I don’t want to give out too many details of my project yet but I KNOW someone here can help me start. As of right now I’m looking for a hydro mini generator. the kind that can screw into a conventional faucet/showerhead. If you can help me start with that - that’d be awesome. As I progress, more details shall unravel.
How much power are you looking to extract from household water pressure?
Guessing that “USB power” might be a reasonable goal. As with any hydro project, volume and hydraulic head are your friends, so a shower head is a better plan than a faucet.
Or your toilet … capture “waste power”
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Keep the plunger handy and view those no-doubt frequent jams as an opportunity to harvest a few more watts!
Is this the sort of thing you’re wanting?
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/LED-Hand-Hold-Shower-Head-Hydro_60147349395.html?spm=a2700.7724857.29.3.ZYF4W5
or something like this?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/water-glow-mini-generator-small-dynamo-water-DC-turbine-DC-generator-for-led-shower-FREE-SHIPPING/32233853630.html
or…?
Some info on such devices…
Here in Plano we have so much calcium in our water I guarantee one of those things would be seized up within a month 