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Or go with a more fun way, buy a drone, and fly it up there for a quick peak 😂 would also be a cool addition for you making video's 😉

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​ @beyondtheworkbench HI, good work on getting your system going. looks like its working well for your needs. as you say you do have a lot of fiction loss but if you upgrade to a larger pipe then that will solve that in the future. with regard to 3d printing coanda tiles like I have done. there is no need to smooth them off. you print the top face down on the glass bed of the printer so the wedged part is getting thinner towards the top. this gives the top face a perfect smooth finish. Print with very small layer lines 0.1mm and use PETG filament. they will be perfectly smooth with no noticeable layer lines and the tops with be shiny smooth. you are blessed with great head there so a lot of issue that would effect a lower head system won't show themselves that clearly to you because you are going to get great output no matter what you do just because of the massive head. one issue you might already have but I am sure you will have if you upgrade the pipe is that your nozzles are to big. I believe those nozzles have a 16mm opening so with that head pressure they would flow 7.5 lps fully open at 75m head. Because you have such high pipe friction at the moment that is reducing your pressure at the nozzles so the nozzles are not to over sized. But as you increase the pipe size the pressure will go up forcing more water out of the nozzles. Why is this a problem if the nozzle is adjustable? well the spear valve has a minimum opening size where the jet of water has enough area around the spear to form a proper jet. Before this point the jet is distorted. So I would think at the moment you only have to open those valves about a quarter of there range to get your output. But as you reduces the losses and the pressure goes up those nozzles will only just be open and probably not enough to form a full jet of water and defiantly not able to be turned down. That is one problem I can foresee you having with those nozzles.The silt building up around them is part of this issue. it's because they are not opened enough they are already running to closed. Unless you plan on running a flow rate of 3lps minimum and about 8lps full output those nozzles are just far to big for your system. Another thing to take in to account. those generators are good but I would not run it at 2kw that would be pushing it really hard. and remember that if its rated at 2kw you have to take in to account that if you are seeing 2kw at point of use then the actual power going through the alternator is about 15-20% more than that due to the losses. if in the future you wanted to get the full potential out of the system you would want to go to a custom made turbine suited to your conditions with a induction motor for the generator. Pelton would be best for this head. But a proper custom turbine with induction motor will be much better than buying an off the shelf one.

A couple of suggestions for things for the house that are a bit esoteric even in the passive house community, but is especially relevant for off grid living: 1. Willow sewage treatment is something you should look into, it has become very popular in Denmark because it allows you to avoid having a septic tank, and avoid having to live with a weird composting toilet. You have totally normal plumbing in the house and a totally normal flushing toilet, it just works, and if you run the willow as a 7 year coppice rotation with 3 limbs per tree you get excellent firewood by the end of year 7. 2. Sirch, a German company, manufactures a unique hot water storage tank that is basically like a giant thermos bottle, it has a double wall with a vacuum in between the shell and the actual tank, they make them anywhere from 10 m3 capacity up to 100 m3 capacity, which is more than 5 times as efficient as a normal insulated tank, which means it can be used for seasonal heat storage. You generate the power throughout the summer when there is plenty of sun, use a heat pump to make hot water, and put that into the storage tank. They are expensive but not crazy expensive, you are looking at about 15k EUR for a 20 m3 tank, which should be sufficient for your needs. Search google for Sirch Vacutherm and it will pop up. 3. Make sure to install a drain heat recovery pipe from a company like Showersave, it will reduce your hot water usage when showering by about 70%, big deal in the winter especially, and its not expensive or complex, its literally just a double wall copper pipe where the incoming cold water goes through the jacket and the drain water goes through the inner pipe. 4. The further up north you are the less ERVs make sense, you are likely best off going for a HRV with your location would be my guess, because as soon as we are talking significant minus degrees outside then you will have to preheat the incoming heat. Also, the best heat recovery ventilators come from a company called Dantherm, if the RCV320 is big enough for your house then go with that, its super super efficient. 5. Search google for "Passive House Component Database" by the way, you can find certificates for all sorts of passive house rated equipment on the site, super useful. 6. You should make sure when you buy a fireplace that it has two important functions, firstly, it should have a sealed external air intake, and secondly, it should be able to produce hot water. There is a model called Heta Scan-Line 805 Aqua which has both of these features, the air intake going to the outside means that the burn chamber is totally isolated from your house, and you can put a valve on the intake to close for the air when you arent using it, makes a big difference to efficiency and air tightness. The particular model I quoted above is also very efficient, 87% of the heat in the wood gets into the house or water, and 64% of the 87% gets into the water.

