Worked as a Power Co. Lineman for 12 years. Got a pretty good idea on wire capacity limits.
In VietNam, I had a request to put the NCO Club on 24 hour power. It was 687 feet (Paced off), from the 60KW generator, to the club. I did some serious cypherin, and figured we MIGHT get by with a huge cable. Put the word out, and scored 650' of 500 MCM copper, sheathed. Ran it, by pulling with the jeep, and hooked it up. Voltage ran consistant at 111 volts.
Man, did I impress the Brass. They thought I was KING of Power.
The neighbors figure, if the motor runs, that's good enough. Never mind they stick the grass in in short spurts, and it sounds like perpetual farting. Thuut, thuut, thuut.
Sometimes, the motor even gets running so slow, I can't hear the noise from the knives cutting the air
No problem for me, EH
ANY water power info would be greatly appreciated, Caryr
I am planning a 24V system, because the Alternator is 24V. Just figure to rectify at the power house, rather than down by the creek, with all the extremely wet conditions.
Scored a UPC yesterday, that has a trigger switch, so it can be started on battery, rather than needing Grid current. Just have to pay shipping, + I will throw in a little extra, even though the unit was free. NOW, I can take a peek, and see how to rig up this self starter-activator. Then, I can run straight off the Alternator, from 65 v to 150V, and the UPS will put out 120V 60 cycles.
I learned about cycles from taking over the Generator shop, in VietNam, and that is the only part I am having trouble figuring.
According to what I can find on the 'net, Alternators put out in the hundreds of cycles, say 400, for example. NOW, how to get that changed to 60 cycles
Hoping the UPS will do that, without releasing the "Magic Smoke".
Battery juice doesn't matter, as long as it is whatever the UPS is rated for. I can rig up 6 Volt Batteries, in quad packs, for 24 volts, charge them at 24 V, and tap off in 6 or 12 volt increments, for UPS's, RV type DC appliances and whatever. CFL lighting, I don't think matters to much about cycles
Still need more searching, OR, a friendly Electrical Engineer, that won't tell me i'm crazy. We already know that, EH