Lifetime of Free Power from Water - Building a water powered generator using recycled junk. Part 1

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

Gods, I love Aussies: "A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body. ...but a MATE will help you move a body of WATER. She'll be right."

[@MartyT]

Aussies? .. Kiwis

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

@@MartyT Cor! Sorry! This was the first of the channel's vids I've seen! Kiwis are even more hardcore. You guys still working on the whole Sauron/Uruk-hai thing? Or is that under check?

[@greenaum]

@@grumblycurmudgeon Maaate... calling a Kiwi an Aussie has started wars before! Are you trying to provoke them? Their rugby team could take care of any horde of orcs, either by fighting them or with a drinking competition.

[@quinnfischer9624]

@@ClaytonBigsby01, a video with this many views makes less than about $4000

[@malcolmchapman3093]

@@greenaum yes don't insult Aussies by calling kiwis Aussies lol

[@kuzadupa185]

I love how there is nothing different between a group of guys as kids vs a group of guys as adults. Out in the woods, making water dams and changing the course of moving water, coming across interesting rocks, daring one another to do something dangerous and stupid, etc. Love it.

[@theguymaxqc]

we are just kid whit money lol

[@kigangankai1209]

As an engineer i approve that this is the most hacked together professional job i have ever seen.

[@organiccold]

Same haha

[@jtm198]

"Rapid prototyping"

[@SMGJohn]

Medieval engineering technique, you design it while you build it.

[@toms4123]

In NZ they call it “Kiwi ingenuity”

[@joeyyoung2851]

Men in sheds messing about and inventing with bits that “I’ll keep that aside it might come in handy” to make stuff that shouldn’t be possible! Brilliant!

[@oompalumpus699]

A man who asks himself what he can make with what he has is far more admirable than a man who complains about what he doesn't have. Love you Marty!

[@HandSolitude]

NZers were famous for being scavengers during the world wars. It's because NZ was so young there was hardly any industry there. AnY materials, tools and equipment that needed to be shipped took months to get. Even nails used to be recycled.

[@craigmahan5185]

Mr T, I've told a dozen people of "The Man, myth, True Legend " and this video. your a big hit in N.W. Montana, your money's no good here and you and the family always have a seat at my table. thank you. C

[@Nostalgik64]

Genuinely Impressed by the stream it made. Gravity is amazing when utilized properly. 10 ft in a straight line...absolutely wicked mates.

[@Pet-Staffy]

There is no documentary I’ve watched over the years, that even comes close to what I’ve just seen by you Marty, & your mates. It’s real, it’s raw, fascinating, informative and incredibly entertaining. Its 1am in the morning here & I couldn’t take my eyes off it. I’m hanging out for the next instalment. Brilliant stuff!👍

[@denniskundinger7815]

trying to find the next installment

[@michaelanderson1650]

I can't wait for the next installment, this was fantastic.

[@DonnaMSchmid]

It's times like this that I **really** miss my Dad... He would have absolutely *LOVED* your channel, Marty! He was always doing things like this -- making cool things out of nothing! Thanks for bringing back some great memories, my friend! **wipes tears**

[@joelclark634]

same my Dad was a bit of a tinkerer aswell

[@digitalbelongings2039]

Good old days, atleast we have memories!

[@visamedic]

My grandfather. That guy could make ANYTHING run! If you had a banana that wouldn’t start he’d get it running. We had an old Datsun B210 when we moved up here. He had worked this thing 6 ways from Sunday when we lived in So Cal. I remember something going wrong with it up here before my grandparents moved up her, so my mom had to take it to a shop. I remember the mechanic, an older guy as well, started looking under the hood, then looked at my mom, and told her I don’t know how long you’ve had this this way but it should have never been able to start. He messed with it for a while, and when he was done told her whoever did this work new what they were doing. It shouldn’t have worked but it did. To this day that story just cracks me up. We always joke the every thing ran in “Perna” power.

