[RE-wrenches] micro-hydro distribution problem

[jay peltz]

Hi Nick,

This is easy and there are a few options that I"ve done.

1. depending on the turbine or turbine possibilities you can use  
standard or slightly modified battery chargers.
ie each charger is therefore a current limiting device so each house  
gets no more than the charger size.
Yes there will need to be a dump load so that if all the chargers are  
regulating there is somewhere for it to go.

2. You can use a timers and relays to send the watts to the different  
houses.

Feel free to contact me and I can work out some details for you.

jay

peltz power




On Oct 25, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Nick Houser wrote:

>
> Esteemed fellow wrenches: May we put our heads together on today's  
> problem
> in my terrain: How best to distribute and regulate the output of a  
> single
> turbine from a convenient distribution point to
> four residences on the off grid property, each with it's own 12 volt
> battery/inverter system. If I may spare you the details of the
> lake/stream/intake/penstock and apparatus, let's say we have
> sufficient head and flow to divide 700 watts four ways, average  
> distance
> maybe 300 feet. The problem becomes:  diversion controllers and dump  
> loads
> at each battery or some central scheme?
> Anybody done this kind of thing? Cautionary tales welcomed. (Any
> experienced comments welcomed.
> Thanks muchly in advance.  Nick Houser  Off Grid Services,  Lund,  
> British
> Columbia.
>
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