In the notebook, I document my analysis of a small hydroelectric system built by Michael Loftis, a YouTuber, real estate and insurance broker, who had a dam and waterwheel built for his off-grid cabin. The cabin and hydro system are unique and look really interesting. The cabin is available for rent as an AirBnB and is located in Thornfield, Missouri. The cabin is now advertised as having some solar panels with a gas powered generator to supplement the solar.
Michael's hydroelectric project looked really interesting and I was curious about the technical details. In videos, which I watched first, he discusses the status of the system. I was disappointed to hear that his system wasn't working, because at first glance it looked very impressive. I decided to learn a little about small hydroelectric systems and document in the notebook what I've learned.
The photo above from shows the end of the flume and the waterwheel with a large amount of splash over. Also you can see the pulley system which when connected, steps up the rotations per minute to the generator. As described in video, the hydro system is not working as he had hoped.
My Jupyter notebook, can be viewed here. The notebook is hosted on Github.
Last update: 23 Dec 2023
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