North Wales 1.5 Kw Hydroelectric System Part 6 Running the turbine For The First Time
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- čas přidán 6. 10. 2022
- In this video I make the manifold for the turbine and go to site and start it up for the first time to see how much power we are going to get from it.
Designed and fabricated by the same guy. That is the most impressive part in my opinion. Love your work
Just results, no finger pointing. 😂
And built the shed too!
The welding could use some practice though
Incredible work! You can see that he is absolutely proud of his work - and he should be, very well done.
Excellent work! I really enjoyed the video from the very first minute till the end. Thanks!
This is such a beautiful system you built, great job! Watching you open that water line and hearing the turbine spinning up sure was satisfying.
Retired Mech Eng here. That sir, is a first class job. You should be rightly proud. 👏
You should be very proud of a professional job. Thanks for the videos
Even when we were neighbours Kris. I have always been super impressed by your knowledge of everyday things. Your ability to take an idea and make it happen from electric skateboards to your latest hydroelectric ideas and the wooden harp you made for Dot. People will not realise that it takes so much to absorb all this information to grasp an idea and learn about it. Take it from an idea to fruition and then make a video about it. I am always super impressed and always have been mate. Keeps up the amazing videos and keep impressing us with your knowledge. You deserve everything you have planned and fought for mate.
Nice accolade!!
@@sroberts605 Thanks, mate.
Ben you were very lucky to have Kris as your neighbour! I am a fan!
Brilliant man. God bless your abilities and knowledge
I'm going to help friends of mine to rebuild an old turbine they have on their property. Since the old turbine might also be a little too far gone, a new approach might be another option. Getting a lot of inspiration here!
Looking forward to a junkyard inspired turbine on your channel in the near future
Definitely make a video of it!
Yes, as someone who always watches your channel, I will be interested to see the turbine rebuild/replacement.😀🇬🇧
You had to drop the video right when I’m going into a day of meetings!!! Well, I know what my evening has in store for me at least 😜
That was worth a day of meetings! Just wondering, do you not need to be a certified Sparky to run electricity infrastructure in the UK?
The world needs more Kris Harbours!
Love these videos Kris, the homestead has come on leaps and bounds over the years. Watched from the beginning and never missed an episode! Keep up the hard work!
I believe if you make a tank near the input stream and divert the water to fill-up the tank and then connect the pipe from the tank you may have a better chance off getting less gravel. Is like a filter for your water and also keep air free...
I really admire your work 👍
I never would have imagined that one of the most entertaining things on youtube would be micro hydroelectric turbine construction and installation.
This was such an impressive project in so many ways!
Well done. With the UK energy troubles, I am sure the customer is more than happy. I love all the videos. No matter the topic, but hydro are my favorites. I have been here a long time.
Yes, great timing!
Great work as usual Kris.
I love the new concrete base, the only tweak I would make for this is a pit within a pit.
So, there is a dry floor around the turbine.
Basically, recess the turbine.
You keep an eye out for things, but maybe your customers are not as aware.
So, the final thing would by a safety mesh over the turbine so fingers, hair, cloths don't get caught when its spinning at such high speed.
Now you are doing offsite work, best to avoid liability issues etc.
Can’t wait for the next project.
Was going to make a comment on a safety Mesh around the turbine too! good shout and fast fingers!
AH! You did create a video on this. May you achieve world wide fame helping people with this solution all over the world. Brilliant!
Fantastic - seems like at least 2 UK households will have power right through this Winter now :)
You must be incredibly proud of yourself for being able to design and fabricate everything. Just found your page today and I’m amazed with this 6 part series I’ve watched! Keep up the amazing work!
Brilliant! What a success! Suggestion (from the marine environment): Double up two T-Bolt clamps on the feeder hose connection ends each, given the pressure and criticality of these connections - we do that for all thru-hull fittings on boats. Congratulations!
Normally that's not possible, an English Guy who builds such a device.
IMPOSSIBLE !
But, congratulations!
Your small system is perfect for operating a small house or workshop autonomously.
An Englishman with really big balls.
Congratulations! ! !
You are one of them who is on the right path.
On the way to world peace !
I Love People like You, but I`am only a bad German.
Really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
That's come out awesome mate. Well done on a great job of getting it online and matching your 1kW predictions.
