500 Kwh Off Grid Hydro Electric Pelton Turbine Update

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

I remember watching you slowly but surely building and designing all of this.... What a pleasure to see it all functioning brilliantly. Well done Kris!

[@KrisHarbour]

Thank you

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

Kris, I do remember the situation with a roofing structure and some weird sticks in the mud, rained on without an end in sight, and only just started or about-to-be-started construction sites all around Your property when I begun watching. It is really amazing how far You got working for Your own out there in .... looked it up ... in three years, roundabout. Marvellous! Congrats and thanks for sharing!

[@KrisHarbour]

Thank you, the project has come along quite well in that time really. Thanks for the lovely comment

[@bluemasonchannel8340]

@@KrisHarbour do you have a video of how did you build the hydro turbine to creat electricity. So does it creat a d c power to a c power?

[@Hagledesperado]

@@bluemasonchannel8340 kzbin.info/aero/PLEZ2hvCDKUpEvvgEy_b5C6UnYNslaYcik

[@sc-lj9cp]

Over Christmas just watched all your videos up until this one, the round house, the workshop , the hydro electric. Absolutely fantastic achievement Chris. Your buildings are works of art.

[@eduardom800]

Up and running, a real off grid installation. Much like you envisioned at the begining counting the days to finish the walls of your cabin with all that mud, little by little, piece by piece, then the windows, then the roof and suddenly you had a workshop and soon you will have a bag building, and lots of trees with fruits.... I watch your videos because you inspire me. Thanks.

[@samwurzelson2309]

I have to say you're one of the few people on KZbin who I genuinely don't mind sitting through adverts for. Keep up the great work dude, it's a fantastic learning tool!

[@KrisHarbour]

Thanks for that, i dont like the adverts but it does cost my money to make these videos and time so it help alot to get some money back for them. its appreciated.

[@wetdedstuocm]

I look back to when you started, and I must say you have done very well..Peace..

[@foureye7058]

Great to see everything working a treat! And when so many folks insisted that you were going about it wrong or doing things incorrectly even after having the details explained. Best part about knowing what you're doing is that the success speaks for itself of course.

[@KrisHarbour]

Yeah that was quite frustrating for me at the time because i had spent so much time working it all out only to have a load of "experts" tell me it was all wrong. well it wasn't :) Thanks for the comment.

[@gazza2963]

@@KrisHarbour believe in yourself as you do and ignore those that dont. Put your energy into the positive and all will be good my friend

[@mrhydrohead]

I always enjoy seeing your hydro updates. You probably know this and not trying to make any judgement based on incomplete knowledge, but if your pond intake upgrade is at a lower elevation than you screen intake and you try to use both concurrently, your net pressure will drop to the lower of the two. You probably know this, but I didn’t want you to expect a different result after the work you will put in. Good to see another in depth series out there. We’re AC and hope to document other systems around us both AC & DC, but I’m so glad to see another “Hydrohead” sharing the knowledge. Bravo Man!

[@TurboPotato]

First off - this is incredible. What an amazing cabin. This is absolutely 110% commendable. Top post mate talk more!

[@rgr3427]

Kris, just found your channel while searching for water turbines for off grid homes, amazing home and system. Planning on going back to the beginning of your build and watching them all. Love the house; be safe, be happy & have fun.

[@ianaddie7779]

Brilliant mate. Going to follow some of your ideas up here in Scotland where the PV panels don't see a lot of sunshine during depths of winter and stream close by and want to get rig of diesel generator. Thanks for the help here

[@richardjellis9186]

Awesome cabin dood. You're a genius. The world needs more folks like you. Incredible.

[@plegrain]

I don't know what kind of person would give this a thumb down. This is nothing short of amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@Nayte08]

I am the 300th comment. I feel special with that number for this series especially. You should be very proud of this, mimicking on grid power is amazing, I would love to do this and hope to get a chance to try it at some point down my life’s road. Thanks for sharing all of these videos, I enjoy them very much.

