Building a Mobile Hydroelectric Generator in Alaska | Homestead Rescue

Craftsman and survival expert Marty Raney, along with his daughter Misty and son Matt, visit a homestead in Alaska. Tasked with improving the power situation, they create a safe and sustainable source of electricity in the form of a handmade (and mobile) hydroelectric generator!
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[@mariaoglesby9200]

One of the best programs , helping people !!!!

[@einzeln-und-frei]

They´re talking about Ampère - but never mention the Voltage! - 10 Ampère at 12 Volts would be just 120 Watt - 10 Ampère at 110 Volt would be 1,1 kw - or at 220 Volts 2,2 kw... - The information in Watt or Kilowatt would be the information of interest.

[@bogdanus4484]

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[@Idlepit2]

Should of put some washers before those bolts, they'll likely pull through the wood and come lose eventually otherwise

[@JustinTopp]

Yup. Once the wood becomes wet and softened they will likely pull separate

[@roxannefineart5737]

@@JustinTopp Interesting. I learned something new today!

[@jerseygirl6261]

I am addicted to Homestead rescue I love your family my dream is to eventually Homestead and I have learned so much I am blue printing my Homestead from everything I’ve learned from watching your show 🥰🥰🥰🥰Thank you

[@christinehunter609]

I’m addicted too. But some ppl say it’s all bull 💩I hope not. I hope this is real.

[@justinspeegle4668]

Im addictied to lol seems like best way to live right now

[@jasonmalone6983]

Discovery, these stories may be interesting, but the fake drama is a turnoff.

[@Rubio.jacob559]

I agree 100%

[@cascadinghaze7125]

Tell that to their bank accounts.. The Cheesy Drama model is so successful that even the government is getting in on it; we're like two generations away from watering our crops with Gatorade 😭

[@jasongerbrandt4728]

@@cascadinghaze7125 LOL that's to true.

[@michaelf.2449]

@@cascadinghaze7125 it's got what plants crave!

[@skeewaux4987]

This show, at first wasn’t like that, but your right!

[@basharathussain5565]

Wow beautiful people do beautiful things love from Pakistan

[@2shay337]

Does the river ever freeze in Winter? If it does how is the homestead property supplied power? I love the idea of the floating mobile hydroelectric generator.

[@D1amondeyes]

Moving water doesn't freeze

[@aknighttrain]

@@D1amondeyes what? It most certainly does. I live here in Wasilla next to the Little Su, and it freezes every year & we ride snowmachines on it. This series is BS and made up drama. There's a very nice electrical grid all over this area and this was nice but not necessary.

[@nicolesanderson8757]

Love this family. Im so glad they got a whole series surrounding just their family!

[@susannacorona7808]

I can be honest and say we need more ppl like Marty i am in LOVE WITH HIM AND WHAT HE STANDS FOR

[@robbincrow5358]

Love this show I really need their help on my new homestead to get things done to be self sufficient and not have to depend on anything from outside my Homestead

[@Scotland2306]

You need help to not depend on people and be self sufficient lol. Americans are awesome.

[@millennialmindset3624]

@@Scotland2306 😆

[@erciliabarbosacouto6902]

Amo ver como este programa vida remota como esta família amorosa tem nos encimado a viver em situações difíceis que muitas famílias tem passado. Eles ensinam a pescar e deixa um legado muito lindo pras famílias continuar..ñ perco nenhum programa.

[@sophiemckenzie7527]

Love this show but never got to see their houses done ..i watch it all the time when its on

[@tl3139]

That guy is a performance artist.

[@jamesmclaughlinprimitivele4587]

AMPs are not power without a voltage.

[@Owl566]

Typical overly dramatic filming style for something that is actually interesting

[@CSJiGSaW08]

All fun until the city of Alaska gets calls from the power company due to self sustainability and want you to connect to them and pay the minimum and they start asking for permits....

[@andrewrivera4609]

I AM so glad to see Marty, Mat & Misty together, I don't know a thing about that river, but what if a tree falls in the river????? BEST REGARDS & WISHES FROM PERÚ

[@ramzeneger]

Great Idea will be copying this in the near future, thank you Discovery!!!

[@markarca6360]

16 amperes is really a eureka moment!

[@dwightpickens2895]

I love your enthusiasm

[@JxckSweeney]

That new direct drive system might be the right ratio but ideally you just need the right ratio from the shaft. The new belt system they made is less secure and more likely to break.

[@whitepawrolls]

On the plus side it reduces drag created by adding more gears. Maybe some kind of different belt, but keep it same drive system.

[@MrTurnermason]

I give it a week or two.

[@MalikRabichon]

I love this man

[@lynnmartin2531]

LOVE THE RANEYS

[@kct9967]

we had somthing similar, but less than a 1/4 in size, but had to remove it because, according to them , it was 'hindering', the naturallflow of the river, although we had it in a side flow of the main river, which was over 50 yards across.

[@squidvis]

Funny how the government is always screaming about global warming and carbon footprint but the instant you start becoming self sufficient they shut it down quick..

