Subj : Hydro went off - agai
To   : Ed Vance
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Dec 09 2020 08:14:00

Hello Ed!

** On Tuesday 08.12.20 - 21:50, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> My town has an old water "mill" that has been tried to be converted to
 AA>> a proper hydro-producing source.  Not enough gov't/private monies..

 EV>  I'd think it would take a set of Gears to increase the
 EV>  Speed the Mill Wheel  rotates at to turn a Generator so
 EV>  it would create 50 (60) Cycle/Second A.C. Voltage, as a
 EV>  Mill Wheel doesn't rotate very fast, maybe 3 full turns
 EV>  per Minute I'd guess.

Yes, that was all factored in. But they gave up when they  
calculated that the investment in the mods wouldn't pay back  
within a year.  Something like that needs to be extrapolated  
to 5 or 10 years - especially if the majority of money is  
gov't handouts for "tourism".

But.. at the same time, the building that housed the mill is  
next to a larger building (was probably a storage facility)  
that is now a set of apartments. Maybe the noise of a  
generator would be an issue - but I don't remember that being  
one of the concerns.

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