Hello Ed!
** On Tuesday 08.12.20 - 21:50, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:
AA>> My town has an old water "mill" that has been tried to be converted to
AA>> a proper hydro-producing source. Not enough gov't/private monies..
EV> I'd think it would take a set of Gears to increase the
EV> Speed the Mill Wheel rotates at to turn a Generator so
EV> it would create 50 (60) Cycle/Second A.C. Voltage, as a
EV> Mill Wheel doesn't rotate very fast, maybe 3 full turns
EV> per Minute I'd guess.
Yes, that was all factored in. But they gave up when they
calculated that the investment in the mods wouldn't pay back
within a year. Something like that needs to be extrapolated
to 5 or 10 years - especially if the majority of money is
gov't handouts for "tourism".
But.. at the same time, the building that housed the mill is
next to a larger building (was probably a storage facility)
that is now a set of apartments. Maybe the noise of a
generator would be an issue - but I don't remember that being
one of the concerns.
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