AMAZING 250+ Watts of Micro Hydro Power Off Grid

Ryan Harden

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An Amazing 250+ watts of continuous power from this Turgo Micro Hydro system. I travel to an off grid Yurt to meet Eric in Western North Carolina. He shows off his Micro Hydro Turgo install. This is making all the power he needs to run basic appliances like coffee maker, mini split air conditioner and lights. This setup has a coanda screen feeding 700 feet of 4 inch pvc pipe penstock. The head pressure is 57 feet of drop resulting in 25psi at the turgo. Eric has a few nozzle sizes that he is able to swap to for flow rate change in the creek. In the summer he is running a single 5/8" nozzle making 250 watts all the time.
 
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