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    Hydro-Electric Generator

    Who's using what to power things?

    After ideas for charging the likes of a car battery for powering small items like lights etc in a hut/cabin.

    Or would I be better off going with a decent solar panel?

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    Bro sound heavy and bulky to carry around

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    Private hut/off grid system.

    Permanent solution for a weekend small holiday house.
    Stream near by with constant flow but I think trying to filter it might be a pain and solar might be easier.
    Main use will be to power some LED lights and charge phone and camera.
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    gentil annie motors or rewired smartdrives are quite common.
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    Nice. Pretty sweet setup.
    Will have to look into cost after plumbing water to the hut, as an all incorporated setup would probably work quite well.

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    I’m having solar priced up again this week.
    Interesting.


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    These guys: http://shop.powerspout.com

    Based in Taranaki somewhere. Off the shelf options seem a bit pricey, but I guess you're trading $ instead of the time spent to do all the research yoursefl, sourcing parts, building it etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stretch View Post
    These guys: Homepage - Powerspout Shop

    Based in Taranaki somewhere. Off the shelf options seem a bit pricey, but I guess you're trading $ instead of the time spent to do all the research yoursefl, sourcing parts, building it etc.

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    geebiz theres some cost involved there.
    I was thinking more along the lines of some cheap inline pipe fitted unit to basically provide a small trickle charge just to keep a battery topped up to small time use.
    Not needing to power a full blown house thankfully.
    Think 100W solar panel and controller probably easiest and laziest route.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nibblet View Post
    geebiz theres some cost involved there.
    I was thinking more along the lines of some cheap inline pipe fitted unit to basically provide a small trickle charge just to keep a battery topped up to small time use.
    Not needing to power a full blown house thankfully.
    Think 100W solar panel and controller probably easiest and laziest route.
    I've got the guts of a smart drive if you want to have a crack at making a hydro setup. But yeah, solar probably simpler for keeping a rarely used battery bank charged.

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    cheers mate I'll keep it in mind.
    $200 can get me a 100w panel and controller so thinking that's going to be most cost efficient by the time you add piping etc into the equation
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    Quote Originally Posted by stretch View Post
    These guys: Homepage - Powerspout Shop

    Based in Taranaki somewhere. Off the shelf options seem a bit pricey, but I guess you're trading $ instead of the time spent to do all the research yoursefl, sourcing parts, building it etc.

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    Thought about getting something like this at my Bach, running it connected to the town supply and feeding the port back into the grid to drop my power account! Waters not metered
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    Homepage - Powerspout Shop

    I did a course years ago with those guys, very nice and interesting. If you have a stream continuously running nearby, that is really the best solution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Friwi View Post
    Homepage - Powerspout Shop

    I did a course years ago with those guys, very nice and interesting. If you have a stream continuously running nearby, that is really the best solution.
    Yeah, a mate did a summer internship with them back when they were EcoInnovation. Some interesting stories. Like the time they plumbed a school in Stratford or Inglewood for solar hot water. They found a big hot water cylinder in a locked cupboard that had an inlet and no outlet. Thermostat cranked right up and had been spitting hot water onto the roof endlessly since installation decades prior.

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