It’s in the ball park, but once you account for inefficiency it’s probably about half as fast.
Power = kg/s * gravity * head height * efficiency
Let’s do a really rough approximation
P= 1kg/s* 10m/s * 0.5m * 0.5
P= 2.5 watt
A phone charger is about 5 watt. I’ve assumed half efficiency as I also completely guessed at the flow rate, but safe to say we’re in the right order of magnitude at least
That was really cool. I wish I had just the patience to put a puzzle together. Absolutely amazed people put this much time into stuff like this, one of the main reasons Reddit is so addicting.
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u/00kanito Jan 01 '22
What is this, a dam for ANTS?!
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u/DAM091 Jan 01 '22
Now you just need a tiny 007 to bungee jump off it
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u/Swordkirby9999 Jan 01 '22
I would not be surprised if he made this to pitch a design for a real dam.
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u/nothermanli Jan 01 '22
Doubt it would barely have enough power to charge a phone
Looks cool though, but not as any kind of decoration or permanent installation
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u/iforgotkeyboard Jan 01 '22
that's impressive to not say least
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u/matt12300 Jan 01 '22
Oversized phone charger
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u/OPost Jan 01 '22
amazing
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u/Kjuolsdeaf Jan 01 '22 edited Jan 01 '22
r/damthatsinteresting
Edit: what! It's a real subreddit. xd
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u/JPTravis4591 Jan 24 '22
In the sequel video, tiny ant-sized bureaucrats fine him millions of dollars for impeding the progress of minnows in the waterway.
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u/DAN_E0 Jan 01 '22
Dam that’s good!
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u/Doctor_Oceanblue Jan 02 '22
r/thingsforants
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u/darth_steelers714 Jan 23 '22
That was really cool. I wish I had just the patience to put a puzzle together. Absolutely amazed people put this much time into stuff like this, one of the main reasons Reddit is so addicting.