Stephen Woolstenhulme

Great idea. I can make that work. Thanks.

Thanks. I'm thinking pvc for the penstock.

Do I pick up anything from the fact the water will gain a bit of head in the sluice as it drops 3' during the 20' run from the pond to the waterwheel?

Thanks for the information. I'll report back when I get it installed. I do need to measure the actual flow.

I have a 10 acre pond that produces a flow over the weir gate about 24" wide by 3" deep year-round. The water drops about 8' to the stream below. I built a waterwheel 5' high by 2' wide with 12 buckets. I plan to attach a generator that can produce up to 2000 watts at 1000 rpm. So far this has all been "gut-feel." Can anyone give me an idea if I have sufficient flow and head to spin the generator with a reasonable load? I'd love to get 1,000 watts or more. I plan to build a sluice that will direct outflow from the pond down about 3' where it will dump into the top of the waterwheel (overshot).