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Forum Index : Other Stuff : Hydrocat, anybody got specs?
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| greenlivin Newbie  Joined: 05/04/2012 Location: United StatesPosts: 12 |
I saw the hydrocat thing on Utube. Went to the site and couldn't find any info on it. Thinkin about making something like it as it could be the answer to a few problems I'm facing but I'm skeptical of it's generating potential. Not going through all that work to light one LED intermittently. Thanks. |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5118 |
I did a quick search on youtube. It looks like a floating undershot waterwheel. It would work, but dont expect much power. The one I saw looked like it had a water intake about 1 meter wide. Without doing the maths, I would expect no more than 10 to 20 watts max. At the end of the video they said they had models ranging from 1kw to 300kw, so I can only assume the one shown in the video is a small scalled down model. Wikipedia have a good page on waterwheels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterwheel Also, google for "Water wheel calculations". Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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Greenbelt Guru  Joined: 11/01/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 566 |
greenlivin Barrel Needs deeper tread to give high torque -----------------Cheers Roe Time has proven that I am blind to the Obvious, some of the above may be True? |
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