I'm a professional builder with my own company and I have to say this makes me feel like an amateur! Absolutely amazing work 👏 I've watched this entire project with great interest. Congratulations sir!
I take it you are a "professional builder" from the US. Builder of what? Of course you would look like an amateur! DIY-fixer...not really trained😂😱
@@ulihanel7078 no. From France
Just came across your channel really enjoy your videos excellent craftsmanship thank you for sharing with us
Well done, mate. To build a system that requires electrical/mechanical engineering design skills then carpentry, welding and electrician skills to install you should be very proud of yourself. It is very impressive.
A totally amazing system, every part of it so beautifully made. The generator building in particular is gorgeous. I'm wonder if some kind of safety cage for the exposed part of the turbine is planned; heaven forbid someone should go in there wearing a Tom Baker Dr. Who style scarf! 😳
Would be a good idea to put a cage over it to prevent any curious childrens hands from touching the fan blades on top of the turbine. (Or an adult that trips and falls on it)
The door gets locked play boy
@@rudiger86 You still go in there while that thing is spinning at hundreds of RPM and could accidentally touch it.
@@bastiat691 Seems like a waste of of resources and time to build something like that for a thing that is locked away and probably interacted with by one person on the odd occasion.
Very interesting. Wow.
Looking forward to more videos.
Great job. 👍👍👍
Fantastic, great work!! So many stories behind the final product (including that Landrover !).. what a journey, thanks for sharing.
I think you are brilliant and admire you and what you’ve done with everything. Remember a long time ago you were concerned because you weren’t sure you deserved to use NHS services. For all you’ve done and shared with everyone you’ve more than earned it. Hugs to Dot. She is such a lovely person.
Very impressive even though I know nothing about hydro power etc it’s so fascinating to watch you at work and see the passion you have for it. Awesome work Kris 🙏🏻
Back in the 70 s I became aware of hydro power through a great magazine Mother Earth News published Here in US. In MEN they had a simple set up using what looked like a water wheel and a simple storage system using car batteries. I didn't live near a creek or river so I knew that would be just a dream. You have taken self sufficiency to a level that Mother Earth News never did. The magazine changed drastically after the originator retired. Today the magazine is useless in helping someone accomplish what you have done. But the magazine helped me to see how self sufficient we can be in so many areas of living. I truly admire your abilities to make it happen for you and Dot.
So glad I found your page. From foundation and dirt work to timber framing to cnc to fabrication to design.... Hats off to you Kris, much respect!
I'm happy to see that you put that black liner down in the out-feed trench. I was really worried about erosion in previous episodes but you're obviously way ahead of me (as usual). Awesome job! Hopefully the customer is as impressed as we all are. Best regards.
A few things that make a huge difference for camlock fittings.
1 - Lubricate the cams. This makes a huge difference.
2 - If you need to use a hammer only use plastic/rubber.
3 - Tighten both cams at the same time. If you try to close one side then the other it is much more difficult.
Well done Kris!
Great job Kris. A suggestion for the owner is to install a security camera inside the shed (they could use a solar wireless one if within range, or wire it in through the proposed controller conduit). It could be used to monitor the setup and to zoom in on the pressure gauge.
Congratulations Kris! Your remarkable new career is off to a flying start, so impressed!
I love how neat your installation is, and the fact it is accessible to maintain. That is a fantastic sound as the turbine gets up to speed.
Well done Kris, great job.
Found your videos quite by mistake not long ago, and been binge watching them all, Great work and cant wait to see more.
Brilliant! The range and diversity of your engineering expertise is truly inspirational.
It would be ideal to prevent trash from entering the pipe. A few years back I worked in a chemical plant. They had a ‘y’ pipe fitting just upstream of an important process like a nozzle. 1 pipe is upstream 2 pipes of the ‘y’ downstream. One downstream pipe to the nozzle. The remaining pipe has a sized screen in it to prevent trash in the nozzle. The screened leg of the ‘y’ opens to flush the trash off the screen. Just an idea to prevent tearing everything apart.
Yeah, Like a P trap ... I mean Y trap of some sort ... I imagine that cold work here. A good flush seemed to do the job too.
He´s installed a Coanda screen which stops any over sized debris, that cannot pass through the system, from entering the system, no need for a filter.
