen. at first try we got 60 plus volts A C. My grandfather said that was too hot and reduced the drive gear until we were at about 18 volts. Then he used it for low voltage lighting outside That was in 1972, the water wheel lasted almost 30 years. We dismantled the water wheel in 1998. It had deteriated to the point where it was falling apart.

haha...AvE shoutout there...hehe

Hey Joe fantastic project, looks great!!! Well done. Could you reduce the amount of 'buckets' in the water wheel by 50-75% giving more water force to each individual bucket? It should slow it down and give more torque that way, at the moment it looks like its spinning too fast and not enough water is pushing on each individual bucket. A lot of the ones I've seen have a lot fewer buckets.

This was educational, as much for the power fail as for the various problem solving segments. And it gave me some ideas on what to do differently on the place I'm looking at.

@Joe Malovich I found that if you take a bicycle hub generator, you get a fair amount of voltage with low rpm, from it's 30 - 35 pole one phase permanent magnet generator.

3D print reduction gears to spin higher RPM using that 'resistance.'

what happens in the basement - stays in the basement... I am concerned about the plywood sides.

what the hell is a crustacean doing in Northern Pennsylvania?!

cant you use gears to increase the RPM? if you have the torque it should be fine.

needs to be back about 2 to 3 more inches

Interesting. If you use a transformer couldn't you move it up to 12V and then charge a battery bank perhaps. I'd build a little shed there and have battery bank and have power for the cabin. Just a thought. I built a cabin in Alaska and had wind and solar panels charging the house. Fun stuff.

you should make it belt drive then you can make a pulley however big you want

Close the baring oil injection caps for gods sake, it's driving me nuts! 😂

Congratulations! what a feeling of accomplishment you must have had when that wheel started turning! from here, you will get all this going, i'm sure. well done!!! Russ from Coral Springs, Florida, USA

Using an axe against the ground while wearing flip-flops... get some real boots, broh!

If you had a parabolic shaped rill you could get a faster flow even when the head water was low, you are losing a lot of flow due to friction. The same idea is used in some guttering systems to avoid sludge build up

hey Joe try a wind generator.......

Very informative and well put together. Subscribed. Only thing I'd change is (and this applies to every maker on RU-vid) try to normalize the volume every time you're using power tools. You do a good job at it, but you do miss a few spots here and there and I hate fumbling with the volume. Only a very small handful of RU-vidrs actually take great care in making sure the volume is normalized across the entire video. Other than that one little thing...... Awesome videos!! Keep em coming!

Did anyone notice the black blurs that flew across the screen???!!!

wear proper safety equipment he says. As he later does yard work while swinging an axe into the ground

@2:30 BTW I thought you were great in Vikings. keep it real Bjorn!

How about a larger sprocket on the main shaft

Love your safety sandals..

Great job but why slow the wheel down you're defeating the purpose of Max RPM so what if it's not capturing all of it if you slow it down to capture it your decreasing your output

When i watched this the ad that it showed was Puppy-Monkey-Baby lol 😂 it is Aug 2017

Just found your channel Joe and watched all of this series and loved it, I really hope you continue it on your new property and look forward to seeing more videos from you, great work. :D

You should take a boost converter to boost up the voltage

You can use bicycle gear to run your project like Evolution of primitive technology in you tube

This is what makes America great! No matter how you proceed about your success or failures on this project, you have learned a lot. And, that is a very important thing to consider. Experience relays on it. Thanks for the video. I watched it with interest.

"FOCUS YOU FAAACK" Uncle Bumblefuck would've approved of that 🤣

Su kanalını 30cm daha uzatırsa dönen çark daha hızlı döner tek yönde neden derseniz pilastik kovalar su ile fazla dolar dönüş çok hızlı olur.

Dang Joe! Ya took 48 minutes to show us something that DOESN'T work? You were downright ramblin at the end. If you want more of those RU-vid revenues you're going to have to respect our time a whole lot better than that. Your video could have been two minutes. That's not exaggerating.

Resistance is relative.. always resist your relatives.. Great loooooong video..👍

Actually very interesting! But since you’re aiming at the ‘x’ and millennial gens you might consider splitting it up into 4-5 videos each one telling about a specific phase or ‘story’. Good luck, thanks for sharing.

Crayfish, or "Kräfta" in Swedish, is good. Just cook with some herbs and salt and then eat. Swedish traditional dish. We have them at autumn.

Stop worrying about the volts, just add a dc to dc buck converter to increase voltage, they are cheap, and they are great for providing a constant voltage for varying water current flows. Please research them, they will help you in all your projects. A cheap 6 volt generator can produce 80 volts dc with a cheap buck converter. Don't add gears, they just take away power! Just add a dc to dc buck converter!

You spent a lot of time on this project and it looks great !! However you should have soaked all your wood in shellac before hand because that untreated wood wont last too long... Great design Thx

Hey Joe, you can use electronics to boost the voltage up to charge your batteries. Great job!

nice rig, when you need to waterproof any wood piece, try and warm them by a heat source, a grill, firepit, etc, so when you pour resin or any barrier, the wood is dry and drawing fluids in, rather than being humid and saturated .

Pepsi? Unsubbed. Jk but seriously you poor man torturing yourself with pepsi.

All that unprotected wood , I think this project will rot away before it is finished

Funny...I have close to the same gear. I have the one plus2 phone and video is garbage on that as well. And I have the T3i. Not bad with my good 50mm lense. Enjoyed your video.

How much head do you have? Measure from the high water level at the pond to the point on the wheel where it empties. I have a 6" and a 12" Kaplan wheels that I made.. These are variable pitch and the blade angles can be varied while generating if your flow varies. Those types of wheels could have been up at your dam. And they could be operated on a siphon principle. Belt that to a generator and you can get power for your house. I just don't know the cfm of water available to you.

You should use a E-Bike Hub-Motor/Generator. They produce power on a very low RPM so you don't need chain and sprocket sets.

Steel rod, plywood, untreated lumber? Does it last 3 months?

I would have jus used stakes to secure and level it...good idea tho 👍🏽hahaha when he was done pre drilling i blew on the screen 😂😂

Howdy. I like Your Persistence of Vision. You might consider using a DC to DC booster converter. For examle DD LTC3780 CCV . Regards.

The voltage isn't high enough? Just put a step-up converter on the output. Make whatever voltage you want.

Hey J how you going ? Oh you make a mistake. Dont worry you are going to Concrete the footing eventually corse soft ground sink over tine vibration weight of the water ect . I'm doing storage shed on top of sea container catwalks ect andcim building this thing two half first half will have a door front and back when finished there be two full doors at the front that open outwards same as bottom door on the side door at rear cat walk will go around the back go across to contaier otherside catwalks joint the two . My mistake door too long 25 mm 😮😂😅😅😅❤the fact right cut that here here and reweld what mistake ? whistle mmmm boom boom ❤ youveater wheel . Cool bro I've spoken before with you guys . Love water qheels power genoration ideas that souround off grid .