{"id":215,"date":"2012-05-07T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=215"},"modified":"2012-05-08T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T17:06:29","slug":"micro-hydro-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Micro-Hydro Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro0.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the intake a drilled 1\/4&#8243; holes in a 2&#8243; section of 4&#8243; PVC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro1.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>The intake spot- 90 feet above the PowerSpout<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The intake in place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am using 2 jets on the PowerSpout so i had to construct a PVC bypass for the 2nd jet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro5.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>The pipe- 2&#8243; polyethylene in 100&#8242; length- 4 of them<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro6.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>My friend and helper Lee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro7.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>At first we tried uncoiling the pipe as we went up the gorge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro8.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>..didn&#8217;t work so well so we had to uncoil them first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro9.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>..and weigh them down with blocks to achieve straightness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro10.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&#8230;then it was much easier to drag them up the gorge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro11.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Lee putting a pipe length in place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro12.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>The pipe attached to the intake pipe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro13.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Lee hammers a connecter into place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro18.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>A length of pipe dropping down the gorge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro19.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Two sections of pipe joined together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2012\/April\/hydro20.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>The first section of pipe from the intake. 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