Can a Waterwheel Generate Electricity?

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@bradenharris2214
@bradenharris2214 Жыл бұрын
Yes. The answer is yes.
@majkdave
@majkdave Жыл бұрын
No. The answer is sometimes, like, "is the current fast and strong enough.".?
@bradenharris2214
@bradenharris2214 Жыл бұрын
@@majkdave No, the answer is yes. To the question "can a waterwheel generate electricity?", the answer is yes. The question was not "under what conditions can a waterwheel generate electricity?".
@ajmerthethy6724
@ajmerthethy6724 Жыл бұрын
@@majkdavegear reduction
@qentin731
@qentin731 Жыл бұрын
Stupid ass question, obviously it can
@eg8568
@eg8568 Жыл бұрын
Such innovation...
@user-ey1km7fm5h
@user-ey1km7fm5h 10 ай бұрын
For the production of electricity of higher voltage, a generator should have: 1. Stronger magnets 2. More turns in its coil 3. Quick relative motion between the magnet and coil Lekin iss main kuch aisa nahi lag raha
@kaushalkaushal1450
@kaushalkaushal1450 9 ай бұрын
can you help me out tonight
@aminocity
@aminocity 7 ай бұрын
​@@kaushalkaushal1450tf
@markerbull
@markerbull 8 күн бұрын
I believe this is done at the box where it has a gear ratio change. The wheel is turning slow with a lot of torque and that can mean a smaller gear turning faster with less torque.
@baldric44
@baldric44 Жыл бұрын
depending on the load requirement the gear ratio would need adjustment
@gjohns316
@gjohns316 Жыл бұрын
I agree 100%, running way too slow unless it’s under 100% load
@michaelf.2449
@michaelf.2449 Жыл бұрын
@@gjohns316 probably charging so seems like it's loaded down
@dustinbailey9644
@dustinbailey9644 8 ай бұрын
It’s charging batteries it’s not direct flow
@kelvinkhoo6061
@kelvinkhoo6061 Жыл бұрын
It is a good idea but it can produce more electricity if the vans of the waterwheel faces the follow of the riverflow rather than the vans against the follow of the water.
@kingadams8411
@kingadams8411 Жыл бұрын
Good point
@jarrensmith1060
@jarrensmith1060 11 ай бұрын
It's kinda counter intuitive but most are this way, so I'm pretty sure it's more efficient. I think they're at an angle with a hole drilled in the corner so the water can be drained out as it's entering on the other side.. I've actually researched this a lot, I'm going to buy a couple wind turbines melt small plastic cups that can catch water at the tips.That way ya can use it the rain snow or shine as long as you can access a creek..
@tjstudionyc
@tjstudionyc 7 ай бұрын
That’s what creates the force for it to spin, it would be cool to engineer a water wheel you can manually adjust all vans at the same time in the same angles.
@gravelydon7072
@gravelydon7072 25 күн бұрын
You want the vanes to be in the direction they are in to catch the water. You do want the inside diameter to be at the same level as the water though for the best efficiency.
@clioflano421
@clioflano421 Жыл бұрын
What would you want electricity for when you can listen to that banjo drive you around the bend...😅😅
@patrickv.8492
@patrickv.8492 4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@patrickv.8492
@patrickv.8492 4 ай бұрын
Haven’t laughed so hard in ages. #banjo sound .😂😂😂😂
@p-acormier5215
@p-acormier5215 Жыл бұрын
how much power does it make though, and does it even work in the winter
@kaitobmw5561
@kaitobmw5561 Жыл бұрын
It the same as dam Electric But dam They fill up before they release So I expect around 150w Or 100w or even more
@Grizzly__13
@Grizzly__13 7 ай бұрын
Moving water doesn't freeze easily. That's why you are supposed to leave your faucet dripping when it's really cold out
@reznap0002
@reznap0002 2 ай бұрын
The waterwheel isn’t placed in the right direction. The “shovels” should get the water inside, and not from the outside. Dont know if you understand me, but it’s like taking the soup with a spoon that is upside down.
@gravelydon7072
@gravelydon7072 25 күн бұрын
They are turned the right way. Problem is they are too deep in the water. And that causes extra drag.
@JB-bc9nm
@JB-bc9nm 15 күн бұрын
I agree with @reznap0002
@SarahEve97
@SarahEve97 Жыл бұрын
Most of countries use flowing watsr to generate electricity and supply to all of houses and residents
@user-ot5bx3zv5v
@user-ot5bx3zv5v 7 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for rockstar to add this feature in rdr3
@MrNarak
@MrNarak Жыл бұрын
So relaxing .
