Hunting Camp - Electricity Help

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Originally Posted by Species8472

I would as well as we have lots of running water but to get the alternator spinning fast enough (1200-2000 rpm minimum depending on the alternator used) we would need to seriously increase the shaft speed of the water wheel with some type of gearing/pulleys. Would like to see what diameter water wheel they used and how they increased the shaft speed to match the alternator specs.

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This was at a deer camp in GREY county. I will see if I can get into it to get specs photos. I've seen this on YouTube under waterwheel generators. Guys have rigged up gears, belts etc to get the right output. I will build something like this when I start building on my property.

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Originally Posted by robster

This was at a deer camp in GREY county. I will see if I can get into it to get specs photos. I've seen this on YouTube under waterwheel generators. Guys have rigged up gears, belts etc to get the right output. I will build something like this when I start building on my property.

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We have another camp local to us as well that uses an alternator and a home-made windmill. I don't know the specifics, but I can look into it as well - honestly, it looked like a ceiling fan on a 30' TV tower.

With the proper gearing, and blade configuration - I don't see why it wouldn't work.