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Hydro Power generation from water service . Question?
Has anyone ever tried or thought about some how rigging a hydro generator maybe some type of enclosed padel system onto the supply water service from the street to the house? I cannot help but think their should besomeway to harness the energy of public water system . As many loads of cloths as i see my wife washing and the dishwasher seems to be alot fo wasted energy. Just curious .
Andy
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9 years ago
What frollard says i correct
what lemonie says is unnecessary
but a great thought
keep it up
10 years ago
Yes, but you'd need to get through a lot of water, which would either cost you and would be be extremely wasteful either way.
Alternatives:
Try to steal power from the phone company
Actually steal power from a street-light
Steal radio/TV energy from a nearby transmitter
L
Answer 10 years ago
thanks , i did not know if the possibilty would be there for some type of small generator for charging a battery pack or something while the water was on its way to the house. Anyway it was just athought thanks again. Andy
Answer 10 years ago
Your thinking is OK up to a point. You either get very little, or you use a lot of water.
L
Answer 10 years ago
Seconded. In theory it works but you have to consider 2 things: Energy is conserved, so you can only extract as much energy as was in the water pressure to begin with (not a whole lot once you consider intermittent use) -- and that once you extract said energy (water goes from high pressure to low pressure after the turbine) -- the water is virtually useless in your home because it doesnt have any pressure to go through your plumbing. To run a pump to repressurize it before use would use WAY more energy than you extract.