Hydroelectric Dam Update After Rain Laminar Flow
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- We finaly had some rain after about 3 months of very little at all. Im like a kid on christmas morning as i no longer have to lug buckets of water around to water the garden and the fresh water spring is back to full flow. It was also a great chance to check the hydro dam and the results are better than expected.
Thanks for your recent video. It's enjoyable to watch your progress. I continue to look foreword to future posts.
Kris that water flow looked hypnotic... so pleased it is all working the way you planned it.
Good to see it all working after all your hard work your face shows how proud you are and so you should be .
Wow, fantastic job. Great water flow. How great to be able to see it in your mind then create it. No wonder you are proud of your work.
I noticed you are looking so much healthier these days ☺ the outdoor life effect 👍 even at 6 am !!
Glad to see your okay. Great videos.
Good to see the fruits of your labor working perfectly!
We are please too mate. Well done
That flow is a thing of beauty! Kudos!
Congrats Kris, it's beautiful and hopefully it will work efficiently for you .
Brother you are an inspiration. Truely
Wish I looked as grounded and awake as you do after 7 minutes minutes up and going...
Brilliant that Kris ! ... and lovely how uplifting it is for you. Your enthusiasm is infectious and helps everyone enormously in these crazy times. Enjoy your well deserved breakfast x
Im glad, i have been thinking about the best way to do that for quite a while and to see it work perfectly is great and a really nice start to the day. Its also excitement of not having to water the garden everyday anymore :)
@@KrisHarbour Where does the rain water from the workshop go? Any way you could store and divert some of it to the garden beds when needed?
yeah its doable, currently its goes down underground and down to the woods. i could easily catch it but if its rained enough to get any water stored then we have plenty in the spring anyway so its not that helpful really. i can just run a pipe from the pond and that would be way more storage and less work.
@@KrisHarbour Cool, It's sometimes hard to visualise where things are. I knew you had a pond but thought it was a long way from the veg garden.
Looks great kris. A piece of aluminium plate ontop of your sloot in the sleeper will give you that perfect laminar flow without the ripples. Great work. Cant wait to see it all together and working.
That water was hypnotic, looking forward to seeing the new intake.
Fantastic job. Such a beautiful water supply. Yay.
Hoorah! RAIN! And Laminar Flow! Blessings Abound
That flow is just beautiful - like a sheet of glass! The joy in your voice says it all - looking forward to seeing the improved flow after you drop the lip an inch or 2.
I could almost smell the damp earth as you were walking back home - thanks for the update, Kris.
I thought it was plexiglass at first glance.
Nice work Kris! I'm glad you got that vital rain. ps You look great!
Nice work man! I am glad things are working out for you
I love how it looks like it been there for 5 years already. Absolute master
Excellent 👌 It's going to be fantastic when you dial it in. Very exciting!
Looks like a sheet of glass, absolutely brilliant well done.
Looking beautiful 😍❤
Look forward to your next vid keep up the great
work
Beautiful sight ..Have fun getting things in order..
Well done - looks great.
Great job brother as always!! Stay safe !
Nice 👍 job.
Looking forward to the next one.
That's how I pictured it when you were building it. Don't underestimate your ability my friend. You do very good work in all that you do. Thanks for sharing your talents and thoughts.
I absolutely love your style man. Hydro, Wind and Solar. Best 3 renewable ways to make your own power and your place and property is awesome. You have me hooked watching your progress and hard work.
Awesome job on the weir. Mesmerizing
Kris - Hope you realize that your subscribers love any video you post. Viewing mundane, everyday tasks (feeding the chickens, watering the garden, clean ups, etc.) are both soothing and interesting to watch, even with minimal commentary. Would love to see more such videos as long as they encompass minimal editing.
What a beautiful flow!
Well done.
Love your tech videos
That works smashingly well!
The joy you are feeling is showing all across your face, starting with your eyes!
Well Done, Kris, Well Done Indeed!
I've been checking for this update every day. SUPERB 😊
You lift my spirits for all my own projects every time you post an update - thanks 🙂
I just love watching this man develop he`s little chunk of paradise. Its some real inspiring stuff!
Be good to have a montage episode of before, during and after of all these projects.
All the best Kris Harbour Natural Building.
Thank you for keep lifting them (green) spirits during lockdown.
Totally agree
Hey Kris, Thanks for the Dam update! ;-)
Looking good! 👍
Looks great! I look forward to seeing that more.
Looks great Kris, will be good to get the numbers when your all sorted and see how it is performing now.
That looked picture perfect like an old mill I saw in Vermont years ago. Take good care of yourself please. Have a lovely weekend.
Top job, well done. 👍
You’re such an inspiration, thanks for sharing!
A beaver would very impressed. Good job.
That's fantastic Kris. Its always a great feeling when things work out in your favor heck it even makes my day better as well.
Be careful Kris and take care! 👍👍💯💯
Sheer satisfaction and joy, like an artist with their creation, a child with a train set, or a self taught offgrid engineer hoping for the best 👍😁
Beautiful just Beautiful, I could watch that all day with a few cold beers.
Definitely upload a video of you dropping the dam down 20mm. Looks amazing!
Thanks for sharing the result of your work with the dam. Encouraging for me here in Portugal.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Nice one, looks good
You could make a video of just the water flowing for people to use as white noise very relaxing to watch and listen
I am glad you posted a new video looks like its working good.
I've got an allotment, and watching it rain was great. I can leave the place alone for a few days to just get on with growing, and not have to spend ages watering it - only to watch the water evapourate off the ground in the heat. Things also seem to grow faster when it rains, compared to being watered by hand.
