Peltron wheel designs

[Jakel]

Anyone have any home made diy builds to share.

 

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[kcm]

Do you mean Pelton wheel designs? Lots of water where I am, but it's all frozen at the moment. Even when thawed it doesn't ever go anywhere!

 

[Jakel]

Yeah a peltron wheel to turn a trommel drum

 

[kcm]

Can you elaborate a bit more? Is the trommel to be in the water, or is the power to be transmitted onto a land unit? What size do you have in mind? How portable are you looking for? What's the water flow and other characteristics where you wish to use this?

I had an idea years ago about using water flow to power a small charger that would keep a 12v water pump going all day. Didn't need a lot of water flow for what I had in mind, but also the water flow was very minimal. My final idea was to make a floating dam that could be extended and would harness the top 12" of flow across the stream. If you have ample water flow, this will not be an issue.

 

[Jakel]

No plan in mind. Trommel barrel is about 8" round. Peltron wheel I meant to spin the drum on my highbanker.

 

[winners58]

. this looks cool...


this one they have it slowed down and going into a sluice.
https://youtu.be/S0EEuHGKs6c

 

[Reed Lukens]

You need high pressure to run a pelton wheel. I have one on a rock crusher that runs off of the side port of a standard dredge motor. Originally it was built for running sewing machines. Still, they all need pressure to run...

 

[Jakel]

Yeah something like that. You say high pressure reed Lukens. I plan on using a 2" gas Honda water pump. Can I just reduce down the output to make it high pressure or will that burn the pump out.

 

[Goodyguy]

Yeah something like that. You say high pressure reed Lukens. I plan on using a 2" gas Honda water pump. Can I just reduce down the output to make it high pressure or will that burn the pump out.

Use a wye connector.
Run one hose to the spray bar.
Run a separate hose with a high pressure nozzle to the pelton wheel.



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[Jakel]

Right. Then there really isn't any resection

 

[N-Lionberger]

I saw where someone brazed spoons onto an old circular saw blade to make a wheel, it isnt a true Pelton wheel though without the split in the cups. There are a lot of small pelton wheels for sale on ebay. I have been thinking about doing the same for my trommel build.

 

[Jakel]

I saw where someone brazed spoons onto an old circular saw blade to make a wheel, it isnt a true Pelton wheel though without the split in the cups. There are a lot of small pelton wheels for sale on ebay. I have been thinking about doing the same for my trommel build.

I'm not buying any pre made stuff. I like fabricating all my own equipment. Just wondering if anyone has done this too because I can't find too much on YouTube to copy.