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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] water power was: oil-poor world
  • Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:52:41 EDT

In a message dated 6/2/2005 10:37:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
becida AT comcast.net writes:


> I was thinking about James's water power calculations and his comments on
> voltage drop and such.
> If you had the height to give the water enough head you could pipe it to
> where you needed the power. Open the valve and let the water go thru a
> convergent duct, the pressure could (I'm sure) be rigged to turn an
> automotive alternator. From there thru an inverter and you should have the
> power to run your planer. When you are done close the valve.

Alas, the workshop and house are 75 feet higher than the streams.

James




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