[@verifiedgentlemanbug]

@@visamedic Great story ♥️

[@jewelwheeler1]

Same here. My dad was perfect at using a rubber band to get you going again. I try to do the same, just I seem to use several rubber bands. 😂

[@jamewakk]

That stream is pure gold, free electricity for life.

[@gatekeeper65]

And possibly actual gold in it.

[@darreng745]

@@gatekeeper65 More likely to be Iron Pyrites, when doing a survey project out at the Dolaucothi National Trust site the workings there are full of it and that it why it is known as fool's gold because it is very hard to tell it apart from real Gold.

[@tallyhorizzla3330]

Always carry a magnet with you prospecting,easiest way to tell pyrite from gold.

[@jamewakk]

@@tallyhorizzla3330 wasn't talking about gold physical

[@MrMali22]

@@jamewakk The other people in your replies were.

[@Penguin24766]

Idk if y'all ever read this but: Thank you for sharing this adventure of yours ! I loved to build and tinker with things, but sadly my mind decided to go wet cardboard on me from mental illnesses.. I can no longer build or tinker with stuff - so youtube is my closest thing to scratching that itch. Great project !

[@wingnutbert9685]

Sorry to hear that, but I'm in the same boat. Good days and bad. I love having YT vid's. Just watching random stuff of interest keeps my mind from running out of control. I love watching DIYer's like these guys and am admittedly a bit sad I don't have what they have in terms of knowledge and friendship. Smart enough to figure out how to do something with what's on hand or cheap, but not so much that their smarts get in the way of creative thinking. I've got the imagination, just not the smarts to execute. I'm got a log bridge to build across a seasonal creek on my property and thought it be neat to set-up a small waterwheel to spin a motor to run some LED xmas lights to decorate the bridge at night in the dark months. The public uses the bridge as it's on a main hiking trail. Just thought it be a nice thing for people to experience on their hikes. Anyway. Hope you're doing well and year on now. Regards, Bert.

[@gamingaccount6904]

don't worry about the volts, lads, watch out for that current. BTW, you made a HYDRO station out of a broken washing machine. KUDOS! When the world ends, this is the first series I am watching.

[@Mike.Howard]

"Broken bones heal, but tools cost money." - Marty T 2021

[@siskamore11]

Make a t-shirt

[@wes4192]

Free is cheaper than new. Marty t 2021

[@bobrobert6277]

unless you live in the usa then broken bones cost lots of money

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

@@bobrobert6277 facts

[@jfk64kennedy95]

broken bones, alone in the wilderness can cost you your life

[@perryrush6563]

Living in New Mexico but being TN born I now appreciate all Of the different creeks and streams all Over the place. Sigh.

[@brianmoore5498]

better than anything on cable here in the usa. thanks

[@shannonsisk]

I agree, this is better than anything on TV today.

[@raiden72]

Cable tv is predatory

[@fixitallpaul4847]

I have never had cable. Always seemed a waste.

[@PerpetualMan22]

That is quite the perpetual electromagnetic blender you have made.

[@sadidrahimi]

This is so clever and well thought out. We were thinking of building something like this in a remote village in Afghanistan, and this will be perfect. Materials and everything readily accessible too. Thank you Marty ❤️

[@themastertater420]

ive been telling all my friends who will listen about this for the past 4 years......i watched the dude ( you ) who had his running for like 11 years off grid the same way on here and it blew my effin mind

[@themastertater420]

and then i looked and realized it was you....damn man ..im getting old

[@lawrencewillard6370]

@@themastertater420 there are VERY few like him. A very good watch!.

[@Flowing23]

Great 👍 You should consider building these as a kit, mounted on a pallet, able to be disassembled to get into the woods. You would sell them like crazy. It is easy for people to build the water supply themselves. Your knowledge in building the unit is key. Good luck.

[@jamespayne8781]

Gotta say I’m totally impressed with the land you live on there. I grew up in the hills of Arkansas which can be rugged but not quite like your hills. Too old to crawl down such terrain now but can really appreciate the isolation and the solitude.

