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Old 01-04-2017, 06:12 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by GspotProductions View Post
it's through the pipes that lead to your home. So every time you flush the toilet or run a bath, the pipes behind the taps have these generators, creating electric & channeled into a battery reserve similar to solar electric.
Water moving through household pipes would generate a tiny amount of energy.

The large pipe in the OP would supply water to a lot more than the 150 homes it can generate electrical power for. It's not a 1:1 thing.

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Originally Posted by GspotProductions View Post
the water supply would remain the same & the pressure wouldn't need to be changed much.
No. If you add more and more of these pressure robbing devices, the water utility will need to compensate to maintain sufficient pressure.....usually by using electric pumps. That's a very inefficient and convoluted way for them to 'send' you electricity.
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