But what if you want to concel the trap door? Ots kinda noticeable for a random strap of leather to be just randomly be hanging on the wall for no apparent reason

More random thoughts while the adverts play. When I used to filter veg oil I have three tanks, each 2 inches lower than the last. The 1st feed goes via a ridged pipe to the base of the tank, the inbound oil pushes the oil at the top of the tank (with less crud) into tank two, that is also fed to the bottom and again pushes the oil into the bottom of tank 3. A 200L sock filter existed in each tank so regarding the silt, if you could, at the start of the run, at the top of your hill, push the water up, into first tank, gravity alone should remove a lot of muck. Maybe 3 stacked 1000L IBC containers would do if not too ugly. I shouldn't be typing on here as I've not watched the whole video or any of your other videos, this just stumbled into my feed so apologies if this is nonsense.

Quander? Or whatever it is, make from plywood and paint it with fibreglass resin (which you can sand as smooth as you like) will it last? Works for boats.

What’s it been like the past week with the cold spell ?

Have you prospected for gold ?

If it’s a 96 wouldn’t it not have the Td5? I thought the Td5 was introduced in 98. Maybe it’s not the original engine. Or maybe not a 96. Either way looks great for your needs!

obviously you may have already upgraded by the time you read this - but the channel "land to house" has some great screens as part of his on-going ram pump and micro hydro stuff.

Have you thought about a shed to house your unit, this way you're always working in the dry, it's quieter and you can store the necessary tools in there as well as providing protection?

Just thought I'd pop a comment of appreciation for the content 🤝

I relate so much! I discovered your channel because of your sunsynck inverter setup. We are busy doing the same thing. should be moving to our new land in the next month or two. financing for the land was just approved. Might I ask why you want to do hydroponics instead of aquaponics?

A quote from a Terry Pratchett book (I think it might have been Going Postal?). "No practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.” I think that the idea of disconnecting from the system completely is pretty much impossible. The system provides an economy of scale. I certainly couldn't survive in the wild by working as little as I do in a job. (And by saying as little, I mean doing a normal 9-5 day job.) Even if you were able to secure enough truly wild land that survival was possible and took with you all the skills and knowledge. You would need to have so many people with you to spread the work and work so hard. Also it would take years to build up enough resources and infrastructure (even if you tried to love nomadically, you would still need to carry a lot with you). And life would be short, without modern medical care. Most of us only know the very comfortable life (compared to true self sufficiency) that the system allows us.

My solar is similarly low angle, due to the location. I find that the sun angles in the winter really affect the generation (it's a simple cosine calculation, so not surprising). But that sun angle also affects the amount of tree shadowing I suffer. To the point that there would be no gain for me to change the panel angle in the winter. Just live with a few months of poor output.

Amazing to see this in the Highlands! Just curious - is your land classes as a croft and youbhave the tenancy on it? Or is it just a plot of residential land? Thanks!

Which company are you using for this?

Stumbled across your channel by accident. Passed the fank many times and noticed the activity on site. Always wonders what was going on 😂Gritted that road in the winter for 12 years, it’s a stunning area. Will need to catch up on the series, might take a while. Hope you’re progressing well. A bit late, but welcome to Cowal. Have subscribed so o can see the progress. Cheers 🥃

Thank you my friend! I was in the same position wondering how to include wind power into my own system, until I found your video. Great stuff! Much appreciated.

Why havent you levelled the caravan?

I’ll enjoy watching videos of the bike building and stuff like that. This is a great video so far.

Watched most of your posts , do you have Full Planning Permission for the house ?

How on earth do you folks find land like this? I live in Scotland and trawl zoopla all the time - finding something like this seems super rare. Assume this is in the Highlands somewhere. Could you do a vid covering stuff like planning permission for your build?