[@CSJiGSaW08]

@@squidvis Exactly, once they start getting complaints of you cutting off the Power Company, the Power Company fights back with complaints to the City.

[@jacquelinenelson-norris5809]

Love this show. But, what will they dow when the river freezes over?

[@RustyShackleford_]

Batteries. You charge batteries to use later.

[@C.V._McCullar]

Water moving that fast won't freeze.

[@bangkithutajulu8851]

awesome job, congratulation!

[@bearfriend1000]

When are you coming back for Season 8? WE MISS YOU ALL!!

[@paulamartins7426]

Why watch it if u complain. R u doing something 2 help others? I LOVE the Raneys.

[@dapturby3606]

Love you guys

[@chrislecouteur2360]

Love this show .....

[@Beartrap70]

I truly Love Homestead Rescue - All of the Raines :) :) But however with me on SSI Disability I can't afford to watch the Discovery channel through my cable provider

[@junjuncamacho8998]

Great project

[@loislewis9900]

Awesome water wheel on pontoons

[@peterbillas9131]

Love the dance

[@casedoumasr656]

Hello a new paddle wheel boat in Alaska see Mike for times and dates .🤔one of the Best programs

[@teslabrasileiro]

Fantastic sisten

[@rangered2010]

David Lee Roth is now a homesteader! LOL! I’m just a gigalo and everyone I know what’s to live out in the woods….

[@stgourdinandy9922]

Never give up

[@Dynamice1337]

This should provide that family with power for several months to come O_o

[@070209590]

Love the idea and they tried not give up.

[@patrickw8302]

Nice plan b simpler too 🍀

[@blazeinthesky130]

That’s awesome

[@francinetedesousasilvasilv7146]

Legal parabéns gostei topei

[@pyaesone2315]

Love it

[@michschep7601]

Add a 150mfd ac run capacitor in series (you will have 3 capacitors total), in each leg from the pmg.....then run it thru the diode bridge.....you also need to make sure your pmg is rewired for 24v operation to reduce cut in speed and binding under load.....

[@AbsoluteASB]

Why the caps? Stability? They never mentioned the voltage btw.

[@bevnelson3678]

Awesome

[@richardcarew4708]

great design...

[@richardcarew4708]

want to make it from palladium?.. I turn aluminum into palladium.. with a torch light as aluminum and stronger than steel

[@richardcarew4708]

does not oxidize...it's a room temperature superconductor do you know how sailboats move into the wind?... the sail doesn't push... it pulls

[@richardcarew4708]

by moving sideways across the flow of wind

[@rollling7523]

Bro, dont use V belt, it takes too much energy away.

[@BS.-.-]

It's not the belt it's the front load washing machine motor they put on it. There slow speed high amp motors. Just what you need for a water wheel.

[@sembiringelektronik663]

Super...

[@williamhervey6409]

It's Alaska , what about when the river freezes?

[@Storytimeisyour]

I was thinking of this idea 💡 and I found this video which will help me alot Thanks for uploading video

[@mastersteel1079]

Super rainy its great,in.folow you trasmition😁😁😁😁😁🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@ThisTall]

It’s strange on the episodes of their own homestead, they don’t have any of the stuff they build on this show. They don’t even have a green house.

[@stephaneracicot791]

thats because they are loaded my friend no need to grow your own food when u charge an arm and a leg to build stuff everybody is capable to do.

[@ThisTall]

@@stephaneracicot791 what exactly are their rates?

[@peppertrout]

05:25 “But only if it works.” Who writes this stuff. New concept.

[@jregamey]

Something like this connects to a load dump like a heater? Instead of a a resistor or brake like a windmill?

[@randomvideos466]

Too much water in the Chanel, You must add one more alternator.. That very awesome things

[@colincarver893]

What were you using for a motor/ generator?

[@daveberry5901]

Yes, overly dramatic. . . I disagree with the gearing thing, I get that it seems to work with that big belt looped all the way around the paddle wheel, but its not going to work long, and will break. But mainly, its a matter of the Arm, and Moment of the Arm. . .Leverage of the paddle. . .There is more leverage from the big looping belt, verses trying to turn the pully from the center. . .End Result??? Basically if the paddles were wider, with longer board paddle, it would be able to turn from the center.

[@wagnersantana_]

Great ideia use water to produce power energie.

[@isaelsilvestre3530]

Que bien ordad

[@beautyofthailand7393]

I sure hope other people don't figure out they can generate their own electricity - the power company and oil companies will be very upset 😃😏

[@ramazanyesilkaya1958]

very well

[@ethanfitton6336]

Why not combine the first idea with the second idea. Use the belt reduction pulleys and the direct drive system as well. It could produce twice as much power and it could work it parallel together.

[@maximuspet]

No,power from wheel is constant

[@ethanfitton6336]

@@maximuspet huh, i didn't know that.

[@kennetharakawa5329]

What is the power output in watts? What is the yearly output in watts?

[@candrlesgrant8129]

How is there a plug in the tree? 😮

[@seanherbeck9412]

Seems really cool but I'm concerned about fallen floating logs jamming / destroying it.

