DIY Pelton Hydro Power with a 500W EBike Hub motor

Used a 500W hub motor and some spoons to make a pelton turbine hydro generator. This is the working generator running off of a garden hose.
The plan is to take it up to the gold claim and use it to power the cabin and charge the batteries that I use in my wash plant.

[gregwarner]

He is learning why Pelton wheels always are run inside a case. It is a clever design and fabrication.

[Anon-xdcf]

"the wheel of many spoons"

I want one.

This is going on the 2024 project list.

[ElectricTractor]

Great job, I tried to do the same at my house but did not have enough water flow,
You could convert a gas tractor to battery power, charge it from your water wheel and also use the batteries to run power in the house when not cutting!
This is my tractor conversion,
2hrs cutting approx 2 acres or 8-10 hrs pulling trailer on a charge
Converting to battery power is a great idea for a garden tractor I converted one 15yrs ago, I used the 3 separate motor design and it is still cutting grass on a daily basis, it is amazing how it never breaks down and needs almost no maintenance, I renew the batteries every 7 yrs I am just on my 3rd set now, my design will cut up to 2 acres on a 50cent charge there are no belts or pulleys and no oil on the entire tractor, it can pull a trailer for about 8hrs on a charge, because battery run time is the most important aspect of most conversions I paid particular attention to the most efficient design, I used 3 separate small motors one for the drive with electronic speed control and two smaller with a cutter blade mounted on the shaft of each cutter motor, total amperage when cutting grass is approx 40amps, (2000watts) this design only uses the battery power req to do the job, very little wasted battery power, it uses magnetic breaking of both tractor and cutter blades and automatically applies parking brake when you stop or get off the seat, an amazing tractor.
electrictractor.net

[pacificrigger]

Thanks for sharing. Very good proof of concept. At full completion for daily use I see excellent potential. Nice job.

[TheMechanator]

Most of those hubs are not completely water tight. Don't forget to put a breather hole on the hub and put some WD-40 in the hub so water doesn't rust the iron plates that would eventually condense some water from hot and cold expansion. Dielectric grease on your connections would be another good idea so you don't let the water and electricity the thin coatings on the plugs.

[samsonhansmarcrussell]

Thank you sooo much for the idea this brings great aid in our thesis 😘

[TheRustAdmin]

nice to see someone using spoons instead of expensive materials 😊

[muntee]

Nice work. Id paint that timber to seal it and put it in an enclosure and with a drain you can attach some lay flat too

[nidalaussiepies]

Use the 14 Volts to power up a Fan at Hi Speed the fan should have a funnel in which the power of Air truen the wheel at hi speed then cycle the electricity to run the wheel I suppose you may generate more power in which you can split it to run the Fan and other equipments, this way use the water to start it up then shut the water down. it's worth the effort.

[mariajohnson]

Not to rain on your project, but all the spray you see around the spoons is energy lost and in a perfect world, the exit speed of the water should be as little a possible.
You can buy fully balanced, properly shaped Peltons for $40 on eBay. If you try to power something that would be a better choice.
Thanks for posting the video

[Sugarsail]

voltage is not power. The voltage reading is meaningless without a load on it and without knowing current.

[pcpatel]

This is brilliant especially combining pelton and pmg

[philiphorton]

have you thought about laying the wheel over so there is less friction, think of all the amount of energy lost in having to lift all those spoons up after they are soaked in water, if you were to lay the wheel over do you think it would become more efficient?

[Juoskustu]

You need electicity for the water pump ?

[glendaroxas]

this is amazingly amazing.. do you have a video on showing how did you make this wheel?

[VeggiePower]

E-Bikes run on 48 to 96 Volts.
You are not getting anywhere near that.
Something is wrong.
And if you hook that up to a battery to charge it, the voltage is going to drop by 50% depending on the load.

[imanskid]

You will need one hell of a fast running River or stream for that to work at that speed.

[inventhead]

be sure to put a bridge retifire or when you connect to battery. or  it will run as a motor .this keeps voltage from running backwards the ac in  just hook itto that an + n - still stay  the same. you will drop 1-1/2 volts also make sure to heat sink it   it will get warm then you can charge the battery only thing is its not regulated however  2 ways to go it either electronic or the speed of pelton wheel.

[tgtube]

l’idée des cuillère est très original !!!
Pelton serait ravi de cette vision :))

[northernlights]

Ingenious!! Ive often wondered if this was possible. Spinning in reverse, correct?