Just found your vids watched a few, I'm from Corby too. Soon to be living in Sydney, again, thanks for the channel 👌

Greetings from an off-grid old man in the mountains of Colorado. I'm not a hydro person at all but it seems to me if you change the pointed nozzle material to perhaps teflon or maybe coat the existing points ( I assume they are made of brass ) the silt wouldn't stick to them. How about chrome plating the nozzle points and the orifice. Must be some coating you could apply to prevent the silt from sticking.....a chemist or metallurgist would probably know. Love your system, you did a brilliant job with that one.....best of luck to you and your family from America....🙂

According to Eco flow Delta pro specifications, you can charge only the delta pro ecoflow from solar and ac at the same time. So why you are invert the ac from hydro to dc and after charging the unit? I miss something?

New follower here from New Zealand. We use Ulstrom mesh (made in the UK I believe) to catch a New Zealand delicacy, called whitebait. Possibly it is a wider mesh than a kiddies tutu, but is tough as. The generator that is used here for a a Micro Hydro is called a Fisher and Paykel Gentle Annie washing machine motor. Is a three phase motor and can produce about one KW unmodified, although there are plenty of how to videos on rewiring. But is low voltage not mains voltage. Very common and not expensive in New Zealand. Regards Lindsay

Hi guys. your website is down. What's thew law on building your own or buying a wooden house in Scotland? were planning on moving from Portugal. thanks.

There are NO failures,,just adaptations,,,learning to adapt That's the key..Always moving forward..Another great video. 💯🇬🇧💯🇬🇧

As a ex mechanic and now beef farmer, this made me chuckle/smile..We moved 2 36ft caravans onto our land while we built our 5 bed house...Brought back some laughable moments..Great video. 💯🇬🇧💯🇬🇧

Wow! 5o acres. That's amazing and looks incredible! Best of luck. Greetings from our off grid tiny home on 8 acres in Ireland 🇮🇪

What about an Ikea wardrobe onto hollow cheap plasterboard

If you were doing the skirt again, would you make it insulated?

those Big rocks could of been placed there by the ICE Age

Hi just up your street kiss harber natural buildings tonight's blog have a look if you haven't already watched enjoy your chanel

Too much waffle man,just get on with it!

You forgot to put your bra on!

take a look at LoRaWan. Its similar to wifi but it works @ 900mhz and can travel kilometres.

Should have had a cement board backer, mounted on a flammable surface.

Our well freezes when it gets bad. It's usually 2-5 days with no water. Just a thought. I'm sure you've already dismissed it! IIRC, you have heating in the space under your caravan. If the water barrels were next to the caravan, enclosed, you could potentially cut a hole in the caravan skirt and allow the heat under there to keep your barrels from freezing? Enjoying your progress immensely.

The best electric heater is a Bitcoin farm! Concider it :-)

It is better to install the vertical ventilation pipe slightly below the water inlet. This allows the trapped air to be released from the pipe. Otherwise, this air will remain in the pipe and reduce its throughput, creating an air lock.

Over the past few weeks I have been developing my off-grid ideas on paper for an ecological farm glamping campsite. Before I start looking for a lender, I need as much information as I can gather. The land I have in mind is hilly and may have an opportunity to use a DIY hydroelectric turbine in addition to a 10 kWh solar panel system. I'm curious about the costs of an 800w DIY water turbine and experiences. How expensive was the system, does it make sense to narrow the pipe with reducers to increase the water pressure and is the system profitable?

Glad to see you back. I started to wonder if UA-cam had shadowbanned you. Keep the content coming matey

That device has MPPT built in and you’re changing its power curve. System changes its resistance internally and voltage distribution of whole circuit changes and current as its result.

Great useful video(s)!!! How was the Deisel heater one year on ... continued problems? Would another heater have been better? Thanks again - Know a subscriber!

Do you reckon the first anchor used will be enough to hold half of a mirror weighing about 5-7KG, with the other half being held by a regular screw in a wall stud behind the plasterboard?

What was the black stuff you painting on the edges?

Clear and very helpful 😊