[@DogmaticAtheist]

I just stumbled upon this and watched the whole video. Bravo!!! Absolutely amazing!! I know a little of what goes into this and I am blown away. Beyond anything i could of imagined seeing on here. You rock man madddd props

[@jsholt123]

very cool, i have enjoyed watching your progress from a long time now (before the hydro-generator shed was built) the ingenuity and to hear ya say you are going to put in a second gennie with electric silanoids and being able to turn them on and off ...man i won't lie, i paused the video and made my wife come and watch because to have created your own power station and your future plans are remarkable. what you are accomplishing is very cool. keep up the awesome work and the great videos

[@Crewsy]

Glad to see everything is still functioning very well despite the “minor” issue you had with the Pelton wheel a while back. I look forward to seeing you progress with the upgrades you mentioned. Sounds like a solid plan to improve your self sufficiency in the long run.

[@BALDNHAPPY]

The irony being those hating are themselves by their own definition not off grid. Keep up the good work, bloody love it!

[@TrejoTard]

Between you and "My self reliance " channel, its all i need.

[@rigdigwus]

somehow youtube recommended me this video and i just clicked on it out of boredem, but now i am really interested in how you build all of this :D guess i have some interesting stuff to watch the next view days haha looks really great

[@briandoyle6188]

Watching the amazing hydro electric turbine upload..it was then that I realized it was youse who did that amazing roof watched that about a month back but didn't know who uploaded it..... GRT turbine, GRT roof...

[@Totial]

I just love your place and the fact u dont need anybody to do what u want! Amazing job. Btw Im an electronic engineer, in case u need some help with the electronics let me know. Im happy to help u out!

[@webluke]

These Hydro systems do seem to be great if you have consistent water flowing on your land. A lot of people only think they can use solar if they want to generate power. Also these small kilowatt numbers are also a little different than what I think of, as I hear about how power plants generate 100-2000 megawatts with the guys I work with. Keep the videos coming Kris!

[@enigmatic474]

This is so inspiring. I can't wait to attempt this myself, just need to find the land!

[@RANDOMPOLAND85]

Recomend some good country

[@spencealmighty]

Hi Kris, I would strongly suggest not using Car batteries and I hope your cabinet is vented or you could be building up hydrogen and risking a nasty explosion. I work for a battery company in Australia and I know a lot about this. I would try to see if you can find some disposal telecommunications batteries. They are usually AGM Construction and are generally replaced at 5 years no matter what, many are almost as good as new. They are also built much better than most "retail" product. If you buy some new ones then find a way to properly ventilate your cabinet and buy flooded type maintainable. Cheapest technology and flooded has the highest cycle life expectancy even when compared with AGM/GEL, look for the type of batteries that go in electric forklifts/sweepers as these are made to cycle hard and daily. Thanks for making these videos I think what you have built so far is very impressive.

[@henryganzer4685]

in generally you are right, but as you can see the cabinet door closes not so tight that hydrogene can concentrate up (can see some cables go over the door) car batteries for this kind of use are not perfekt, they life not so long time as other type of batteries - but if you can get them cheap . . . other serious problems you will get if you connect different types of batteries together in one system like wet cells, agm or gel cells. they have different voltage at charging end

[@henryganzer4685]

@@@ Mark at 17:10 he speak about 2 car batteries and 2 other (i did not understand the word there - english is not my language) should be carefull . . . . are you sure with 1.2 volt at your comment about the telecom batteries? if they have nominal voltage 1.2V it seems to be they are nickel-cadmium or nickel metal hydride batteries this type of battery needs completely different charging electronic controller

[@henryganzer4685]

ok, picture would be interesting

[@jbuckley2546]

@Mark OnTheBlueRidge Leisure batteries he said.

[@williamelliott6622]

But something does not add up..A 500W geny is input to batteries which ouputs power to a kettle, an oven, lights or a couple of KWs which is far more than whats going in. I'm puzzled.