[@PhiLBilly_PhilRodgers]

It's great to see that there are guys like me all over the world! We have a saying here "we've done so much with so little for so long, that now we can do anything with nothing forever".

[@jonmarshall1502]

My new favourite KZbin channel. The country would be a much better place if we had more people like you Marty.

[@lawrencewillard6370]

When GOLD is sought, all other work ceases, till sense returns.

[@wilhelm3458]

friendship is the gold live needs

[@ApolloSevan]

I live in Utah where people from all over the world travel to and I only wish I could live where you are! So green and beautiful!

[@mfc4591]

To say that this is genius is an understatement. Loved the banter, would guess there was a fair amount more knowing you blokes from that part of the world. confused the dog with the drill sounds! looking forward to part two

[@ni_wink84]

Everyone needs a friend like Marty! This is absolutely ingenious, I remember the video of you fixing yours and I was thoroughly impressed with how well thought out these systems are!

[@cavelvlan25]

I thought I had one. He ran off a woman. Foul creatures. Stealing away all our friends.

[@lukefenech]

You are up there in the top few most inspirational individuals to me. The wholesome and generous use of your intellect and skills is heartwarming. Plus you take the time and effort to share it for us all to learn. I'm over in Australia and I am stockpiling your knowledge in the hope I can be more independent and help others more. In a nutshell, thank you very very much.

[@mercurial8290]

From a Scotsman in Western Australia: Marty, you’re a bloody genius!! Love your content. Thank you.

[@tallyhorizzla3330]

If only we had creeks that ran all year round like that here in WA.

[@yingle6027]

I'll never be smart enough to do something like this but it's good to see what humans can achieve with limited means. Outstanding! Can't wait for the sequel.

[@johnmurkwater1064]

If you can read and follow simple directions, you can do this kind of stuff and so much more. Between bookstores, your local library, Google, and KZbin there's tons of information available on DIY projects. You can do it if you want to.

[@skullcrusher8589]

....you may not think so, but you are More than mentally-equipped to pull this off...!!! This was Almost a step-by-step tutorial. You Got This....!!!

[@meilyn22]

That's what we all say until we start! You never know what you can achieve until you start learning and putting in the work.

[@CivilizedWarrior]

Why not? The only thing you have to lose is time. Not much you can do to mess it up that couldn’t be fixed. The only way you get better at building stuff is to build stuff. Half the projects I start I don’t know what the hell I’m doing, I just do some research, get going, then when you run into problems, (which you always do) you figure out how to solve them, rinse, and repeat.

[@TechGorilla1987]

I'll start my day in New Zealand thank you very much...

[@keamu8580]

It's very nice to have a shed full of parts like that. But once a year you got to take it out and organize it so you can find what you're looking for. Makes a good Saturday project.

[@Nostalgik64]

I learned so much ingenuity from this video.

[@earlrush]

As a home appliance repairman in florida have worked on many F&P washing machines. One of my favorites.....F&P dishwashers,,not so much,,lol. Great vid.

[@ihrescue]

Clever as always. It never gets old to see these alternatives. Marty T the off grid consultant.

[@keamu8580]

It's rare to see this much safety engineering put into a project like this.

[@Worldchampstwice]

I like the team spirit amongst you 2 . that's wat gets the job done.. DW South Africa... we have an electricity crisis here.. an I can use your ideas.. 👍👍

[@digdugbingo]

I've seen this done before. However, not with the overload protection combined with the automatic shut off for the turbine water supply. Pretty smart. Well done guys.

[@paulvale2985]

I've seen a number of motorized valves in my time but this one...Genius. Luv from the UK.

[@kirkmarrie8060]

I have that Makita drill. Bought 1988! Excellent presentation!!! Helping a Mate is what's life all about. Kinda like building up points to enter Heaven! Without thinking about it or trying. yeah

[@michaelmustermann6527]

This is very bad for people that like to hoard things which might come in handy at some point. Seeing you two pull out things from the piles and making use out of them feels good haha. Always a fan of recycling/upcycling in a meaningful way. Nice video as always :)

[@supertramp6011]

He makes this all look so simple, very ingenious, and amazing set of skills. Perfect for living in the outback!

