** The generator is putting out about 475 watts continuous or about 10-11 kW per day. The whole system cost about $ 5000 for the construction. The position of hydropower is about 250 meters from the cabin. With solar panels, I get about 12.5 to 13 kW per day in summer.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback@SiskiyouForest ,thanks for the answer,So it runs 24/7,and heat up a watertank.
Good idee.(i thought stop the water with a elektric valve)
Greets lars
@zwabberdeflabber Hi Lars. When the batteries are full, all the incoming power is diverted to a 600 watt 12 volt heater element in a 10 gallon hot water tank. The hydro generator isn’t like solar panels where its possible to block the incoming electricity when the batteries get full, without damaging the panels. If you tried this with a hydro system, it would severely damage the generator and create a very dangerous situation as a charge would continue to build at the generator.
Very nice made,i,d like to have.
But we live too flat in Holland.
Where do you need the dumpload for?
Greetings Lars
@southerngardener79 Thanks southerngardener. The amount of power that can be generated is dependent of the volume of water available at the generator and the vertical distance between the intake and generator (aka head). My system can currently produce about 500 watts, 24 hrs/day, which is about 12kwh/day. If I used 3″ pipe instead of 2″ pipe, it would have produced about 900 watts or 22kwh/day. The generator can produce up to 1500 watts max, depending on site and system parameters.
This is a great design. Would this provide enough kwh to run my house? I average 15 kwh per day, with a peak of 20kwh on extreme days. I’m new to the off grid movement, and was wondering if this system would run my house?
Highly Appreciated. Very nice and good system. I wish i ll do the same.
very cool
@MrHydrohead Thanks MrHydrohead. The cost of the system was about $6,500 and it took about a week to get up and running. In the description i said it cost about $5,000 because i already owned the inverter and battery bank for my 480 watts of solar panels. I did all the work myself, so there wasn’t any labor costs. I tried to post the breakdown of cost by part, but the comment was too long. If you want more detailed info, just ask. Hope this helps
Nice system. I appreciate the overview of entire system. Good presentation. What was cost of system(strainer, valves,pipe, tanks, electrical components, batteries, all in) and how long did it take to put in?
Impressive job, Peter!
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