We briefly started working on our generator as well. We gathered the materials, and started to brainstorm how we were going to make it function efficiently. Our goal is to harness the power from the our water wheel, through the generator to light a small LED light bulb. Similar to this selection from The Simpsons. (just for laughs) :)
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Water wheel generator project Day 2
Today, the materials were brought in, and we got off to a great start building our water wheel. We're using a children's bike wheel for the wheel. We attached dixie cups with duct tape, and set up the wheel in a tupperware tub. Using water from the faucet, we tested our wheel. It got spinning fairly quickly, and on the first try too! How often does that happen? Here is a video of our current water wheel in action.
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