[@BoatsandEngines]

Thanks for the tour Kris.

[@DragonFlame0909]

next year ill start building my other par of house as your is ....keep going man..do not stop..

[@stephan5673]

Absolutely love watching Your videos, thank you For sharing your adventure With us all.

[@mvanvelsen]

Great setup and I am looking forward to the enhancement videos. Keep up the great work!

[@adcuz]

Amazing! Looking forward to seeing the upgrades with electronic valve control.

[@olenciozuzarte6715]

Very nice work takes a lot of effort but seeing it work is satisfying

[@timothydouglas7134]

I find it fascinating to watch your videos, very educational and inspirational. Can’t wait for you to instal ours 😀

[@gregtooley2878]

hey Kris just wanted to take a moment to commend you i am a long time subscriber i watched u build the cabin and even watched u build electric skateboards i love ur channel I dream of having a water powered system like urs

[@joshgering47]

I like your set up...that cabin looks really cool an unique

[@woodwater6104]

I'm looking forward to you adding additional water sources. It will be interesting to see how it improves the system. Be sure to use an antiseep collar on the pipe through the pond dam. I am doing a similar project and am very appreciative of your inclusion of things that worked out as well as those that didn't.

[@cuongvitruong]

Good job! You should encase your device in soundproof containers and use them to power your future electric cars.

[@alex-9533]

Excited to hear you're planning on a 4 nozzle pelton generator, keep it up :)

[@Rosakru]

Amazing work mate. Really enjoyed the series you put together. Well done!

[@jackwebb437]

Your beer bottles on top of the refrigerator are piling up. But I see the cider up in the loft is coming along nicely.

[@KrisHarbour]

They are my empty swing top bottles i used for brewing, they will be getting filled with that cider soon, its just slowing down so another few days or so.

[@Brettjnash]

I thought it was a mead, But cider is ok also... In a pinch. ;)

[@Mythouse]

Man, people are exhausting. Keep up the GREAT work Kris:)

[@Dazzy84]

I just love watching these videos,, am getting a lot of inspiration from them, also love the vids you're doing with craig as well! Keep the vids coming, theyre brilliant! 🙂

[@Garuthius]

Really looking forward to seeing the hydro upgrade's Kris, keep up the good work :D

[@rastlach]

Please don't dig through the dam wall!! and don't run the pipe through the wall. Just run it over the wall with using a siphon effect. You give water half a chance and it will dig through the wall next to the pipe or in the cavity you make through it. I have to say your system looks great and I am very very jealous. Have you thought about adding a pump that is connected to your solar panels so that when your batteries are full it can lift some water into the dam you showed so that it provides a more water when the sun dont shine. Again fantastic fantastic!

[@jamest.5001]

I wish I had this much water flow.. I have a small stream, it dries up in dry times. Last time I was there in a drought. It was wet. And that's about it. No flow to speak of. It was all but dry! I'd love to get 300-400 watta 24-7 . I have 1200 in solar. And generators. I'm debating on building a wood gas or biomass generator. Or a steam powered generator. I could use the wasted heat or steam to heat the house. Nice place great video!

[@frankz1125]

Looks good. A few solar panels would complement your system greatly.Thanks for update

[@henryganzer4685]

you can see the panels at 17:50 close to the end of the video

[@ariesmarz18]

i really like this set up i want this in the near future....

[@raymondhodge3979]

Can’t wait to see your updates, love the channel 😁

[@TheUserid82]

If you rebuild the turbine shed a cheap water resistant method for the walls that will contain the sound is used tires rammed full of dirt (mix in some cement for the lower wet sections) and you can then stucco the outside to hide that they are tires. Can also go with a flooded floor setup with basic U-bend traps to let the extra water out to also help contain the sound. For the battery check around for a crashed EV you can pull the battery pack from as at worst you would just need to pull apart to rework into your 24v system to give yourself good sized battery or several batteries depending on need if you are getting by on 2 car/deepcycle batteries now. Or the DIY 18650 systems are also easy to do just take time for the cell testing. For the pond pipe placing it lower then adding a riser to the level you want the water gives you a way to drain the pond later if needed by sending the water to your batteries rather then just letting it flow out.