@ChristeEleison7
@ChristeEleison7 Ай бұрын
Preppers should get water wheels for electricity generation in addition to wind turbines and solar panels.
@milokiss8276
@milokiss8276 5 ай бұрын
“Can a waterwheel produce electricity?” . . . Have you heard of a Dam?
@bidav2114
@bidav2114 22 күн бұрын
That wheel moves slow which means you'll need a gear between it and the generator. You could reshape the wheel so it spin faster but you'll still need a gearbox unless you water to dam the river/stream
@yaxo11
@yaxo11 9 ай бұрын
Just use car alternator, 150A @ 14v
@jacuzzibusguy
@jacuzzibusguy 7 ай бұрын
Car alternator requires much higher speed but also wastes about 50% of the energy as heat.
@ebkdruzi4796
@ebkdruzi4796 6 ай бұрын
the turbine can be lowered for a little more power, more powerful magnets to pull, after those combinations has been tweaked to it's best potential you'll have power for days.
@gravelydon7072
@gravelydon7072 25 күн бұрын
Actually you would want to raise it. Inside of the vane circle should be no deeper in the water than the surface of it.
@JESUSISLORD.........
@JESUSISLORD......... 10 ай бұрын
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:19‭-‬21 Jesus saves!
@danholley4733
@danholley4733 9 ай бұрын
❤️✝️
@OFFGRID_Trucker
@OFFGRID_Trucker 5 ай бұрын
Not the right place to put this. I'm a believer in Christ, but this does NOT belong here.
@barrycharlesbrebner
@barrycharlesbrebner 2 ай бұрын
​@@OFFGRID_Trucker the devil wants people to believe it is never the right place, never the right time, and never the right way. ❤️ Why do you think this is not the right place? Where is the right place, if this is not? Any place, any time, to everyone as God directs, and enables walking according to the Spirit of God.
@jimhenry6844
@jimhenry6844 Жыл бұрын
Are u people engineers? You have the bloody vanes on the water wheel backwards!
@loveformoney1402
@loveformoney1402 8 ай бұрын
Tide goes in and out smart guy 😂😂 so the water comes both ways
@pieterbezuidenhout2741
@pieterbezuidenhout2741 2 ай бұрын
Great idea BUT . . . This 'Inventor' should just have BROADENED THE BLADES running in the water to have DOUBLE or TRIPLE the GENERATING CAPACITY as this Stream of water totally allows for that to be done ! TORQUE on driving Shaft would immediately multiplied and thus the GAIN of electricity also increased at MINIMAL COST INCREASE. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@shanelipe2552
@shanelipe2552 2 ай бұрын
It’s adorable.
@tierrasworld
@tierrasworld 7 ай бұрын
At this point I think it is going the wrong way if it's trying to catch, store and use energy 😊
@OFFGRID_Trucker
@OFFGRID_Trucker 5 ай бұрын
Yep.. which s why it's going so slow. Makes me wonder how much resistance it's turning.. VS how much power it's making.
@skitz2494
@skitz2494 Жыл бұрын
Sooo it does work??
@jordonmartin8034
@jordonmartin8034 Жыл бұрын
My same question
@roachdoggjr1940
@roachdoggjr1940 10 ай бұрын
Of course, it works.
@ojpimpson3343
@ojpimpson3343 8 ай бұрын
​@roachdoggjr1940 but HOW? How does the wheel transfer the electricity, what do you need to forge to make spark?
@roachdoggjr1940
@roachdoggjr1940 8 ай бұрын
@ojpimpson3343 oh. You think electricity is magic. You must cast magic missile on the mind stone.
@ojpimpson3343
@ojpimpson3343 8 ай бұрын
@@roachdoggjr1940 No, if the power went out, I realized that I don't know how to generate electricity or make a battery to run anything.
@allthingsgilmour
@allthingsgilmour Жыл бұрын
So can this be adjusted for different heights of the river flow? There are constant ebbs and flows that change the height of rivers constantly. I see this mechanism being extremely damaged when a river swells and a fallen tree smashes into it....
@wilfdarr
@wilfdarr Жыл бұрын
That whole steel beam rotates allowing the wheel to rise with the river and roll over any debris.
@NC_SUGAR
@NC_SUGAR Жыл бұрын
My power company has the same issues. A tree falls across the line, a squirrel chews into a transformer, a thunderstorm knocks it out a car hits a pole. ECT.
@bradenharris2214
@bradenharris2214 Жыл бұрын
Dams do it all the time.
@bmw328igearhead
@bmw328igearhead Жыл бұрын
Dam good idea too.
