Waterwheel power

Mrbinks808

Just a thought. Does anyone think it would be possible to engineer some sort of waterwheel on a flood and drain system on the return to FT side of the plumbing to make and store power to run the system?

helomech

There is no free power. You can't produce more power than you use.

bcotton

Helomech means that there's no such thing as perpetual motion, there's always energy loss. Could you recoup some of your energy through falling water? sure.. the people who have tried and reported back report that its not significant enough to be worth the effort.

I like this 2 minute youtube video.. it's not mine

Mrbinks808

What about a nice looking way to put air into the water?

bcotton

if you want to avoid a air pump you can look into venturi effect on your water pump.

brian

Snags

Mrbinks808 wrote:

What about a nice looking way to put air into the water?

google flow forms

Mrbinks808

That's pretty cool kinda elaborate

Snags

You can make them by pressing your butt cheeks in to a container of wet cement

HairyCamel

Snags wrote:

You can make them by pressing your butt cheeks in to a container of wet cement

The bigger the Butt, the better...

Stuart Chignell

Bummer that rules me out.

jayendra

I just posted about this in the electrical sub-forum - anyone else have any ideas on dynamo?

Know expert

Snags wrote:

You can make them by pressing your butt cheeks in to a container of wet cement

Damn, I've just been throwing them away after the fun stops!

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