Ok a few months back I asked about how much power I can get from my spring that supplies my water line in this thread
http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2005/6/24/43128/1069
Anyways I've been figured some of the details out so changes are
- It's 1.5" line running from the spring to my house.(sorry it's 500 feet away and buried 2 feet down I'm now adding bigger)
- I'm the only person on that spring so if I suck it dry thats my problem and no one elses
- I have legal water rights to the spring so I can do as I please with it (drinking/watering is implied but power generation isn't outlawed explicitly )
So as soon as I knew that I could use it for power I was stopped because I'm busy building a new shop to house my water system. This shop will house the future generator.
My questions -
I'm going to build a manifold to direct the water once it comes into the shop, basically a lot of T's that will be closed the vast magority of the time, one to the outside taps, one to the water tank, one directly to the house... The most important is one will go to the generator and will be left open a good chunk of the year. Now since the water line coming in is 1.5" should I stay that size or should I go with 2" which is probably easier to locate. This would only be for the manifold so maybe 4 feet's worth at best.
Also when I send the water to the generator what should I be doing with it. I can add some form of nozzel to make a jet or I can simply let it gush out. I'm assuming which way I go depends on the wheel I choose to build?
also The water is coming in from a 1.5" pipe under pressure. I'm assuming that to stop the box that the water goes into from filling up after it goes through the generator I'll need larger to make sure that it gets out quick enough?
Thanks for any info