'Enough to power so many homes'

[KennyO]

How? I’m guessing you’d need a short circuit on a main line to be pulling what is ~120 amps, assuming you’ve a house and not a factory.

He's got lots of lights and heaters in his attic for his 'other' crop.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Exactly but unfortunately 95% of the population haven’t got the foggiest what an amp, volt or Kwh is. It’s shocking how many haven’t got a clue how much a meter or a foot is by looking, judging or guessing!! Not every one is same as us agri folk and can judge a gap by comparing it to 10 or twelve foot gates or it’s very near the width of my 3m mower ....

that's exactly how I judge things, how many 12' gates!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

10kw for peak demand I would not disagree with but I think there averaging the need on a 24 hour basis and assuming storage of that electric without any losses to give 650 watts. Its not to far away from the figure I use for continuous generation per household of 750 watts.

With a micro hydro plant, do you heat the house with storage heaters? So the demand can be at night when there is little other demand?

 

[Y Fan Wen]

With a micro hydro plant, do you heat the house with storage heaters? So the demand can be at night when there is little other demand?

The set is governed by an electronic frequency sensing load controller which diverts the surplus to any resistance load, in effect, heaters, so storage radiators would work well.

 

[renewablejohn]

With a micro hydro plant, do you heat the house with storage heaters? So the demand can be at night when there is little other demand?

Same idea but electric UFH.