A home's garden hose can provide electricity

[keihatsu]

Ah......


This is a forum than Nixes free energy ideas.

I see.

[Rapadura]

You will need water constantly falling, to have your generator constantly running. Your water bill will be enormous.

[Paul-R]

Ah......


This is a forum than Nixes free energy ideas.

I see.

No, it doesn't. It sheds light to stop people wasting money on
hose pipes if they will get you nowhere.

The answer lies in your trying it out. A local school might have
a Physics teacher who would love to turn this into a project
for his pupils.

[keihatsu]

[A author=Paul-R link=topic=9107.msg239248#msg239248 date=1272367185]
The answer lies in your trying it out. A local school might have
a Physics teacher who would love to turn this into a project
for his pupils.
[/quote]

That's not a bad idea.

A home needs ~45,000 watts/day.
If my math is correct, that wattage is achievable at a flow rate of ~.04 pint/second.
Using fairly expensive water rates, that's <$100/month.
So if your electric bill is more than that, this seems cost effective.

[mscoffman]

[A author=Paul-R link=topic=9107.msg239248#msg239248 date=1272367185]

A home needs ~45,000 watts/day.
If my math is correct, that wattage is achievable at a flow rate of ~.04 pint/second.
Using fairly expensive water rates, that's <$100/month.
So if your electric bill is more than that, this seems cost effective.

=>A home needs 45,000watt hours per day. I calculate 36KWatthours at my
stated 1500Watts continuous. So you are close on that *if* your units were right.

At that rate 1500Watt seconds per second .04 pints per second sounds low.
this is about at 760watts= 1HP about or about 2HP horsepower. A horsepower
is 550foot pounds per second or 1100foot pounds per second. If the house is
10 ft high 110 pounds per second water weights 8.35lbs gallon = 13.2 gallons
per second. Slightly more than claimed at turbine efficiency of 100%.
Excluding any overunity of course. At 792 GPM =~ 2 Cubic feet per second.
13.2gallons per second * 3600 *24 over 1.1Million gallons per day!
That sounds expensive...Billmehess's water battery is a better deal.