Mayabird wrote:More than the number of people who get diseases from contaminated surface water they were drinking for lack of any alternatives? Even if it doesn't kill them, it'll incapacitate them or at least slow them down, and they can ill afford medicine or the lack of work. Saves time too, since they don't have to walk long distances to find water and can get it right in their village.
Not saying electricity isn't a good thing, but water does come first.
Except I have no idea how they were getting the water previously, whether surface water or dug well or hand pump, or the quality of that water, or where it was located. Water isn't always conveniently located, sometimes a powered well in your own home or village isn't feasible. Then there's the social aspect of getting water from the well, as noted. I'm trying hard not assume things.
In any case, both power and water are good, though yes, water is more essential than electricity.
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Sarevok wrote:Hmm.... Are we sure he can make lights work with his wind mills ? That would require some batteries and batteries dont come cheap for impoverished people.
He doesn't need batteries. He could be running them directly off the generator. Or he could be using a car battery, one of thoswe wouldn't be TOO hard to get.
At least a car battery is needed for such small wind turbine because otherwise there will be large voltage fluctuations when wind is gusting and rpm's of turbine are changing rapidly. Without battery there will be nearly no power at one point of time and light bulbs burning out few minutes later when large gust of wind arrive.
When I had a wind turbine a car battery (even crappy one that no longer could start a car) worked very well to store the excess power when gusts of wind hit and to provide power when wind died down for few moments (you never have constant wind speed in suburban location with many obstacles around). A large and expensive battery pack is needed only if you want to store large amounts of electricity for days when there is no wind at all.
Except Landlord has a mindset that it won't work. He's claimed installation of such is illegal in our area (it isn't - Other Half did the research), and he doesn't understand the technology.
It's a wheel stuck to a small generator (that works by inducing electricity by rotating a bunch of magnets in a wheel). If necessary, a transformer (a bunch of coils) changes the voltage and amperage as necessary. That requires a little math and skill to get the right amount of spins. Then you connect the whole thing to a battery (though, I wonder whether the battery stores energy only when there is "excess" or when there is nothing running on the line). It's hardly complicated by design, only execution.
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