[@jdraper12]

Good stuff man, I'm so glad it's coming along so nicely despite all the naysayers. If you want a hand either physically with your workshop or with programming the upcoming embedded systems upgrade you have planned I have experience in mechatronics and would happily chip in some of my time :)

[@dawnrazornephilim]

That's brilliant mate, love the house as well.

[@JimiQ2]

The lake could be used for pumped hydro storage. Keep up the good work

[@KrisHarbour]

No need, its spring fed.

[@JoeMalovich]

Thanks for the update!

[@AhmedShishKebab]

beautiful projects

[@alastairdavies7009]

Kris. Any chance you can add a list of the parts you used and where you purchased them from please.

[@Amdraz]

Epic project! Inspiring stuff indeed.

[@kanundash]

what the brillant that small turbine can produite 500 kwh great jop kris

[@michaelkingy355]

Omg, I would love to come for a visit.

[@nez3009]

You probably would get more efficiency if you used a coanda screen at the inlet. Also known as a wedge wire screen. They don't only stay cleaner. They are designed to capture more water at the inlet. They can be a bit pricey but they last many years.

[@johnbeattie9561]

Hi Kris, nice update thank you for posting, this may be of interest to you, this summer i built a system very close to yours my turbine is the ME1112 running on one jet same jet as you have at 28 psi i'm getting 300w running on 2 jets at 24 psi i'm getting 500w i have a third jet to hook up today for when we have heavy rain and extra water, i was thinking rather than hook all three jets to one turbine it would be better to buy more turbines and use one turbine to one jet hoping to get 300w per jet, i think this could definitely work with two turbines and maybe a third if i can keep the pressure, i plan to do some experimenting over the next few day. The only thing i did different is mine is grid tied as your is off grid, i was hoping to still use the second single phase take off on the turbine for a battery bank but so far i can only get 1000rpm which amounts to 10v, if your turbine is a different model to mine and you have over 12v on your single phase i'd be interested to know which one you have. Anyway keep up the good living and have fun Take care john

[@KrisHarbour]

Hi john, you are way better off adding more nozzles to the same turbine (as long as the alternator can handle it) rather than adding another turbine. Another turbine will just add lots more losses. you will never get double the power when you double the flow because of the penstock loss. it sounds to me like you have reached the caring capacity of your penstock. the more water that flows the more the pressure will drop until they cancel them selfs out. google Pipe loss calculator and you will be able to calculate the losses. i 100% guarantee you adding another turbine on the same penstock will more than likely get you a little bit more power. but less than if you just added another nozzle. but the main problem here is your pipe size. its to small to carry the extra water without ever increasing losses. If you send me your internal pipe diameter, pipe length and flow rates i could tell you what you will expect to get. here are my figures that i will expect as flow increases and nozzles are added 1l/s@ gross head of 18.5m = nett head@ turbine of 18.1m = 113w with a flow of 2l/s@ gross head of 18.5m = nett head@ turbine of 18.02m = 226w and with 3l/s@ gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 17.9m = 338w, 4l/s@ gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 17.74m = 445w, 5l/s @ gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 17.53m = 550w, 6l/s @ gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 17.3m = 651w, 10l/s@gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 15.97m = 1kW, 15l/s@ gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 13.5m = 1.27kW, 20l/s @ gross head of 18.5m = nett head @ turbine of 10.28m = 1.29kW. You can see that trying to push 20l/s down the penstock creates a huge loss in head at the turbine, in fact 15l/s=1270w & with 20l/s = 1290w just a 20w gain.

