Comments for Booneyliving.com http://www.booneyliving.com Let us teach you how to live off the land and off the grid! Our website is full of great information to help you get started the right way! Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Is Micro Hydro Power Generation Practical For Residential Use? by Patty Hahne http://www.booneyliving.com/591/is-micro-hydro-power-generation-practical/#comment-241 Patty Hahne Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:59:05 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=591#comment-241 If I'm understanding you correctly, you're envisioning have a holding tank on a tower. The water from that elevated tank would then power a water turbine with the help of gravity and an electric pump would pump the water back up into the tank thereby completing the cycle. Is this what you had in mind? In order for this to work, the turbine that is generating electricity would have to generate more power than the pump that is being used to replenish the holding tank is consuming. I'm not aware of anyone who has figured out a way to make this work because pumps generally consume more electricity than the water turbine produces. If someone could design a turbine that was efficient enough or a water pump that didn't consume more electricity than the turbine was generating, this would be possible and it would essentially sold the world's energy problems. They would also become very wealthy! I think that someday someone will figure out a way to <a href="http://www.booneyliving.com/567/what-is-overunity-and-is-it-really-possible-to-achieve/" rel="nofollow">achieve overunity</a> but I'm not aware of anyone who has scientifically proven that they have built a device that can actually achieve overunity yet. Someone may have but they haven't made their discover public yet if they have. I REALLY like your way of thinking though. This is the kind of thing my husband and I lay awake at night contemplating. We're absolutely fascinated by ideas like yours and that's one of the main reasons we got into alternative energy and created BooneyLiving.com. Keep those thoughts coming! If I’m understanding you correctly, you’re envisioning have a holding tank on a tower. The water from that elevated tank would then power a water turbine with the help of gravity and an electric pump would pump the water back up into the tank thereby completing the cycle. Is this what you had in mind?

In order for this to work, the turbine that is generating electricity would have to generate more power than the pump that is being used to replenish the holding tank is consuming. I’m not aware of anyone who has figured out a way to make this work because pumps generally consume more electricity than the water turbine produces.

If someone could design a turbine that was efficient enough or a water pump that didn’t consume more electricity than the turbine was generating, this would be possible and it would essentially sold the world’s energy problems. They would also become very wealthy!

I think that someday someone will figure out a way to achieve overunity but I’m not aware of anyone who has scientifically proven that they have built a device that can actually achieve overunity yet. Someone may have but they haven’t made their discover public yet if they have.

I REALLY like your way of thinking though. This is the kind of thing my husband and I lay awake at night contemplating. We’re absolutely fascinated by ideas like yours and that’s one of the main reasons we got into alternative energy and created BooneyLiving.com.

Keep those thoughts coming!

]]> Comment on Is Micro Hydro Power Generation Practical For Residential Use? by Michael Thomas Sill http://www.booneyliving.com/591/is-micro-hydro-power-generation-practical/#comment-240 Michael Thomas Sill Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:55:55 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=591#comment-240 Why does one need to be near a natural water source? Why could one not create an elevated holding tank of water with a ramp running the proper length/velocity towards a water turbine unit? A hydro pump would recirculate the water back to the holding tank. Seems logical enough. If people can have swimming pools, why would such a thing be out of the question? It could easily be incorporated into the actual design of a home. Why does one need to be near a natural water source? Why could one not create an elevated holding tank of water with a ramp running the proper length/velocity towards a water turbine unit? A hydro pump would recirculate the water back to the holding tank. Seems logical enough. If people can have swimming pools, why would such a thing be out of the question? It could easily be incorporated into the actual design of a home.

]]> Comment on How To Store Water Long Term For Emergencies by Patty Hahne http://www.booneyliving.com/1306/how-to-store-water-long-term-for-emergencies/#comment-229 Patty Hahne Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:53:20 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=1306#comment-229 Thanks sweetheart! Glad that you liked it. Thanks sweetheart! Glad that you liked it.

]]> Comment on How To Store Water Long Term For Emergencies by Jeff Hahne http://www.booneyliving.com/1306/how-to-store-water-long-term-for-emergencies/#comment-228 Jeff Hahne Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:52:27 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=1306#comment-228 I love what you wrote about making sure that you store water for your animals. i think this is somthing that many preppers forget do. Kudos to you for bringing it up in your article I love what you wrote about making sure that you store water for your animals. i think this is somthing that many preppers forget do. Kudos to you for bringing it up in your article

]]> Comment on Top 11 Survival Items I Carry When I’m In The Woods by Patty Hahne http://www.booneyliving.com/1151/top-11-survival-items-i-carry-when-im-in-the-woods/#comment-227 Patty Hahne Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:24:49 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=1151#comment-227 That's a great idea Ted! Thanks for the tip on the Petzl headlamp. I think I'll buy one and do a review of it here on BooneyLiving.com! Glad to have you visit my site and hope you visit again! Best of luck to you in your off the grid lifestyle up there in Alaska. I've always wanted to visit Alaska. Maybe someday. That’s a great idea Ted! Thanks for the tip on the Petzl headlamp. I think I’ll buy one and do a review of it here on BooneyLiving.com! Glad to have you visit my site and hope you visit again! Best of luck to you in your off the grid lifestyle up there in Alaska. I’ve always wanted to visit Alaska. Maybe someday.