The small rocks probably got into the pipe during installation the coanda screen should be sufficient...
Nice little hydro power station.
I hope these become much more common!
Average production is way more important than peak numbers. Excellent job with the design, construction and installation!
As always, your work and attention to detail is beyond impressive! Such a clean and neat install, wouldn’t it be nice if everyone cared about their work like you do?
When it was all hooked up and working, seeing the excitement in your eyes and hearing it in your voice was really the highlight of the entire project. You SHOULD feel incredibly proud, you’ve done an amazing job. I’m jealous of your customer, whatever they paid you simply is not enough.
Again, fantastic work, superb video, informative content; you’re an inspiration to everyone. Well done man! Cheers. 👍☮️
Two things I would add. On the backside of the turbine I would add a drain in the concrete using a core drill. Using two different sized core drills you could set the drain cover flush with the level of the floor and and if a hair lower, always catch any leaking water. Second thing would be to add a garden hose outlet to the manifold. Reason is that over time, you are going to track mud ( dead bugs, grass, etc.... ) into the building. The hose and drain would allow you to flush out the building's floor.
I too am well pleased to see all those videos about this project! Great job!
Excellent work! I really enjoyed the video from the very first minute till the end. Thanks!
Hey Kris, I've used a rotary welding table for over 20 years now and I highly recommend an adjustable hand rest. It saves a lot of wear and tear on the body and it improves my welding significantly. Thanks for all the great information!
I’m impressed by your multi-generation mix!! 👍
FANTASTIC FINUSH!!! CAME OUT SO GOOD, GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE PLEASED. THAT WAS A LOT OF PLANNING AND IMPLAMENTATION. WELL DONE!!
Super happy for you Kris, this looks like the beginning of a solid business. I'm so glad you take the time to bring us all along for the ride. Please don't stop making videos. I'll raise my patreon amount eventually, still figuring it out myself.
He should sell the blueprints for these engineering projects as I'd happily pay money for them. Hoping to set up a similar system in a few months
Well done Kris- I'm really happy for you. After so much effort the system has gone and justified itself. I guess every build will get easier than the last, but as of now you are officially a "Power Engineer"!
That customer will be massively pleased 24kw per day, I wish that I lived near a stream to get that power, my parents used to have a small lake with water in & out, but that's gone many years ago, now energy prices have rocket way out of control, yes extremely pleased customer 👍👏👏👏
I would love some land with useable water. Excellent once again Kris.
Nice work as always. Just a friendly word of warning. If you mix a raised face flange with a flat faced flange there is a risk of cracking the flat faced flange if tightened too much. Perfectly acceptable, just a note
Fantastic job Kris. You can be rightly proud of this project. My old man always taught me watertight joints always have a tendancy to drip to begin with. The impurities in the water generally seal things over the first few days much better than any taping. Hope you get a chance to step back and look at what you've achieved from scratch there. Very impressive!
All depends on the type of sealing. I guess you´re old man was a plumber used to using angel hair (not sure what that is in English but hemp or jute maybe?) which expands when wet like boat caulking and seals up better as it gets wetter
Heat soaking the ends of the plastic joiner pipe before fitting it onto the barbed metal fittings at both ends would also allow the pipe to better conform to the barbs...and double clamping both ends sould be done as well....
Watching you straddle that pressure pipe had me puckering my gooch!
Great work Kris, your work ethic is inspirational.
I think this design and setup needs to go in your place! Nice job!
This is super cool to see all your design research, build, and hard work come to fruition. We should all be OPEC-independent! Freedom! I wonder if your client can sell unused energy to the town? I love to see the little guy stick it to big oil. This is a start.
Well done Kris, great outcome with your calculations being near enough spot on. You really inspire me to try and do something the same with a plot of land and a little bit of know how, keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
What a great video, enjoyed how satisfied you were with your work. I for one love the variety on your channel Kris
You madlad! 1kW continuous is craaazy. You could energise a whole off-grid community with that!
Well done Kris! Love your work and all that goes into the design and building of the system.Good time to have your own power!
😉
Kris I am a instrumentation engineer and I know a lot about sensors etc. Feel free to ask me anything if you need help.
