The Micro Hydro Project: Episode 1 - Installing the Penstock

This is the first in a series of videos about designing and installing a Micro Hydro system for my off-grid property. This video follows the installation of the penstock that will carry water from the source stream all the way to where the micro hydro will live in the powerhouse. Hope you enjoy!

[@SpencerLAPower]

Wow ! Now. If i just could someone that worked half as hard as you down here. That was an amazing amount of work and determination.❤Awesome job!

[@SpencerLAPower]

Hard work Pays off brother😊

[@ktmrider7592]

I built my whole hybrid solar/ hydro system 100% solo. I only have 60 ft of head but a ton of seasonal flow.500 gpm +. My penstock is 1,000 ft of 8” schedule 80 pvc pipe in 10 ft. Sections. It was heavy and a pain to bury in the super rocky ground beside my creek. I have two turgo turbines ( also built by Spencer Langston ) I also have 5k of solar to offset the drier summer days. My electronics are 6- Lifepo4 lithium batteries Schneider inverter and solar charger.all from Langston Alternative Power. I would have never been able to do any of this without Spencer Langston. What a great guy.

[@manvsland]

Wow, sounds like quite the system you have! Congrats doing it all yourself - hope you are proud :)

[@anshumansarkar3206]

Next time 1080p video please

[@daviddavids2884]

ummm 21:30 did you do a site analysis. is there some water that you did not show us.?!?!!??! cuz that little stream does not have much water in it.

[@manvsland]

Haha that's it! Flows around 70gpm in the summer and 20 in the winter. Should be enough to produce at least 1000 continuous watts once I get it dialed in which is more power than I need :)

[@anshumansarkar3206]

@ManVSLand after 6 😢 subscriber he stop uploading viseo 😅

[@manvsland]

@anshumansarkar3206 Haha don't worry, I haven't given up - I'm still building the system so I'll upload videos as fast as I can :) I'm also learning how to do the videos so I'll try in 1080p. Thanks for your feedback, so much learning!!!

[@SurvivalSquirrel]

@@manvsland Good job! Dont bother to film everything, because its not onlythe filming that is a lot of work, but also the cutting. A video length of 20 minutes is just perfect.

[@manvsland]

​@SurvivalSquirrel Haha great advice! I've definitely filmed everything so far and putting it together is certainly a labour of love :)