homebrew hydro installation in chile

 nice microhydro installation in chile.

http://ludens.cl/paradise/turbine/turbine.html

home built controller.  wound own transformers.  5~8 kw output.

(also awesomely cool volcano-erupting photos)

http://ludens.cl/paradise/llaima/llaima.html


b.w.

  On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 02:37:47 -0600, "William Wixon"


Wow, that's a seriously impressive project.  I'll be forwarding the
link to an acquaintance who's been bitching that Obama is taking too
long delivering the free digital converter box coupons.  :-)

Wayne

 

yeah, that's what i thought too, did you check out manfred's other projects?
the round house, wow.
imagine how nice it would be to build such a thing and never have to worry
about energy expenses again, i mean like, there'll be maintenance costs
etc., and if a generator breaks down, but when he mentioned "electric heat"
and "electric oven" i was like <ding>  oh! now i get it, "free" energy for
the rest of your life.  sweet.

 On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:35:28 -0600, "William Wixon"


Yes, all very impressive.


I definitely get the sweet part. Living off-grid is fantastic for
those who can manage it. We were talking about one of the advantages
just the other day. Our property taxes are going up substantially, but
they're still far lower than our last place which was a more typical
grid-connected home. We calculated that we've saved more than $
0k
thus far on property taxes alone, which is about double what we spent
on all the solar and wind hardware. There are other considerations of
course, such as the longer drive to town. But all things taken into
account, we're miles ahead of where we'd be if we'd stayed at our last
place.

Wayne

 


imagine if he build that in the US. All the permits and fees ;D

Cheers