This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
New Power Generation
Jan
25
2011
I have a plan to save you money on electricity, and it was inspired by a faucet.
It was one of them fancy turn-it-on-by-waving-your-hands-in-front-of-it faucets. But most of those faucets take batteries. This one does not require batteries, nor does it plug into the wall outlet.
Did I mention that the faucet costs $711? Not $7.11, but $711.00! And that’s the cheap one! The expensive one is $1480!
That’s because there is a generator inside each faucet – a miniature generator that produces the electricity that the faucet needs to run. And the generator gets its power from the water pressure at the faucet.
I am here to propose a home-based power generation plan. People these days are talking about adding solar panels to their roofs or building windmills to generate electricity. But that’s a waste of money. The problem with those is that you don’t always have sunshine and you don’t always have wind blowing.
But you do always have water pressure from the local municipality. Water originates from the main line at point A and ends up at your sink, point B
Normal Water Lines
If you want to cut your electric bills, then the most cost-effective method is to install a water-turbine generator in your house.
Water Lines with One Generator
If you want to cut your bills even further, then you can install two generators and a water tank. Put the water tank as high as you can (accounting for losses from the first turbine). Now re-route the water lines so that the incoming water goes through the first turbine and into the tank. Install the second turbine between the tank and the faucets. Now you get double the electricity! At the cost of lower water pressure, of course.
Water Lines with Two Generators
In case you’re wondering when I am going to implement this: I am on well and septic. If I did this, I would be using electricity to pump water to generate electricity. Maybe someone else can let me know how it goes.
Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;
Exodus 30:19
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 5:38 pm and has been carefully placed in the Ponder category.
January 25th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
I don’t think it will be me either. But nice diagrams anyway.
January 26th, 2011 at 8:02 am
Come on…I thought you’d be making your own faucet with a mini generator inside!
January 26th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
I would like to try, but I can barely keep up with the dishes and laundry. Projects like that have low priority.
February 1st, 2011 at 7:25 pm
This is why you’re an engineer and I work at an accounting firm.
Impressive!
October 23rd, 2011 at 4:18 pm
nice idea but y dont u jst make electricity for a house using the faucets in the house..
October 24th, 2011 at 12:08 am
I’d rather install and maintain one or two generators than several. If you use just the faucets, then you’d miss when the washer, washing machine, or hose were used.