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This video was awesome, for a lot of reasons, and here's one: it highlights the value and importance of community, creating it, and maintaining it! I am a power plant operator, qualified on combined cycles, conventionals and the ones I was primarily assigned to, those were super-criticals....much larger units, obviously, but this one is awe inspiring, because it is homemade, and now, the outcome of the community there, homegrown, and close to the heart. Thank you for sharing! I loved it!

Fascinating! I wish I had a creek close enough that I could do this myself! One thing, and you might know already, but if you have a block of wood backing the steel when you drill it, you will have almost no burring

You guys are amazing and the way you are showing respect to Mr. Allen is something all the new Gen needs to learn from. It is very important to hang around good folks to help them and learn from them. God bless!!

That custom axle seal to keep water out of the spool was pure genius.

It it’s thrill to watch the two of you working together. The man Al is amazing how great he gets around and gets things done. I’m impressed of the lifestyle he has lived. I can only imagine his home was quite a show place back when it was build. The scenery from his living room is beautiful. Thank you for sharing the video it was a pleasure to watch. The whole place is beautiful.

Aloha from Hawai’i! Al’s memorial is awesome and your folks help is just so wonderful! That’s the Aloha we need to see more of around us, especially for our children to witness us as dads helping our kupuna, the elders before us, everyday. Right on guys! .

Great work guys! Thank you for letting us be a part of this amazing project, and thank you AL for sharing your wisdom and personal stories you do your family proud!

I have visited Ohio's Clifton Falls several times and there is an old mill (converted to a restaurant) that uses a similar type of wheel, but of course, it was used to grind grain instead of generate electricity. This was amazing to watch - no kit, no industrial style made item: just some guys replacing and remaking parts to create a water wheel that produces electricity. It's ingenuity at its best!

Never apologise for being old Al, were are unlucky enough to live out the ones we love, but your knowledge and insight are inspiration to the younger generations. And thank you for recording and helping Al. As a young lad, I loved listening to the stories of my grandparents generation. They had seen so much change, from going to horse and buggy to automobiles, flying, and going to space. Stuff thought of as science fiction. Historians will lie to you because history is written by the victors. People’s stories will give you true insight to the past. Be well Al, live strong, love deep, laugh much.

Wonderful . Congrats to all . I love seeing this kind of ingenuity and helpfulness . What an amazing place he has there.

what an amazing project to work on!!! great job!!! thank you for sharing this experience! it looks so beautiful there ❤️😊

That’s amazing! I love watching these off grid set ups. I aspire to create an off grid cabin one day. Thanks for the information and ideas!

Your land is gorgeous! I live in Alabama and we have lots of hills up north and the most beautiful beaches down South. I prefer the mountains and the solitude. You have a true paradise. I love it!

Love the old timer, with the natural hand tools, a man much like myself, old fashioned, traditional.

Beautiful community you guys have there. Good blessings for all of you.

Found this on YT shorts and just had to watch the full video. Great work and totally wholesome. I'd like to see more of Al's house. Looks really cool. Thanks for sharing. 👍👏💪

Very cool place. We enjoyed hanging out with Al yesterday and having margaritas on the porch

As soon as I saw the smaller wheel I knew complications would come up. You dealt with them just fine by extending the sluice. Great job and video I loved it.

The old man is very smart, thanks for sharing your experiences with the rest of us.

I just got to finish the episode. amazing. it brought me to tears. both in sympathy and joy. sympathy because it's never easy losing someone or going through hard times. and joy because you guys are right, we are all still here and the fact y'all had an amazing project come together in the end beautifully! that always fills me with joy to see that. thank you again for sharing, this was a beautiful video!!! all the best!!!

So this collaboration video has been our favorite video I think y’all have made ! Watching Agent strongman really show off his skills was cool and Al is super talented obviously i underestimated his knowledge and ingenuity !! The surprise visit from agent Tex and the crew was so nice to see , hope you guys are winding down some and getting back to a somewhat normal life ! We all need it and nobody faults you although we all miss you !!! Hang tough, God bless and never for get The Key !! LOVE !!

