Procedure

The Procedure

1) Gather two pieces of flat, thin sheets of wood that were 15” by 15” and 90° angel to screw the two pieces of wood in a triangular shape (6 screws)

2) Take a 4” by 4” by 12” piece of wood to support the triangle in the inside.

3) Cut two 16 ¾ by 2” by 1” at a 45° on the triangular board.

4) The damn should be on a 45° angel on the base. (base is 1 ft by 29.5”)

5) Space between the base edge and the damn should be 5”.

6) Using a cordless screwdriver to screw the damn down to the base with 4 45° pieces of wood. (use a Phillips screw head)

7) Cut the corner of a Kleenex box and spray-paint it with textured concrete colored paint. (Generation system) spray paint the Tupperware container that holds the pump and the water that is being re-used.

8) Then you cut plastic and made it the right size to fit into the penstock to protect the wood after that staple it down.

9) Then gently spray paint the side of the penstock to give it a concrete look.

10) Using hot glue, glue together 2 popsicle sticks at a time to resemble power lines. This shows the 3 phases a dam has to produce power also to transport the electricity you produce to your voltmeter.

11) Attached all the wires to the power lines that are placed 2’’ apart the first time and 3’’ for the rest.

12) Take an exacto knife and shave the bottom of the popsicle stick power lines slightly so they will fit in the drilled holes. Hot glue the power poles into the holes, make sure they are secure.

13) Use TEW stranded copper wire to feed up threw the power lines so the electricity can be transported

14) Make a platform that measures 7’’ by 3’’ and is very thin to hold the voltmeter

15) Make 2 45° to hold the platform up, place them underneath the platform and hot glued them so they are secure.

16) Glue everything together and then to the base with hot glue. Mae sure everything is very secure.

17) Find a DC motor and convert it into a generator. Find a 4-blade propeller.

18) Souder a black and a red wire to the generator

19) Attach a roll pin to the generator and attach it to the propeller.

20) The red wire must be attached to the red probe on the voltmeter and the black wire must be attached to the black probe.

Procedure

This is a view of our dam in the process of being built. Picture taken by Railey Tremblay on April 20, 2007