[@DicipleForJesus]

It's amazing to see people overcome the power obstacle with common everyday items. Now it seems to me a safe path down to the waterworks is a must. With stairs and handrails. Love to watch a video about the construction.

[@jakeylaird]

This should be shown in all high school metal shop classes

[@exileinderby51]

I love the humour and ingenuity of the two of you and this looks like an awesome project, can't wait for part 2

[@Sickofitall-76]

Liked before even watching cause 47mins of this guy’s gonna be time well spent. And I wasn’t disappointed! Love this production of free energy and it looks like you have it down to a tee! Solar and hydro, it’s the power of the future. Great video sir!

[@sethr.c1065]

Lot of engineering and free parts. I’m impressed.

[@cawaalerashid4338]

Great stuff Marty. People are blind and can't see the wonderful spirits carved in the rocks and plant life; even you cue them and say look at this!!!

[@Bolli1983]

Just 47 minutes ago I was pretty proud of myself having managed to build some IKEA furniture today, without screwing anything up. Thanks Marty.

[@shaunt1207]

Loved the video, I found the banter just as enjoyable as the project. I've got an old smart drive which i'm finding it hard to let go of, cause of your channel. Wife wants it gone, I'm hiding it in the garage at the moment.

[@connellyslandmanagement725]

I’ll bet everybody on here this man didn’t learn a single thing from KZbin so we should all be thankful he’s here to give us the things he’s spent years apon years learning

[@raptorduck8785]

He learned a lot of this things from youtube, in fact he copy this exact design from another dude on youtube who did this 11 years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZK7npibnMaFi6c&ab_channel=AngryRam

[@Kelsdoggy]

21 minutes in. GUYS THIS IS AMAZING! so skilled.

[@jesuiscequejesuis2267]

I'm extremely impressed by your skillset and ability to utilise junk.

[@johnclamshellsp1969]

I also build many many things from scrap. Absolutely love how our homemade products are better built and outlast most things bought. Absolutely great video and thank you. 60107, Illinois, USA says hello.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Fantastic - pun intended. A mate of mine did a similiar thing many years ago - power generated was used to heat water and powered everything. He used the hot water to also heat his camper at nights. The batteries are little more than big capacitors to regulate the voltage for the inverter...at the house, you probably want to set up an electric hot water tank to absorb excess energy rather than shutting the unit down whenever the voltage builds up on the batteries. Some kind of two way switch is required, but you guys can easily work that out.

[@briananthony4044]

Marty has that system at his own house, water heater acting as excess energy dump. But he used the drill cut off valve until it was put in place.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

@@briananthony4044 Yes, it makes a lot of sense.

[@KubotaManDan]

What a lucky mate to have Marty as his friend. Wow what mechanical engineering, taking recycling to a whole used level, very entertaining video. Can't wait for part 2.

[@jeffwhyte1]

That’s quite the contraption. It’s cool how you can take old pieces and parts. And build a working hydro power plant. I wish I understood electricity better. The projects in your videos are right up my alley. Nice job!

[@paulraysam]

You truly got brains I feel my time and data is not wasted to watch this much love and respect from uganda .here we have many waterfallls may be its high time I get on with yo ideas and start

[@MiseryCo]

This was so friggin cool to watch. The ingenuity is on a whole nother level.

[@terryfromsouthcarolina4601]

Salvage DIY with a side of comic relief! Marty you brightened up my day! Terry from South Carolina USA

[@benjaminmellingen5340]

I actually jumped in my chair when that pipe let go. there is a surprising amount of power in that little system, very impressive

[@gubr]

1 bar per 10 meters of elevation, so the damn is roughly 70 meters above the turbine.

