What to do with a bucket, a drilling machine, some Tinkertoy pieces, a LED (2 actually, one red and 1 green depending on the direction of rotation of the wheel), a silicon/glue gun, a little box , a set of pulleys (of diameters 6:1) ,and some imagination?
YES!!!That´s it! An electricity generator with a water wheel! This is certainly POETRY!!!
Actually one could become really creative, and make wonderful works of art, such as this one made by a 9 y old kid:
Incredible, isn´t it? The funny thing is that the dog actually worked well when the water fell into it.
Unfortunately, it did not happen the same with the "eye-wheel" made by another kid of the same age, because the wheel could not rotate properly! But looks utterly beautiful, anyway.
We took this experiment to its limits: we just did not want to try it on a water tab any longer. And this is why...
this beautiful masterwork came to life. Thanks to all who helped me to set it up! (and to the owners of the fontain to allow me to build "THIS CRAZY CONSTRUCTION" inside theirs).
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