cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 days agoMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?message-squaremessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down119
arrow-up1350arrow-down1message-squareMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·20 days agoSure but there wouldn’t be enough power, especially if you need things like AC.
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·20 days agoYou’re thinking too small: water cool your apartment
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoThe water can even directly drive the fan!
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoEvaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.
Sure but there wouldn’t be enough power, especially if you need things like AC.
You’re thinking too small: water cool your apartment
The water can even directly drive the fan!
Evaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.