@bradenharris2214
@bradenharris2214 Жыл бұрын
dam right
@bradenharris2214
@bradenharris2214 Жыл бұрын
I mean, yeah.
@billsauer3164
@billsauer3164 2 ай бұрын
Looks like they're about 15% efficient with that setup... Look at all the white water around that thing
@nolandonohue3514
@nolandonohue3514 Ай бұрын
Just look at the relative speed of the water vs the wheel, it’s much less than 15%
@brandonsellers4888
@brandonsellers4888 2 ай бұрын
Dam exits should be designed to utilize many of these, especially in the white water.
@JackBlackNinja
@JackBlackNinja 7 ай бұрын
With damming and batteries you can also store the energy
@masondrip42
@masondrip42 6 ай бұрын
having a flowing water resource is also convenient
@Raafiu4
@Raafiu4 10 ай бұрын
how about making it lighter weight? and how much the power production is approx?
@konstantine381
@konstantine381 11 ай бұрын
Well? Can it? 😂
@user-jl7cw9kl4c
@user-jl7cw9kl4c Ай бұрын
Why not ! Every thing is possible 👍
@kaitobmw5561
@kaitobmw5561 Жыл бұрын
That not enough wheel
@SaintRegime
@SaintRegime 9 ай бұрын
Someone, please please tell me what tune this is.
@lindakleckner215
@lindakleckner215 9 ай бұрын
The fins on this wheel need movement comming downward vertically to use gravity. The way it is has too much resistance from being slightly down in the water. Perpendicular (90degrees) to the edge of the wheel, i would think, would be🙂better. If you have it just touching the water, i wonder if the wheel would turn backwards when the wind blows the top of the water on a river the opposite up-river dirrection😂?.
@8546Ken
@8546Ken 28 күн бұрын
It needs to spin a lot faster. Where's the meter to show power output?
@jeffreyniergarth9894
@jeffreyniergarth9894 Ай бұрын
It would take an electrical engineer about an hour to explain why numerous complex control systems would be required to maximize this setup's electrical power output and to match it to either a battery or some other load that can except the variable output power ie as the stream speed varies daily or seasonally. There are very few modern electrical loads that can directly accept this setups unguaranteed output voltage, power AND frequency, presuming its an AC generator. Note that the power and voltage comment applies to a DC generator... Directly driving a drum to wash clothes, a spindle to turn wood, or maybe a rotisserie is possible, but seriously how many people would bother today...? 99% of the time IMO comments are a waste of time... few people read them, and even fewer people appreciate them. The comment process gives people a false or minimal indeterminate sense of contributing something of value. Most people don't care to hear other random people's oppinions. Most facts are useless drivel with zero useful factual objective information. I would be surprised if more then one person appreciates THIS comment... and there is no guarantee that anyone will.
@nolandonohue3514
@nolandonohue3514 Ай бұрын
That wheel is so ascetic its dysfunctional lol
@robertcollins9047
@robertcollins9047 Жыл бұрын
I like it
@iconic5599
@iconic5599 7 ай бұрын
Is there no way to create another wheel or something powered by the bigger wheel that increase the current generated into the bigger wheel? 👀
@roshnigupta1525
@roshnigupta1525 Жыл бұрын
After electric generation is the water is usable or not
@whysodyssey
@whysodyssey 11 ай бұрын
after some filtering i think it would be usable
@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438
@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438 6 ай бұрын
Stay in India
@1968ford1
@1968ford1 6 ай бұрын
How much kw does that produce in an hour?
@user-sm4sf4ff2i
@user-sm4sf4ff2i 25 күн бұрын
Cheer~~~a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.😊
@adilengget5392
@adilengget5392 17 күн бұрын
The wheel rotate too slow
@biyahingbukid3897
@biyahingbukid3897 Күн бұрын
Wow, amazing
@Areyourviewsjustcopied
@Areyourviewsjustcopied 2 ай бұрын
A generator is most efficient at 1800 rpm, water wheels go very slowly but have tremendous torque, so a larger reduction would aid in the effectiveness. Also using a water channel means that the water can’t go around it, therefore providing more torque
@kikyoass
@kikyoass Ай бұрын
Thanks i will use your advice to research more and build mine one day
@Areyourviewsjustcopied
@Areyourviewsjustcopied Ай бұрын
@@kikyoass , also bigger wheel increases torque, but requires a greater elevation change if the water is going over it rather than under.
@Jkauppa
@Jkauppa Ай бұрын
Open tesla turbine is a better water wheel and easy to diy.
@henryhedges
@henryhedges 24 күн бұрын
Maybe im just really high but dude nah yall mfs don't get to skip over how it looked like they was moving a fuckin island for a second
@Raising.hell.
