gerbils/hamsters in wheels are pretty efficient considering what you pay for the food you feed them.
aquarium powered generator?
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They would just swim away 
, now if you put a leash on them and trained them to swim in a circle... uhoh I think I here P.E.T.A. coming... RUN
Now let's try to get back on track...
Obviously Rivermud has not seen Johnptc return systems pressure, but liberating a generator from Niagara Falls may be difficult.
Everything would have to be ultralight custom mechanisms, built just strong enough to withstand the forces in this particular circumstance. Magnetic bearings can be used here for zero frictional losses.
Where's my other engineering buddies here???
HEY CHOMPERS! You still the Grand Poobah of that Engineering daycare center?
Dr Joe
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, now if you put a leash on them and trained them to swim in a circle... uhoh I think I here P.E.T.A. coming... RUNNow let's try to get back on track...
Obviously Rivermud has not seen Johnptc return systems pressure
, but liberating a generator from Niagara Falls may be difficult.Everything would have to be ultralight custom mechanisms, built just strong enough to withstand the forces in this particular circumstance. Magnetic bearings can be used here for zero frictional losses.
Where's my other engineering buddies here???
HEY CHOMPERS! You still the Grand Poobah of that Engineering daycare center?
Dr Joe
.
best go with one of the electric varieties of marine life along with the water flow idea. circumvent the water to fill a bladder, so that when it's full enough it will splash a stick into the tank and piss off the electric whateveryouhave and produce some power. then the bladder pours into the sump and starts refilling. periodically, you'll get power you can store. although your electric chupathingy will probably die or catch on to your gimmick.
Reclaiming energy robs from what you are trying to do. You will get some assistance from gravity in a W/D but will rob from the flow rate. You would have to increase the size of the plumbing in all of the drains and use gears, belts, pulleys to get SOME of the power back out.
It would save some pennies when paying the utility company but will cost you with the tech/maint involved in making it, storing it, inverting it, transforming it, and finally using it.
It would save some pennies when paying the utility company but will cost you with the tech/maint involved in making it, storing it, inverting it, transforming it, and finally using it.
Why do you think Elec is so expensive... it's not cheap to make LOL
Personally I'm in the planning stages of my own project for an Off Grid fish room (basically so the wife stops complaining about the hydro bill going up due to my "stupid fish" and to learn more about building a whole system for the house with the grid being a "backup")
If you want to build something to cut back on your elec bill then your best to get into wind and solar power, you could reclaim your investment through your savings over a period and the basics are simple not to mention you can find some of the required parts for it on the cheap which will help you to make your money back real quick LOL. I prefer a resource like wind and Solar to water as it doesn't cost anything to produce and is availiable to all of us for free without having to have a waterfall in our backyards... (the gravity feed from your tank isn't going to generate enough power to make it worth the investment as it would prob take 10+ years to make it back in the savings)
Personally I'm in the planning stages of my own project for an Off Grid fish room (basically so the wife stops complaining about the hydro bill going up due to my "stupid fish" and to learn more about building a whole system for the house with the grid being a "backup")
If you want to build something to cut back on your elec bill then your best to get into wind and solar power, you could reclaim your investment through your savings over a period and the basics are simple not to mention you can find some of the required parts for it on the cheap which will help you to make your money back real quick LOL. I prefer a resource like wind and Solar to water as it doesn't cost anything to produce and is availiable to all of us for free without having to have a waterfall in our backyards... (the gravity feed from your tank isn't going to generate enough power to make it worth the investment as it would prob take 10+ years to make it back in the savings)
Well, since people are interested in recycling power. This is something I saw a few years back. I really ought to build one and remove myself from the grib as much as possible. Too bad not everyone in the world did this.. solve a lot of our problems.
http://www.ida.net/users/tetonsl/solar/solarhom.htm
http://www.ida.net/users/tetonsl/solar/solarhom.htm