[@johnbeattie9561]

@@KrisHarbour Hi Kris, thanks for your reply and your figures that's very interesting. I got the third jet attached today but have some kind of problem as i went from 500w to 400w so need to work through it and see what i can find, i have a few things running through my head so will have a play with it over the next few days, the pressure dropped to just under 20 psi with all three jets open which is what i expected as i tend to drop 4psi for each of the other two jets. it's interesting you only drop 1psi so i'm guessing my pipe isn't as flat/straight as yours. Ok my original pipe was 110mm (4") water pipe like yours with an average inside of 96.3mm, it was put down in three 50m sections although i had around 6-7m left over so length is around 144m, i measured the head at around 15-16m, when i put water down the pipe for the first time i had 27psi i was expecting around 22psi, by the time i built the powerhouse and set the turbine it dropped to 25psi as the turbine is raised up of the ground by around 1m, i messed about and ran it for a week or so but 325w was the max i could get so decided to extend the pipe further up the hill to get a little more pressure, i did this with soil pipe and flexi joints, thinking the pressure would be much less up the top end so should hold fine, the soil pipe is the also 110mm, this took me up another 50m in length and i gained around another 2.5m in head, to my surprise the standing pressure is now 32psi so my head calculations must be out as i believe it's 1psi for every 2.33 foot of head My flow rate like yours goes up and down but at this time of year i have no less than 6ls, because of the rain over the last few days i have way over that in fact the pipe sits down in the stream bed and i have around 3" of water flowing over the top and that's with two jets open although this will die down in a day or two, i have the jets open around 2/3rds as i found opening the jets to full ie when the red knob is flush with the first thread it makes now difference in the turbine speed/power and just puts more water through the system, so if you use the finger groves on the red knobs and cound till fully out you get around 50 i have mine set at 35, this is putting around 2.5ls through each jet. Kris i don't want to mess your page up with long messages so this is my email if you would rather reply to this. [e-mail] In a nutshell this is something i've always wanted to do since moving here and understand there will be a lot of learning to do which is all part of the fun but if i can i'd like to get as much power as possible as you will know pipe and fitting don't come cheap so it would be nice to get max power out from the system Thank you again for the chat much appreciated. Take care john

[@KrisHarbour]

It defiantly sounds to me like the losses are in the pipe. that is a big drop in pressure and is defiantly from friction in the penstock. do you have small diameter pipe going to the turbine itself? mine goes down to 50mm to the turbine. if your trying to push 9lps through small pipes that could be sucking up alot of the power. also any 90 degree bends? and joins? shut off valves? all that stuff will suck up your efficiency. Also if your turbine is sized to work at 30psi then dropping it down to 20psi means the nozzle velocity changes. in order to get the most amount of energy out of the water the turbine should be spinning at about half the speed on the nozzle velocity. so if you reduced your psi by a third (due to the losses) you also need to reduce your rpm or Jet PCD by a third or the energy will be lost to the water just flowing passed the turbine without imparting its energy. so to summarise the losses in your penstock due to to much flow, joins, or bends it reducing your pressure making the speed of the water coming out of the nozzle reduced. the reduced water speed is now impacting the turbine at an inefficient speed. the solution is to fix the losses in the pipe and raise the pressure. or to change the turbine size to lower the rpm to suit the new nozzle pressure. This isnt clogging it up, this is very good information for people to read.

[@johnbeattie9561]