[@thepaperboy9009]

The best kind of engineering is bush / ghetto engineering. Congrats guys! Hope it runs forever.

[@csigazsiga1]

I love that you don't waste the water, all the other people in videos did, and i like that you are making a turbine not a water wheel. Nice 👍

[@BarnStangz]

I wish I could like this video 100 times, it's so awesome to see the two of you fix this old stuff up and make it useful! All the recycling and cobbling stuff together is great! I love having old junk around, you just never know when you'll need stuff!

[@supertramp6011]

So true. Environmental nazis have insisted on scrapping lots of useful stuff around me in the Scottish Highlands, nowadays you can never find anything useful any more, it breaks my heart to even think about how much extremely useful, old, high quality equipment was sent to the crusher for short term gain, only to be replaced with electronic/ plastic cheap Chinese garbage which will be utterly useless within a generation.

[@tonym4181]

Now you have all this free power you could install an Escalator down to the creek🤗. Great Kiwi ingenuity. Bring on the next installment.

[@Brad.whatthe]

I can’t believe I’ve cleaned out my shed and garage and probably thrown out a couple of perfectly good power stations... DAM it .

[@Teknopottu]

We don't have much of these kind of babies here in Finland. Been on the watch more than ten years and never spotted the type on the dumps or tips.

[@fowletm1992]

The parts are easy enough to find A mountain stream is the hardest thing to find, non on ebay anyway, lol

[@LionHeartOG]

Literally happens every time I get rid of the dust collection.

[@Flippin_Crazy]

IKR

[@bennyrobles9194]

Hope you still have like ceiling fans in your garage. Few tiny neo magnets on the internet. Voila.! U good to go.! So many videos on youtube. Chk this guy out; muddy muddy mudman. He has tons of videos on youtube of all the stuff lying around to make electricity, and further bridge rectifiers home made. Good luck and have fun.!!

[@felixyongco4420]

I am keen to watch until it starts working... I am also a mechanic and electrician and wants to make use of what is thrown away as no more uses... Thanks in sharing your knowledge .. Much appreciated. All the best...sirs

[@abrinkley7]

It’s crazy what really smart people can do with some stuff from a junk yard truly impressive!

[@davidlemmon2570]

So impressed with your engineering skills you guys are awesome much respect

[@fredsilvers1427]

I'm glad you have such a beautiful and useful property. This has been a dream of mine. Can't wait to see how well it works. Also, I wouldn't be able to get much done because I'd be panning for gold everyday.

[@iRangoTango]

I used to hate the "to be continued..." messages at the end of TV shows, but this one made me laugh. What kind of surprise, or success, will we see on the next episode??? Nice work mates. It's fun watching.

[@ckmoore101]

He was heavy on the foreshadowing for the sturdiness of the plastic fins..... so, I foresee some early repairs in next episode....

[@craigwilcox4403]

Marvelous solution for power! Lucky to get all the pipe, connectors, pipe clamps, etc. And a tremendous drop, giving a LOT or energy! Finally able to use the hair dryer! And electric toothbrush!!

[@trekozbeyondthehorizon3112]

Keep in mind running the inverter off the threaded posts, those posts are only rated to maximum 50amp... Ide run that off the main terminals... But fantastic job you's both have achieved... Bloody awesome guys...💪

[@marcryvon]

Awesome. Just awesome. You did it for your own home, then now, you do it again for a friend in dire need of stable, utmost clean energy ! Brilliant, my friend, just brilliant ! And that NZ nature... stunning. I live n Québec, Canada. We have our own nature wonders, thousands of lakes and rivers. Your's is soooo diefferent ! I cannot wait for the second episode on this project ! Kudos, Marty T ! 👍 PS You should be named Smarty T ! 🤫😁

[@jw3906]

Your knowledge of many different industries and ability to put things together is extremely impressive! How have you learned all that you know? Just learning by trial & error and experience over time? I want to know a quarter of what you do!