Great, I'm living now for 10 years without electricity but I like to build something like this, life would be so much easier I think 😄
Great I used to do a lot of Healey arcing when I worked for a dairy and you look like you’re a pretty good expert at doing that thank you for your show is very interesting I hope to be able to build a turbine someday in the future if I get the right piece of property with the water flow Sincerely, Brian,
Absolutely brilliant work! What a clean and super efficient setup -- wish I could get a hunk of land with a stream and do the same!
Thats a great setup ,very impressed. Have you considered puting a safety cage around that spinning part?
But it's a free Gravitron ride for any insects or small animals that climb onto it...
Building may become a squirrel blender
Kris, very impressed by your versatility and your craftsmanship. You are truly a modern Renaissance Man.
Very skilled, many thanks for sharing it is great to watch someone who is so talented.
Excellent work.
Having worked in automation for quite some years, I would recommend to use a long range (Lora or similar) level sensor in the coanda catchment or in the standpipe, as the vibrations and flow turbulence influence on the pressure sensor will probably be hard to filter out. A 30cm drop in the pipe will only be a 30mbar drop on the sensor...
For the shut-off switches, I would recommend to make them accessible from the outside of the building (maybe add a second one?). Is this a legal requirement?
"Won't have to remove that for a couple years with a little bit of luck"
- three cuts later: turbine is removed again
That's engineering in a nutshell...
Stunning work.
My goodness that’s one beautiful power plant. Great job kris. You must be enjoying that new ride you have. That’s one sweet looking machine. Take care my friend and thanks so much for the content, you’ve done a marvellous job.
Great work, Kris. In a future build, would you ever consider adding a second spear valve on the other side of the unit, so you could switch between the two valves relative to the water flow that time of year? There could be a Y splitter after the reducer to make the switch between the two spear valves.
Also, could you put a servo motor on the spear valve's adjustment knob to automatically fine tune the flow/wattage output? Are there open source computer programs available for such a thing?
Hahha, that motor for the rotating welding table is not overpowered at all!
Ha! I wondered about that! You could balance an oil rig on that turntable and still rotate it......!!
very impress with that son . them with a such streams will be straining the necks to get get one ,
would so love to be as skilful as this guy. Great Videos love seeing everything come together
I can only imagine how good that must make you feel! It did what it was supposed to and there are ways to make it even better. The little rotating welding table is just perfect!
Excellent craftsmanship as usual Kris! Well done...
Very nice streamlined design. This is a model of efficiency
You are a wonder Kris! Well done👍👏
So much good information! Thanks for the free education! Great channel.
Spinning up that turbine brings a big smile to my face, it sounds so cool. Beautiful system you should be proud. Play through.
Fantastic design and installation, really is impressive.
Really enjoyed this series. thank you
Kris, hats off to you and much respect. Dirt work, timber frame, fabrication, electrical.... very well rounded! Interesting series, going to start following. Much respect!
The problem you talked about at the end (bigger nozzle = more power, but only if enough water, with less water it gets less efficent) can be avoided with a second nozzle. So you can stop one nozzle for dry periods and open up for more power when enough water is coming in. Plus: They don't have to be identical. One for 1,0 kW, one for 0,5 kW. So you have 3 settings: 0,5 kW, 1 kW and 1,5 kW (rounded). And the nozzle stays in full open position and a ball valve can be closed easely by the customer / automated without messing up the setup.
What an awesome project. Greetings from Ireland
Absolutely beautiful work, you can be proud of what you have created and brought to this world!
I so enjoy watching the process from idea to engineering through all the challenges overcome and then to summit. Well done!
It’s really great what you did. So many skills in use.
This was a fabulous series, thank you so much for sharing your work.
Dude. Congrats. Just binged this whole series and you did a fantastic job! Thank you for sharing!
What an incredible accomplishment! Watching this series has been a highlight…from concept to fabrication to assembling and operation…all-around superb performance! Thank you for sharing. Been watching your channel for a long time, and I love all your various content. Brilliant!
You truly are a master of all trades! I’m thoroughly impressed
seen a load of these videos ow and this is the best up to now, twice the needed power output from such a small simple generator is amazing, much bigger complicated systems are nowhere near as good, well done Kris, the world salutes you, everyone with a water supply like this should call Kris now,
Absolutely amazing Kris well done
Hi Kris, it's an amazing piece of kit, I think you're brilliant. I love all of your videos, pity you can't put out more videos more often.