[@antoy384]

Interesting point. Should there also be signs upstream to kayakists don’t get their heads cut with the wire? Man, makeshift is awesome, but engineering for the real world is mundane.

[@jimmywhitlow2012]

How is this going to work when the river floods? I have a stream behind my house. But when it floods, large logs and uprooted trees go with the water. Main reason I haven't tried anything like this.

[@michaelbagley9116]

What about when the stream freezes in the winter?

[@Tom-cf1ib]

i think water that fast flowing is unlikley to freeze

[@ThisTall]

It’s clearly a seasonal solution.

[@einzeln-und-frei]

@@Tom-cf1ib In Alaska??? ;)

[@einzeln-und-frei]

The main problem is that in northern summer you need little energy and get a lot of energy througt solar-panels. The problems arise in winter - when there is little sunshine and low temperatures (that make the rivers freeze)

[@bradquigley3676]

@@Tom-cf1ib I’ve run my snow machines up and down that frozen river for years. The Little Susitna definitely freezes in the winter.

[@peterdavis2219]

Until winter when everything turns to ice

[@antoy384]

Won’t hold until winter. It’s pretty oxygenated water, will rust faster than the Eiffel Tower.

[@steyer-crmg]

You extended the paddles toward the centre, this achieves nothing as that part of the paddle doesn’t touch the water! 😳

[@thefirsttheist8888]

But the middle is down when the board is in the water.

[@steyer-crmg]

@@thefirsttheist8888 Not sure what you mean.

[@thefirsttheist8888]

@@steyer-crmg My English is not that great. Visualize the wheel turning, the boards he attached (extended inward) will have a larger surface extending into the water when the wheel is turning.

[@steyer-crmg]

@@thefirsttheist8888 the panel extensions do not enter the water at all from my observations. They need to be extended out wards not inwards, they do not enter the water. I know what you mean but if you watch they do not enter the water.

[@thefirsttheist8888]

@@steyer-crmg "They do not enter the water". Well...sir, i beg to differ. And i watched closely, so close i could feel the water splash on my face....

[@andyec-fp7cc]

wouldn't it be much more efficient to run a pelton wheel setup, with an intake into a hose and the discharge bleow the wheel back out into the creek? seems to me like it would be much smaller in size as well.... anyways, just a thought...

[@TheNightwalker247]

He mentions in the beginning he can't do concrete or any fixed installation because of regulations

[@tiktok-king9]

I wana make electricity in canal.. I need your advice for work experience.....please gave me some advice 🙏 🙂 ☺

[@Rubio.jacob559]

You got to love the fake drama😂😂

[@kengardner5454]

Where is the source of your generator?

[@shadowstar3432]

science did that

[@ackinito]

All these reality shows would have been so much better if the fake drama was not included and actually show the building processes.

[@debashisdutta8158]

Man can make thousand crore moving hydro plan and save the world

[@debashisdutta8158]

Why blades are wooden

[@philipphilos4886]

when flood?

[@ritwiktiwari6740]

Just wowwwww

[@hopelife8130]

i realy broke cause of covid but you can save me with $20 to feed my family please save me

[@juan125873a]

@@hopelife8130 whats your paypal bud?

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[@christinehunter609]

Whaaaaat????

[@karenmangus3022]

Do yall help other people that doesn't live on the grid,I live in pampa tx. And my roof leaks so bad iv tried to get help no one can help me, im on ssi,iv had my roof fixed with tar,but I can't afford a new roof.i can't even climb a ladder. I dont know if yall will reD this but I love watching yall on TV and utub.

[@terrylambing4689]

There's more to it than connecting a Alternator to a rotating water wheel! There is other components needed to actually produce useable power!

[@ZebbMassiv]

Lots of room for improvement . there's two sides to the wheel

[@user-wn3wc4hi1z]

😊

[@MichaelYoutube85]

That wood is gunna rot

[@mariahortenciariverobidart5520]

Porque en inglés? ??

[@justindamirgian5977]

Everyone wants gearing. Gearing cause loss of power over all just changes speeds

[@richardgooding498]

How do you prevent it from being top heavy when not only the water rises but when a tree hits it.

[@demonsluger]

its on top of the water all the time it doesnt get top heavy because the water rises....

[@richardgooding498]

@@demonsluger nope

[@irondoger]

Yeah but can it catch salmon at the same time?

[@augustoduran5328]

Marty u need a industrial designer, sorry for u we r in Costa Rica

[@ricricvlog1840]

Pls flood so it can generate more power.

[@hiphop74100]

show clowning around !!!!!

[@MARTINELSA1]

WHY so big

[@texan4life129]

Need to put 3 alternators together. That will give you what you need.

[@tsine2325]

Hello

[@elizabethcalderongodoy9609]

Traducir a espsñol

[@okiedoke6373]

That janky as thing wont make it 6 months sad thats all thay can do

[@WorldwideWyatt]

This system makes no sense as something for them to rely on

[@nathandean1687]

why are these people going solar?

[@gconol]

lol, so overdramatic. The only thing he's missing is a Karen haircut that screams "I wanna speak to your manager"