[@fava7753]

The most effective reverse engineering and recycling of parts I've ever seen . Come the apocalypse , Martys family and his mates will be the survivors for sure . Amazing work Marty . Keep up the excellent work and content . . 👍 👊 .

[@fishhuntadventure]

Geesh. You need to spend more time in the garage!

[@peterwalton1502]

New Zealand is such a beautiful country. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@PinebrookPictures]

the amount of absolute joy and laughing that happens during this video makes me so happy. I've never met and Australian I didn't like.

[@NZDIRT]

Yelling “BANG” when connecting anything to batteries never gets old

[@Robert-mt9jw]

After the third time, it did, trust me.

[@Seriouslydave]

Yeaah, old people love doing that, also, old people hate you doing that

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

I used to have a colleague who we all knew was very nervous around electricity. He just about shit his pants if you banged the side of a panel when he was looking inside....... something which we never got tired of (but he did) lol.

[@paulsautocm]

Anticipation, great work guys. Just borrowing some energy and then returning it unharmed.

[@Not_alike_59]

Great video, good to see you welding and having some really good tools. I know someone in northern NSW who has had hydro for over 20 years and it can provide a lot of power.

[@karlalton3170]

This is the most interesting video ive seen for a very long time , free electric bloody Awesome dude 😁😁🤘🤘🤘

[@andrewbalfour9373]

I'm watching this in the Clachaig in Glencoe Scotland with a beer.. Just fantastic 👏 👌

[@VapingWatch]

Finally, a "Free Energy" video I can believe in!

[@NeaonBHB]

White socks, black shoes, glowing white legs. Great combination, good choice

[@jeroldstockdale]

You guys are frickin' amazing! "We're just going to bash together some old scrap and get this guy electricity for his whole house. No problems."

[@everythingscience9691]

21:13 Fantastic demonstration of the classic "Safety Squint".

[@rhonda1950]

"aww, that's way off!" "what!?" "nah, its just right" Loved it. We do that to each other on the job site all the time. Good stuff fellas, God bless ya and thanx for the know how.

[@thementdl]

you can use the output. It would even be better for long distance, cause of less powerloss in wires (you can use thinner wires cause of less current). At the point before rectification you could transform it to lower voltage and therefore increase the Amps. Good luck, nice project

[@colmh4137]

Marty I will move from Ireland to New Zealand to be your apprentice

[@PS-Straya_M8]

LOL blurring out the bad welding .. too funny! 😁 👍

[@mrsir9616]

As soon as the video started I knew that it wasn't another backyard U.S style video. Recognizable song birds, and nature. Respect to them, in the U.S of course because of snakes and wild animals, which NZ does not have, unless its a pig. Finally a decent NZ video, that I like to watch. Kiwi bodging at its best.

[@BradGryphonn]

I've been meaning to watch this, so at about 2am Friday, I decided to start watching. This has had me enthralled from the beginning. And what an awesome block of dirt to be living on. My idea of paradise. Now I've gotta watch part 2.

[@SamuelVella1995]

You're my favourite build channel. Love seeing the budget friendly approach

[@watcherofwatchers]

That dog thought the trip down the hill was a good game!

[@briananthony4044]

Do you notice the dog tilting it's head as they worked as if trying to make sense of it all?

[@ragnarocking]

LOL at the blurring out of the bad weld. I can't wait for the next video on this.

[@martinwharton838]

These guys are great working just as I work “it ain’t pretty but it works great”

[@TalRohan]

Soo you know what you're doing then ......all very professional except for carrying it down to the site...absolutely love the scrap to treasure build

[@shannonsisk]

This is some of your best content. So fun to watch. Your kids will one day look back and say “remember how dad could make anything and fix anything?”

[@brianfraker1793]

This is what should be taught in school instead of some of the other silly subjects.

[@GEOsustainable]

10 seconds in, I already love where this is going. Awesome I was hoping you would do power and water when I saw the size of the water falls.

[@rphntw1n]

Text is a colorblind nightmare 😂. Awesome video. Thanks!