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    5 gallon bucket generator

    backup-disaster-recovery.cilcks.com
    http://backup-disaster-recovery.cilcks.com/bdr/hydroelectric-generator/


    Saw this today and thought it was pretty cool.
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    #2
    Great project idea

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      #3
      Pretty cool idea.

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        #4
        nice idea, but where i live i would have to have a diesel powered pump to put the water into the bucket. kinda like an electric car that needs a coal fired power plant to put fire in the wire.

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          #5
          Originally posted by stickerpatch59 View Post
          nice idea, but where i live i would have to have a diesel powered pump to put the water into the bucket. kinda like an electric car that needs a coal fired power plant to put fire in the wire.
          True!

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            #6
            very cool idea...

            Here is a link to the plans I found from google search.
            Lots of pictures

            Engineering For Change – By Engineers, for Everyone
            https://www.engineeringforchange.org/static/content/Energy/S00070/5%20Gallon%20Bucket%20Build%20Manual.pdf
            Engineering for Change provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solve challenges and share knowledge among a growing community of engineers, technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments and community advocates, who are dedicated to improving the quality of life all over the world.

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              #7
              I think you could use the same process with a windmill pump pushing water through

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                #8
                that's neat. gone to try it out

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                  #9
                  so could you use a bicycle to turn it and charge the batteries? I'm gonna have to look at this a little deeper.

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                    #10
                    They installed this style hydro generator on a fishing cabin on a tv series called building alaska aloing with a wind turbine. Their system ran off water from a near by creek to charge several batteries.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Matt_C View Post
                      so could you use a bicycle to turn it and charge the batteries? I'm gonna have to look at this a little deeper.
                      are you old enough to remember 'gilligans island'? mary anne pedaled that makeshift bicycle to make power for the proffesors experiments

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                        #12
                        Thats a great idea, thanks.

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                          #13
                          When I read the title I got excited thinking I could start making my own buckets. I think I have a bucket fetish.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Carny View Post
                            When I read the title I got excited thinking I could start making my own buckets. I think I have a bucket fetish.
                            Yep never can have to many of them.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Carny View Post
                              When I read the title I got excited thinking I could start making my own buckets. I think I have a bucket fetish.
                              Now that would be cool!

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