Hello, I have a pond out in the woods and am running my pond equipment off of a 1300W power station that I have to tote back and forth to the house to charge. Solar charging is not an option as there is not enough sun. Since the pond equipment has water running through tubing, I would love a way to use that flowing water to generate hydro power. Does anyone have any ideas for what I can use as a hydro generator and how to hook it up? My power station has an input for DC or Anderson. Any suggestions are appreciated!
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Hydro Power
- Thread starter WiscTenn
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If I understand what you're saying, I don't think it's possible.
Using your power station to run a pump that would generate hydro power to feed back to your power station has too much loss. If it did actually work, the whole world would be using this method as it's free electricity.
If I understand what you're saying, I don't think it's possible.
Using your power station to run a pump that would generate hydro power to feed back to your power station has too much loss. If it did actually work, the whole world would be using this method as it's free electricity.
Depending on the slope downstream, a sluice box to a water wheel might be a fun project.
Use an automobile alternator to charge a 12 volt DC deep charge battery. Add an inverter to step up to110 Volt.
Use an automobile alternator to charge a 12 volt DC deep charge battery. Add an inverter to step up to110 Volt.