Wow, this Segway Portable PowerStation Cube Series sounds like an amazing device! With its massive capacity, fast recharging, and waterproof technology, it seems perfect for outdoor enthusiasts like us. Plus, the ability to stack additional batteries and the Smart APP control feature make it even more convenient. Great recommendation!

Nice project Worth waiting 👍 I'm kinda lowkey jealous of him to live in such a place!! And so sorry for ur loss and Hopefully Agent Tex keeps getting better always makes me worry hearing about ur struggling Agent Tex you are the MAN!!!

Wonderful use of old cable drums, impressive!!!

That's awesome, put a spring loaded idler gear on the chain ! Love this !

What a fantastic project. I envy you for having the location to create your own electricity 👍👍

I feel like I learned a lot, this man is chalk full of ingenious techniques, and mechanical know how. Very inspired to make my own.

Very well organized job, the voltage output is the right speed to maintain the system without unnecessary wear and tear, ,at my 71 years of age, would of been a great pleasure to be there with you guys, with my background and your permission I could of done some improvements to minimize the wear and maintenance, like a shroud on the chain to avoid water on it, congratulations to all of you guys, most kind of you for sharing it with us, blessings to you and your love ones, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.

So good to see everyone's smiling faces again ❤️

such an amazing content. watching it gives that good, positive energy. i'm sorry for your loss Al,,, i just hope your water wheel brings you good memories and happiness. you are so blessed to live in such beautiful place.

Very very inspiring, a fabulous way to repurpose items for an amazing use of nature, congrats on your successful homesteading ambitions 🤠🙏💖💖⭐⭐⭐

Fantastic bit of intuitive engineering. A lid on the sluice to 'jet' the water to where you want it might help keep things more controllable.

Love the reggae beat! :) so happy to be back and see u guys again! We took a really really long break from you tube . So we catching up on the stuff we missed. 💛💛💛

There is so much you can do if you put your mind to it. I'm planning on using hydro and solar for my off-grid home.

Good to watch, Thanks. See Kris Harbour in England, Marty T in New Zealand, doing this differently, and getting it working like You. 👍 .

Such a simple yet brilliant idea.

Like your new wheel. You can eliminate some friction by using Teflon where the chain is rubbing the wood. I had a car where a Teflon guide track was used for the timing chain. Love your setup !

Great job..... The peace in just living as we was meant to do.... Thank you for this video brothers

Thank you guys for this episode really been waiting far a while

Amazing and comprehensive. Thank you for sharing. Very grateful 🙏 for this video. God bless you all

Congrats Al, nice video.

Looks like a blessed place to live, hope to be in a place similar in the future.

great job on water wheel ,just toooo much bull of appreciation😉

I love y’all keep up the good work and be safe love y’all

simple yet very efficient! I want that kind of off grid power source, just living with nature.. wow

Hey thank you so much for all you do my wife and I struggle to find good quality principle oriented material that we can show to our two sons

I'd love to live there, and is love to me that old man in person, a massive thank you for shearing with us, your knowledge my man, so greatful to you!! ")

I really enjoy learning about hydroelectric power, wind power, or solar power generation.

I love the ingenuity that made this happen…

Good for you young man,,,,,people don’t understand that work can be fun

Thank you very much for making this video. I would love make a hydroelectric wheel like that someday 😊 this video is very educational.

Beautiful little slice of Paradise.

Love it, I would love to build that set up. Great guy. You could probanly get so much more power from that setup with only a few things. Probably all he needs though. All the best to you all. Your dam right, to be aware and grateful of life and health.....we all take it for granted and wollow in self pity as such. Pick yourself up, shake yourself off and do what your loved ones would want for you to do. It's hard but vastly rewarding in the long run.

The addition of side panels, to keep as much of the water in the paddle, would increase the efficiency.

Ive always wanted to make a water wheel! Awesome!

The wood tensioner is brilliant... 🥳🥳🥳

I knew from the beginning that I would like this video. And I did.

Real nice video. Good help and finally nice people. Thank you.

Really inspired and love this video and all of you,,,,, thanks for making this video,,,,,,, again thanks with ❤️ all of you,,,,,,,

Al is very handy... good job

Great work.

What a brilliant , honest and enjoyable video !

