Learning Micro Hydro Power in depth

How MrHydrohead became proficient with Micro Hydro Power. It describes his path with education in Micro-Hydro over nearly 3 decades of practical experience and training.

Contact Links:

Micro Hydro Francis Turbine Part 1:
Micro Hydro Francis Turbine Part 2:

Micro Hydro Power from IRRIGATION WATER:

MrHydrohead links:
SYNOPSIS PLAYLIST:

INSTALLATION AND RUNNING OF SECOND SYSTEM PLAYLIST:

MEASUREMENTS FOR SECOND SYSTEM:

INSTALLATION AND RUNNING OF SECOND SYSTEM w/o MUSIC PLAYLIST:

FIRST SYSTEM PLAYLIST:

[peoplenewstoday]

Imagine unlimited power that just needs basic maintenance and cleaning. Never pay electric, taxes, or have power limited by a politician. Freedom.

[TheOneAndOnlyTBash]

love the content . Thank you for branching out beyond your own system and showcasing other micro hydro systems.

[hassmakki]

Love this channel, thank you for sharing

[jamesondewitt]

Thank you for continuing to release videos😊

[HayWilliamJohnson]

Thank you for all the videos you have made!

[horoshiyvibor]

Хорошая работа! Thanks for your hard work. This is amazing.

[garynicholls]

Great video a big thanks for it and for all your hard work you put in to it I found it very informative and interesting, useful too 10/10 keep up the great work 👍

[SpencerLAPower]

I enjoy your videos keep up the good work been designing and building Hydro for 18 years

[mulletjocks]

I bought a property in a Hydro friendly area of Australia 5 years ago after watching you videos on dodgy wifi in Cusco Peru on a whim some years before that. Our town has a viable turbine micro hydro feeding the State grid, and a demonstration waterwheel as the town mascot/figurehead.
Unfortunately my property is not a suitable site, as I am spring heads with only 50 metres of gentle slope to the river.
Always on the lookout for my ideal micro hydro property thanks to you!
Keep going on with your quality content! It is a valuable resource and also a source of much inspiration to all interested parties around the world.
Bravo Mr HydroHead!

[Conservator.]

Thank you for making these videos!
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching all of them.
Greetings from (the unfortunately very flat;) Netherlands.

[jaybash]

Very interested in this. I am working with multiple developers in Central Florida who are looking to build self-sustainable systems. Well funded and very serious. This video is great, I look forward to getting a reply from the request I put in at that link you provided. Cheers

[conkshell]

HELLO FROM JAMAICA !! I had just a grant from the EFJ (Environmental Foundation of Jamaica)for a small hydro lant to serve a community about 20 miles away. I thought that I should get more hands on time and hydro instruction.
Course was June 20 - 30 1994.at the old Carbondale site, our instructors were Bob Mathews (B.C.) and Ken Olson/ Bob Weiss, I think was running things at S.E.I. then.
I remember the flight from San Fran, the Grand Canyon, then Denver, the bumpy flight up to Aspen, and there was an AMAZING smell of coniferous trees in the air... and looking around, and thinking "This is where exec. jets come to mate !!"
My sis came up, and drove around the countryside.. She later moved up to Cheyenne after retiring.
Also made contact with Bob Weir (such an appropriate name !), and got to meet him on his holiday to a villa on our South Coast.
My project crashed, and I was left with a turgo-type turbine from the OAS a PELTAX 20.. (from another "incomplete" site) near where I visited with Bob Weir. THAT SITE WHICH REALLY NEEDED A MUCH LOWER HEAD TURBINE ...NOT THE 160 FT. Head ONE I WAS GIFTED.
Still have the turbine in my garage for sale asking $1500 US. if you know anyone interested....
Anyway, I followed all your vids on the project.. waay meticulous !! tony*peeniwalli*com ALL THE BEST..

[walterhiegel]

So I think it would be great if you made a video of the different types of micro hydro systems available and what their use cases are so that when you showcase different installations we can have at a least a basic understanding of the type used and why. The turbines used on the industrial scale are generally the same but I see many different types for micro hydro. Maybe I am mistaken.

[Lecon]

I've watched every one of your videos. I'm in Alaska and I was pleased to see that your system runs below 17. We get to minus 20 here in the Cook Inlet Region Area. My property includes 250 acres surrounding a lake. Every outlet runs through a culvert system. We got a 150 thousand dollar grant to improve water flow throughout wetlands as this is a salmon spawning lake. This summer I will be looking at how water flows into the lake and if I can increase flow while still taking flow from. The lake for a hydro. My elevation may not allow me to get the type of flow. I'm at 150 feet. Thanks to your videos I'm able to see something workable. Last year my community got a study grant for alternative energy. We have 66 homes in my community and we also have a major river 2 miles away. There is potential for water wheels as the flow of the river is strong at about 4 miles an hour on slow days. I've watched this river for the past 50 years and notice changes in flow.

[RobertoMaurizzi]

I was quite sure I was subscribed to your channel from when you showed your second system build... but I was not... 🤔
Anyway now that's fixed, thanks for the video, now I learned what's the name of what I call "the Vietnamese hydro generator" I see in many video (the Kaplan) and I was able to find some shops that sell them.
Greetings from South East Asia 😄

[gregorythomas]

I have been investigating the Archimedean Screw turbines...it needs very little head (as low as 2 meters) as long as the flow is high enough.
This is important in my area because it is rather flat here compared to your mountainous region.
The RPM's are also very low starting at about 50 RPM's and up...so the noise level is much lower as well.
I hope to get my property soon and will be installing turbines soon after.

[richysee]

Once again a great presentation thanks 😀

[marblemastersofmiddlegainc]

My next runner is this 4 blade. My current 6 blade runner has been flawless for 2 years, but loves water. This new one has slightly flatter blades. Current output 2.7 to 2.9KW.

[chrisdaniel]

Could you feature a modern laser cut, welded waterwheel system instillation. Many people do not realize how efficient steel waterwheels(Fitz Waterwheels, Hanover, PA) back in the 1920's and 1930's. Companies like Hydrowatt in Germany produce modern steel waterwheels that will last well over 100 years as they are welded from Cor-ten weathering steel or galvanized after welding. Waterwheels are perfect for high flow, lower head hydro sites, they do not need intake screens, they do not need much in the way of maintenance other than greasing bearings occasionally, and they last a long long time.

[NudeGuru]

Awesome channel. Do you have any recommendations for a practical portable/mobile micro hydro solution? More particularly I am about to leave the city for permanent nomadic country life in an RV, and will be free roaming around and boon docking. It would be great if I could utilize micro hydro for power during the travels where water is, which is plenty of places in my neck of the woods. Most likely a combination of solar and wind with the micro hydro will be the right way to go.