Rain Gutter POWER #3 - Fidgeting With Turbines!

A lot of engineering involves iteration. In this video I iterate through several turbine designs, searching for the most efficient conversion of the water jet to mechanical power. The logic that a smaller diameter will spin the generator faster, quickly runs up against the total power available and efficiency of the turbine itself. Lesson learned: power generation is not as simple as we'd like to think! Please consider helping fund the channel so I can make more great content by becoming part of my "Quint-essential" support on Patreon:   / quintbuilds   Thanks for watching... -Quint This is Part 3 of my series on generating power from rain gutters. Please like and subscribe. For part 1:    • Rain Gutter POWER #1 - How to Harvest Free...   For part 2:    • Rain Gutter POWER #2 - 3D Printed Alternat...   Thanks for watching -Quint Music: Ready Set Go by Magic In the Other from YouTube Audio Library https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/... Music promoted by MUSIC FOR YOUTUBE    • Video   Pelton simulation depicted in video: https://www.flow3d.com/simulating-pel... Summary: In part 1 I connected an off-the-shelf DC generator to a pelton wheel and drove it with runoff from a large section of my roof. Though I calculated 2 watts of available power and planned on only collecting 50% of it, the actual output was only .19 watts. In part 2 I design and build a permanent magnet alternator then rectify the AC into DC power to enhance the efficiency. In part 3 I iterate nozzle and turbine designs to see if we can get a full watt of power.