Really ingenious using old wire reals.. smart... love this idea.. should extend the water way a bit..i think its getting back pressure if it started to spin backward.. make it more efficient at least.

very cool and well done

Amazing video!!! Love you guys

I've had a Pelton wheel (900 watts, grid tied) in operation for the last 16 years, but lately have been planning to augment it with a water wheel, using the same stream. One advantage will be my power shack is only 50' from where the wheel would be. I have a crane, and 55' long 12" steel pipe that used to be my wind turbine tower, the plan is to set the crane up by a culvert that goes under my road (which conveniently channels all the creek water into a 30" dia. pipe), pick the supply pipe up and set one end about 2' from the where the culvert exits under the road. Then re-rig the down hill (I'm on a mountain side) end of the pipe, and slowly pick it up, while the uphill end (which will have a slotted gate to control the flow) rests in the creek bottom (all rocks) until water stops flowing out the end, then lower it again until I determine the mas flow versus the max height. Should be about 4 to 6 feet. If needed, I can extend the pipe to get more head, with the last bit being a flume to spread it out a bit. Then I'll measure the GPM, and using some old steel farm implement wheels I have in various diameters, cobble up a wheel. So, I'm scouring YT for wheel ideas! The same Outback VFXR battery based grid tied 3500 watt inverter I use on my 900 watt Pelton plus another 1000 watts of PV will be fed whatever I power I get, at 24 VDC, which the Outback instantly sends onto the grid. I will use a PM motor as a generator, and hope to keep the needed RPM's as low as possible, so less up gearing needed. Your setup could benefit from a chain tensioner, like bikes use, a spring auto keeps the correct tension with min drag and power loss. I never did see how many AMPS it's putting out?

A few idler sprockets or cheap replacement cam belt wheels would remove most of the stiction making startup difficult and reduce the friction at speed from becoming parasitic losses. The chain tension and tracking could require less hands on tweaks plus allow more of the energy to get to work turning the alternator although some of the volume may be lost while some noises may even be sacrificed.

Well done

Thank you so much for sharing your Chanel!

I really enjoyed this! what an inspiration. and the location, what a picture-perfect place! thanks!

este es el mejor tutorial que e visto me sirvió mucho muchas gracias por este maravilloso trabajo saludos desde Colombia

Good & very Informative about watermills

awesome work guys

Awesome place for vacation❤️

Love it, thanks for sharing

You guys did a great job! A lot can be improved though at a first glance with my trained eye…

I understand the purpose of free energy. But all I can think about is making it better lol. They have some awesome alternators that produce a lot more watts. I was surprised that the upgrades didn't produce more voltage. Overall great video. From start to finish 😀

good job guys

Best episode yet!

He lives in my idea of a paradise, especially if there is fish in that creek. Higgs to Al from 65 yo Wounded Dove Kelly in Hatchechubbee, Al.

I'll bet that you could run 2 or 3 alternators with a setup like this. But hey, if he doesn't need the extra then good for him! That's is a smallish battery bank. I love this whole setup! I would love tinkering and making it to make it more efficient!

So inspiring!

Great, great job!

I loved watching this now this young generation learned from the wise older generation with was awesome thanks for the video.

two days ago,i was about to write you and ask what happened to this project - seemed like forever waiting for the video ( as agent strongman promised before). worth the wait. excellent job, agents.

Great work men! R i p to Als nephew.

My best friend, Wonderful video dear. I enjoyed watching. Hope to see you soon...

This so cool I have to make one .❤

So cool!

You are living in paradise...❤ Love you all...❤

Kyllä oli mielenkiintoinen video. Kiitos, T: Oskari

Cool build! Car alternators have low efficiency - in internal combustion cars, they don't need to be really efficient because bulk of the energy goes to moving the vehicle, and only a tiny amout gets converted to electricity. It'll be more efficient to use a generator specialized for wind turbines. But a car alternator is powerful enough for powering a cabin, and if it's possible to get one from scrap, no worry ;)

This is AMAZING!

Good work excellent ,,,the brilliant you have is I admire just comparing to your age this is something I cannot believe you had done thumbs up

This was very inspiring for me. Thank you.

Great video. This won't rotten in 100 years.

Great great episode!

Nice project