​@@KrisHarbour Hi Kris, i have a 110mm to 90mm then a 90mm to 63 reduction which is a 90 degree bend this then runs to a 63mm shut off valve then a 63mm to 50mm tee to split off to jet 1 and 2 all the rest of the pipe is 50mm, there are a few 90 bends to get the pipe to the turbine ie three on each side, i added an extra 50mm tee today with two more 90 bends for the third jet so it is a bit of a mess in that respect, i was thinking about using some flexi hoes and cam locks thinking i would get a better flow so can still go down that road, or was thinking about larger pipe say 63mm up to the jets then a single 50mm to the jet but not sure if this would make any difference. My main pipe isn't to bad for ups and down although i do have a big dip as it crosses a deep part of the stream, that said when it comes out of the dip it's still flowing down hill if that makes sense, what i mean is it hasn't a climb up out of the dip it's more flat then down hill again, i will be building a support under this at some point., another part is where i originally started the intake, it's an old dam so the bed is quite flat, i have around 1.2m of good drop then around 15m of quite flat, it's possible i can lift the pipe to give a better even slope which may help with flow. The turbine i think is the same as yours ME112 it's rated at 3-4kw, to be honest i have no idea what pressure it is sized for, the seller says 2800 rpm is needed for 4000w my rpm is around 950-1000 with two jets, i have to admit i'm a little lost when you talk about the water speed at the jet do you have a calculation for working this out ?? It's all trial and error i guess and everyone's will be a little different, my aim when i started was 450w so i've achieved this but you know what it's like when you start something you start wanting more and more and if there is more power to be had i may as well tap into it . Take care john

[@KrisHarbour]

Well those 90 degree bends will sure waste some energy hose would be a much better option. with regard to the rpm think about it like this.... if the water leaves the nozzle and hits the turbine and the turbine moves away from the water at the same speed as the water 0 energy will be captured. if the water hit the turbine and it does not spin at all again 0 energy will be captured. so the load on the alternator (voltage) needs to match the turbine size in order for the turbine to spin at about half the speed of the water in order to catch the energy. if you let your turbine spin at free spin with no load and record the voltage. you want the voltage to be half of that when it is loaded to get the most out of it. does that make sense. no need for trial and error if you do the right calculations.

[@P0LARice]

You could keep the excavator batteries charged up and in good condition by using them for extra storage when you are not digging with it.

[@oldtimeengineer26]

Great thanks for the hydro update

[@chrisgreen1331]

Love it mate. Keep up the great work.

[@seanandrewforin]

When you say you're powering your house, what are you powering? How did you come by the number of 100 volts as your maximum? And what are you running past your battery bank to power your house.. what are you using for inversion?

[@ChrisHall117]

At 6:06 you start to sound like a young Bear Grylls and this video is great man! Keep up the great work and I have just subbed to you too. :)

[@wingman2tuc]

Very Nice series. Nice work!

[@ianmason3446]

well done kris

[@flutegene]

Since you mentioned water heating, I would put in a dump load circuit that would supply the hot water when not charging batteries.

[@thomasvnl]

That is a friendly neighbour you got there then ;)

[@KrisHarbour]

Yes i get on very well with the two farms that are close by. lovely people

[@henryganzer4685]

maybe he had to pay for the water from the neighburs with some bottles of selfmade cider . . . . ;-)

[@effbee56]

are induction hobs and microwaves a bit more efficient than standards electric hobs and electric ovens?

[@Dommo1997]

You could tile the bottom half of the turbine shed ?? To help with the wet walls

[@pedroalchemist8722]

Awesome stuff!. Some beautiful projects & wonderful work. Total respect!! :) (y)

[@SiviVolk2]

If you decide to add microcontroller to controll switching of the nozzles it is probably best not to use selenoids - specifically to avoid the water hammer effet you mentioned. A spare cordless drill controlled via relay rotating a needle valve is probably a better option.

[@chippyjohn1]

great video and achievement mate

[@gogotravelreview]

very good idea

[@rudrashiva]

Build a dam upstream, you will get constant flow rate. You should consider Francis turbine, it is more efficient than pelton wheel.

[@Captain_Char]

Between the solar and the hydro electric I think you have a good setup since you have two forms of generation, if one needs to go down for repairs, you still have a backup system

[@ScooterMcAwesomeness]

Add a 500w windygig... and you got trifecta of renewables... Figure out a way to get 500w from Pelton junctions and that wood stove...perhaps some geothermal pumps... you cover all elements. Hehehe. Fuck I love offgrid lifestyles! That cabin is boss!

[@MichaelRyanVlogs]

Great update!

