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Residential Microhydro Power with Don Harris. Don Harris has been designing and manufacturing microhydro power plants in his hydro-powered machine shop near Davenport, California for the last 25 years. To date he has manufactured over one thousand and installed more than two hundred for use in over forty states and twenty countries. In this tape, Don gives and demonstrates practical answers to questions most asked by homeowners as they consider the purchase and installation of their own hydro-electric power plant, including:
- What are the natural resources that you need to produce hydro power? - How do you measure head and flow? - How do you determine the power potential of your site? - How do you decide whether you should use a Pelton wheel or a turgo runner? - What is the difference between AC and DC hydro? - What are the factors to consider when siting your turbine? - Why is pipe size an important factor to consider when designing a hydro system? - How do you make a low maintenance filter for your hydro system? - What are the different parts of a turbine, and how do they work? - What determines the number and size of nozzles used in the turbine? - How do you install the turbine? - How do you maintain the turbine?
Residential Microhydropower