]]> Comment on Top 11 Survival Items I Carry When I’m In The Woods by Ted Schmitz http://www.booneyliving.com/1151/top-11-survival-items-i-carry-when-im-in-the-woods/#comment-226 Ted Schmitz Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:27:10 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=1151#comment-226 Great post! On the order of flashlights... It would be good to specify one of the many types of 'hands-free' devices we dog mushers use: HEAD lamps. Wearing the lamp on the head leaves your hands free to tackle chores. The better brands (Petzl, for instance) throw a far-reaching beam, or can be adjusted to scatter the light over a wide area. Regular (AAA) batteries last many hours in them. I live in a remote setting, entirely off-grid, in Alaska, and use my Petzl constantly around the homestead. I have a 2000w Honda generator, but rely mostly on a small wind turbine and solar panel for my electricity. My Petzl headlamp is equipped with a USB rechargeable battery pack that requires only a few minutes to fully recharge. I can usually be seen wearing the lamp even during the day when artificial lighting isn't necessary; it's that comfortable to wear and always where I need it, when I need it. Happy to find your website; I'll be back ! Great post!
On the order of flashlights… It would be good to specify one of the many types of ‘hands-free’ devices we dog mushers use: HEAD lamps. Wearing the lamp on the head leaves your hands free to tackle chores. The better brands (Petzl, for instance) throw a far-reaching beam, or can be adjusted to scatter the light over a wide area. Regular (AAA) batteries last many hours in them. I live in a remote setting, entirely off-grid, in Alaska, and use my Petzl constantly around the homestead. I have a 2000w Honda generator, but rely mostly on a small wind turbine and solar panel for my electricity. My Petzl headlamp is equipped with a USB rechargeable battery pack that requires only a few minutes to fully recharge. I can usually be seen wearing the lamp even during the day when artificial lighting isn’t necessary; it’s that comfortable to wear and always where I need it, when I need it.

Happy to find your website; I’ll be back !

]]> Comment on How to Quiet a Generator to Tolerable Sound Levels by ashland fadeley http://www.booneyliving.com/935/how-to-quiet-a-generator-to-tolerable-sound-levels/#comment-221 ashland fadeley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:19:47 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=935#comment-221 I have a number of generators. The Onan generator runs at half the speed of the cheaper (about 1,700 hundred revs a minute) models and is much quieter. I have a number of generators. The Onan generator runs at half the speed of the cheaper (about 1,700 hundred revs a minute) models and is much quieter.

]]> Comment on What Is Propane and is it a Clean Fuel? by Patty Hahne http://www.booneyliving.com/823/what-is-propane-and-is-it-a-clean-fuel/#comment-218 Patty Hahne Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:28:36 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=823#comment-218 Hi Sue, I've never heard of anyone doing that. If you're using a large take that you rent from your local propane company, they might have a problem with you running propane lines to your neighbors. I'd check with them to see what they say. Hi Sue, I’ve never heard of anyone doing that. If you’re using a large take that you rent from your local propane company, they might have a problem with you running propane lines to your neighbors. I’d check with them to see what they say.

]]> Comment on What Is Propane and is it a Clean Fuel? by Sue http://www.booneyliving.com/823/what-is-propane-and-is-it-a-clean-fuel/#comment-215 Sue Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=823#comment-215 Can multiply families share one propane gas tank? Can there be three individual meters to read how much each family uses for fair billing or for fair dividing of the bill instead of just dividing the bill by three families? Thank you Can multiply families share one propane gas tank? Can there be three individual meters to read how much each family uses for fair billing or for fair dividing of the bill instead of just dividing the bill by three families?
Thank you

]]> Comment on Got Frozen Pipes? What To Do To Get Water Flowing Again! by Patty Hahne http://www.booneyliving.com/133/got-frozen-pipes-what-to-do-to-get-water-flowing-again/#comment-212 Patty Hahne Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.booneyliving.com/?p=133#comment-212 I'm really glad to hear that our little homemade water jet trick helped you out. It has saved our bacon too many times to count. Thanks for letting me know that my article was helpful to you! I’m really glad to hear that our little homemade water jet trick helped you out. It has saved our bacon too many times to count. Thanks for letting me know that my article was helpful to you!

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