[@iorytx16]

How many appliances can u have running? Its the turbine good enough to charge batteries and run the cabin with normality? Looking to build something like that out side the US

[@Scruffybiggems]

Should use a ram pump to pump some of the steams waters up to your pond for free

[@TheDuroProject]

What is the life time of such a turbine and services needed, I mean like ball bearings (if some) and water grinding the turbine (as usual on pelton)?

[@37gang37]

If you have so much excessive power from the turbine or in the future turbines. Maybe it's an idea to increase the size of your lake and pump the down steam water in to the lake to as a natural battery ?

[@johntripp2028]

Will this drain the pond if it doesn't fill at the same rate

[@stephenballantine5293]

Hi Kris. Where abouts did you get your hydro generator ? And what's the make of it ? Thanks

[@Ana_crusis]

Great ! Thanks Kris

[@tarilwright9242]

Just found your channel. Looks like you have some elevation, could you build a water ram to recover some of discharge water from hydro to refill pond to extend your power generation season, or fill tank for house or garden use?

[@troyfall6573]

In the states I see other people using Tesla batteries to build a power bank. Others use lithium cell batteries you find in laptops or tool batteries. They then create their own powerwalls using hundreds of these single batteries. It would be an interesting video for you to try and make a powerwall similar to an actual Tesla Powerwall. There are KZbin videos showing how others are building them.

[@alvinrittenhouse4915]

Thanks.

[@wikquid]

Are you legally allowed to disconnect from the grid, say if you have a small house with a fast-running river in the garden and fancy going hydro?

[@Woodyjims-shack]

A lot to be proud of 👍

[@roybm3124]

If you improve your feeding pipework to you turbine a little it wil get slight better efficiency. There are a lot of bents and couplings in this line. But nice set up!

[@james10739]

I know you have a different setup now and i guess have calculated the best voltage but have you considered playing with the voltage a little just like 2 volts up or down and see if it goes up any

[@marthabudgett6804]

loving the videos....did you get planning initially or do the 3 year rule. ..was your land agricultural? or woodland.....thanx Kris how much did you pay and arelated you north or south Wales? cheers

[@GeeZeRFroG]

Have you thought about setting up a live feed of the shop construction on Twitch? I here most YT's are getting better money over there than they are on here.

[@KrisHarbour]

i might look in to this.

[@jamesculp3622]

never heard of twitch

[@GeeZeRFroG]

@@jamesculp3622 Twitch.tv it's primarily a streaming sight for video games, but recently have added in new categories like art/vlogging/IRL and other non gaming sections. It has live chat with the viewers and a really good donation system. A lot of YT's I watch have jumped over because the money is just better for the audience size.

[@GeeZeRFroG]

@@KrisHarbour You could do Q/A streams or have just a live feed as you build or stream when you are working on small projects in the shop. I don't know if its right up your alley or not, but maybe a good place to make some additional money. P.S. I love your hydro power videos!

[@gazza2963]

@@KrisHarbour Definitely look into it mate. Even if you do a live feed with YT on some days. You wont know what its like until you try. Just dont have the radio playing in the back ground

[@lilla7136]

Hi Kris. Love that hydro! Wish I understood how it all works but for me I only deal with 12v and 230v from generator. I also have wind turbine but it doesnt give a lot of power. How is the hydro working compared to solar panels? Does it produce more power than solar?

[@MightyCapri]

Hey Kris thank for the update but I've been looking for that adjustable jet nozzle everywhere since I saw your build video can you provide a link thanks

[@msmungos]

Soooo fucking jealous, you are living my dream. Hope one day I will be able to build something like that for my self :)

[@jeffreypampilon1216]

can i ask sir do we still need to use solar charge controller in water turbine? or it's a direct i need your reply thanks

[@aliajactaest7707]

Well done sir

[@rjifreeman360com]

Woodgas generator from deadfall leaf and wood in leaner hydro periods perhaps...

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you're my hero. my damn hero

[@mmeyer9317]

Well Done!