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[[File:SpiralPump.jpg|right|200px]]The water supply for [[our house]] needs to be raised at least five meters high so that there's a reasonable pressure for the taps and shower. We're going to make a [[water|spiral water pump]] to use the streams own current to pump the water up to the tank. A spiral pump is a [[W:water wheel|water wheel]] that has a spiral of tube attached to the side so that it moves the water in a similar fashion to an [[w:Archimedes' screw|Archimedean screw]]. | [[File:SpiralPump.jpg|right|200px]]The water supply for [[our house]] needs to be raised at least five meters high so that there's a reasonable pressure for the taps and shower. We're going to make a [[water|spiral water pump]] to use the streams own current to pump the water up to the tank. A spiral pump is a [[W:water wheel|water wheel]] that has a spiral of tube attached to the side so that it moves the water in a similar fashion to an [[w:Archimedes' screw|Archimedean screw]]. | ||
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| + | We have a fair bit of current in the river so we'll also try and use the water wheel to generate electricity probably using a cheap old car alternator and voltage regulator going to the charge controller of our [[our solar power project|solar setup]]. | ||
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The water supply for our house needs to be raised at least five meters high so that there's a reasonable pressure for the taps and shower. We're going to make a spiral water pump to use the streams own current to pump the water up to the tank. A spiral pump is a water wheel that has a spiral of tube attached to the side so that it moves the water in a similar fashion to an Archimedean screw.
We have a fair bit of current in the river so we'll also try and use the water wheel to generate electricity probably using a cheap old car alternator and voltage regulator going to the charge controller of our solar setup.
