windmill project

19 years ago

An exciting morning on the farm. We erected the windmill today and put the wooden barrel on the water tower. A pair of twins showed up with the crane operator who want to put up a windmill of their own. They were a couple of old-timers who seemed to know a lot about windmills and wanted to see how to put the pieces together. The crane operator was dead on and the ground crew was agile. The whole thing went off without a hitch.

Windmill tower on ground with crane:

Tower in flight to pad:

The blades placed on top of the tower:

The water tank:

And the tank placed on the water tower:

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Comments (5)

pamghatten
19 years ago
Very cool ... explain why a water TOWER. Why put the water in the air?
alhunt
19 years ago
It's not my windmill, but the water tank is usually raised to create head pressure and make it flow.
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pamghatten
19 years ago
Thanks, I thought I remembered something about gravity from the tower creating pressure.

I think it looks great!
stoneunhenged
Original Author
19 years ago
Yes, that's right. The windmill water system isn't pressurized like a conventional electric pump/pressure tank system. The water pressure comes from gravity pushing water downward from the elevated tank. Each foot of elevation creates about a .43 psi in pressure. My tank is elevated about 20', so I'll be running about 8 psi in pressure. It's not near enough pressure to run a sprinkler, but plenty good for drip irrigation or filling automatic waterers for livestock which is the purpose of this system.
sullicorbitt
19 years ago
Very cool Stone, I love it! thanks for posting the pictures.

-Sheila