Yeah same here, i have been doing alot of watering and not having to do that now for a few weeks at least is a massive time saver.
Semi automatic irrigation system. Water tank on altitude, valve, pipes with holes in them.
@@KrisHarbour you could build a ram pump for watering your garden.
Proper result there Chris, well done
Wow, its like a pane of glass :)
Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to hear that you’re so pleased with the weir’s flow. Nice videography too. Good to hear that you had good 🌧 rain.
Fantastic result... cant wait to see the intake..Good job Kris
Awesome! Loved the excitement at laminar flow! I can totally relate 😂
Its just a really pleasing thing to look at :) i love water anyway so seeing it like that gets me all worked up :D
@@KrisHarbour I'd recommend the smarter everyday UA-cam vid of laminar flow 👍 really impressive what you've achieved, loving the vids!
Been watching for awhile now...neat to see how your life is working out!
Absolutely spot on! Well done mate! Was waiting to see how this turned out!
Very impressive, I had a thought when you were discussing your plan with the overflow. Why not make metal ‘gates’ just strips of stainless and chisel slots into the overflow so you can raise or lower it in, say, 5mil intervals. You could make a plate from the same material to line the base of the main outlet so you get a perfectly flat flow. I’ve no experience in this so not trying to claim any sort of expertises it’s just an idea humbly offered for consideration. Thanks for the video chap and, yes, the rain is very welcome.
Rob Chorley That idea could be expanded with a float and leverage arrangement to act a governor controlling the flow rate. Perhaps an overkill.
The low technology solution is to have floating ball. The ball would be on the other side of main intake so that leverage was big enough.
This needs to be seen, alongside Ralph Wilmots comment
Sounds like a good idea in my humble opinion.
So great to see the old jarrah doing service :)
Good morning Kris, the water flow looks great. All the best mate
Absolutely spot on Chris that water flow could not have turned out better.
Very similar to MrHydro’s looks super good 👍
Impressive mate, i'm pleased for you (if not even more envious)
Fantastic. It's exciting to see the fruit of your labour in full effect. Congrats. I bet you'll be cheering all day long. The satisfaction of work done by your own hands can't be compared to any city job, I reckon.
Cracking job as always Kris, glad to see it worked out well.
congrats on a job Well done 👍
Well done Kris. Ohh yes we had some water out of the sky last night in Pontyclun
I’m sorry that I am not in a position to give you financial support yet I feel that you have given us all the perfect positive example of realistic
Existence on this georgious planet if and when it becomes possible I will be in touch because you are so fabulous there’s no better example of humanity than you in my book of truth anywhere bless your heart
Bravo, great result
That looks amazing. Such a good job. Well done mate!
I love how excited sciencey types (and I'll include myself in that) get about laminar flow :) that's definitely a nice looking weir
Looking like glass 👍
Looking good Kris! Nice hydro intake & a swimming pond as well.
He's already got a lake to swim in >
BRILLIANT JOB.
Well done you looks lovely . Now imagine that near your home. Sleep would be awesome with the sound. Free electricity
Beautiful job, that looks fantastic!
Good job! Looking good
please make a t shirt that says I’m Really Pleased! or Quite Pleased - i love it - such great work - would love to visit your property next time we are over the pond - Wimbledon was postponed & with all the travel restrictions will have to wait a bit! Great work and it’s mesmerizing to watch the creative process.
Whoop whoop been waiting to see that flow. Looks great. Can't wait for the intake.
Dude that’s looking awesome! Not bad for a handcut with a chainsaw! Looking really good mate and I can’t wait to see the new intake! As always thanks for the video. Take it easy mate see you next week 😀😀
Bet Kris makes sure that edge is perfectly shaped when he lowers it so the flow is a perfect sheet of water as it flows into the intake, lol. Anyway, was thinking and wondering how the weir and water flow was doing this morning. And now I know.
Looking great. Will be even better once the greenery grows in. Will be a perfect place to sit and relax.
Good to see you so happy! Best regards from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Looking good was wondering about levels good job
Smarter Every Day's Destin Sandler would be crying with joy seeing that laminar flow ....
Excellent! Always great to watch your videos and the dam looks mighty fine :)
So impressed...I am sharing with my brother in law..hope he subscribes and binges on your amazing skills 😊
Impressive!!👍
Just a daft suggestion, simple adjustable gate on overflow?
Well done Kris, send more videos mate
doing good kris, keep it up
That's beautiful!
Hi Kris always love video but honestly just show us your backlog jobs around place !!
Michael Hume - Wish I could "like" your comment a thousand times - with the caveat that the footage could have minimal edits to avoid another time using chore for Kris.
No need to be sorry! Stay safe. Safety first lol
Just live your life and update us when you can that looks like it will work very well.
You have to love it when a plan comes together. Looking really good for a first run. A couple day's labor well spent to put it all together.
The holding pond level looks a bit on the high side after a single night of rain. Several consecutive nights of rain might result in water overflowing the sides or back end of the weir, causing some potentially serious erosion, which might lower the water level enough to stop flow out the hydro feed slot, or worse to empty the holding pond. Remember the rate of water into the weir WILL equal the rate of water out once it reaches a steady state level.
Put some thought into how you can control any flow rates which exceed what the current weir outlets can handle. Perhaps adding a higher secondary overflow outlet on a side or back area with a lining and rocks to control where the overflows go if/when they happen.
yipee kris ur a genius for sure