@Raising.hell. 3 ай бұрын
You don’t even need water…. Just magnets…. Look at Stonehenge or other monoliths that have magnetic energy around them.. if, perhaps you build a small Stonehenge using poles with magnets then attach a long wheel or fan with magnets attached which then attach to a generator, then that propulsion alone would allow the wheel to turn using positive and negative friction to power the generator thus creating electricity…. So many ways but the easier the better and water might not always be in that area so it’s better better to create something self-sustaining with her without the presence of additional elements
@morkiff
@morkiff 3 ай бұрын
No, it can convert energy.
@secondaccount3136
@secondaccount3136 23 күн бұрын
What happens if we make cars take electricity from water so we don’t need to use gas no more
@PrinceSalman-bc7ds
@PrinceSalman-bc7ds 3 ай бұрын
Yes
@ImRezaF
@ImRezaF 7 ай бұрын
isn't that just...hydropower ?
@NasirKhan-rn1oq
@NasirKhan-rn1oq 3 ай бұрын
My dream
@babasojialaba3893
@babasojialaba3893 2 ай бұрын
But why not?
@1LEgGOdt
@1LEgGOdt Жыл бұрын
A waterwheel is a great way to generate power, but it’s not that efficient. I would rather instead use a lily leaf impeller that has so many leaves that it looks more like a lily leaf turbine impeller so that I can keep the maximum amount of power out of it without the loss in efficiency
@majkdave
@majkdave Жыл бұрын
Yeah ok sure you'll survive out there with your lilly leaf jury rigged turbine impeller bro 👌😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@bradenharris2214
@bradenharris2214 Жыл бұрын
Those lily leaf impellers really are sick, though.
@jerryclack524
@jerryclack524 10 ай бұрын
to much speed can destroy
@user-ie3vu8hg7z
@user-ie3vu8hg7z Ай бұрын
GOOOOOOOOOD!🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
@user-gc7fd3rf8l
@user-gc7fd3rf8l 4 ай бұрын
Guys my house is next to a river like this its constantly flowing with water ..im in south africa how much do i need to have this????
@Goldenboy_Mjuluki
@Goldenboy_Mjuluki 3 ай бұрын
If you studied engineering ubuzakwazi and save money
@AiTheDove
@AiTheDove Жыл бұрын
@JESUSISLORD.........
@JESUSISLORD......... 10 ай бұрын
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:19‭-‬21 Jesus saves!
@AiTheDove
@AiTheDove 9 ай бұрын
@@JESUSISLORD......... thanks
@ikkababa3129
@ikkababa3129 11 ай бұрын
Wow Great
@PP.EKOTECH
@PP.EKOTECH 2 ай бұрын
FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!! :)
@therealbs2000
@therealbs2000 Жыл бұрын
uhh...yeah, definitely, it will charge my iphone in a day.
@judah9934
@judah9934 10 ай бұрын
Whats so complex about old technology 😂 ig its like going back to the moon
@maxwebber4586
@maxwebber4586 4 ай бұрын
This had been a thing for such a long time? Not really that impressive if you ask me..
@user-tj3hc7nh9y
@user-tj3hc7nh9y Ай бұрын
iNC Inc INC.
@AdiNarayana-el7gf
@AdiNarayana-el7gf 5 ай бұрын
Let me explain the
@Guestimaker
@Guestimaker 2 ай бұрын
Oh.....Nice ! Good job ! Congratulation ! 😊😊😊 ❤ 👍👍👍
@coreylarry2602
@coreylarry2602 9 ай бұрын
🕷️
@otmossampacado1550
@otmossampacado1550 10 ай бұрын
If this toxic mess is how survival works, then its only a matter of time before cannibalism starts
@Brandoe69
@Brandoe69 9 ай бұрын
what energy transformation is happening
@christiansoldier1547
@christiansoldier1547 11 ай бұрын
totally wrong elements and physics
@kunalkishor5495
@kunalkishor5495 17 күн бұрын
Obviously depends upon water flow
@dedeeprice6560
@dedeeprice6560 7 күн бұрын
Yes, a water wheel could produce electricity. But it's so little in so poor it's useless I know this because my last name is price I am one of one's Yes, I am in fact. I'm the one that came up with the idea that idiot ran with Define previously built Damn that had no electric power plants These came from the great depression mostly and can be found all over West Virginia and the East Coast and some other places. But west virginia was a gold mine Tons of dams from the great depression, not a single power plant on any of them. Not to wake up there My name is price. I'm the one that came up the idea my father ran with it For w v hydro hydraulic power company west virginia
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