how do you make a water wheel? Answered

Hi

I'm soon to move into a property with a rather nice stream running through it. At times it can be quite fast flowing.

I thought it would be grat to make an electricity generating water wheel, but don't know where to start.

It's not very deep but i can modify it.

Any ideas?

Tags:electricity generation

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simony

11 years ago

hmm...

thanks i'll take look

maybe a wind turbine would be better - it's quite a shallow stream

lemonie

11 years ago

It's the head (height) of water that makes the difference, the energy comes from gravity.
You could build a little "mill-pond", and a little mill with sluice-gates and a wheel - but how much building would you be prepared to do?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermill

L

Kiteman

11 years ago

Take a round, shallow bowl with vertical sides, such as a flan dish.

Fill the dish with water, stand a pen-cap in the centre and place in the freezer overnight.

The next morning, turn the disc of ice out of the dish, slide the pen-cap out of the centre, and put a kebab skewer through the hole.

Voilà! A water wheel!

(I'll get my coat)