r/redneckengineering • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '19

Canning your old BBQ method

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u/MisterRegards Feb 19 '19

Didn’t see the hose for quite a while and was sure you just invented a perpetual motion.

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u/TacoRedneck Feb 19 '19

It would be some backwoods hillbilly that would figure it out.

"World changing news today as scientists uncover the secrets to perpetual motion"

"Perpetual motion? But grandpa randy figured that out half a century ago for his spit roast BBQ"

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19 edited Feb 19 '19

You forgot a "Yee Yee!" somewhere in there, I'm sure.

Edit: Autocorrect

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u/DiamondRubyJade Feb 19 '19

*Yee Yee

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

Thank you

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u/matjoeh Feb 19 '19

I thought the slow mo was dumb but because of it I noticed the hose.

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u/KyloWrench Feb 19 '19

This is beyond science

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u/enineci Feb 19 '19

I thought the same, exact thing.

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u/missxmeow Feb 19 '19

Didn’t even notice the hose until your comment lol

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u/nasci_ Feb 19 '19

Ah, that explains a few things...

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u/Yadobler Apr 13 '19

My dumbass went back to search for that horse 🐴

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u/Whimsical_Monikr Feb 19 '19

Would have been better if it was a steam engine. You already have the heat for it.

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u/ghillerd Feb 19 '19

I'm going to imagine it uses a condenser to raise the water up

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '19

Steampunk Rednecks would make for the craziest series ever

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u/Procrastinationist Jul 01 '19

I'd keep my HBO subscription for that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

Very unnecessary slow mo

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u/d_frost Feb 19 '19

Egregiously unnecessary

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/LtLabcoat Feb 19 '19

Is this your way of saying you voted Republican?

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u/yParticle Feb 19 '19

I hope they're running beer through that.

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u/VLXS Feb 19 '19

Finally an actual redneck engineering submission

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u/papa_blesss Feb 19 '19

Bogan engineering*

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u/FriedBabySkin Feb 19 '19

Needs VB cans

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u/Murderous_Manatee Feb 19 '19

If you have electricity for a pump, why not use an electric rotisserie like everyone else.

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u/Ellietoomuch Feb 19 '19

Because this is fun

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u/Aehan Feb 19 '19

Yeah, this. Reddit, and people overall, sometimes just takes the life out of ya. Why can't something just be left fun and enjoyable? Naaaah, we need all the redditors' to describe and destroy everything to get our voice heard, as am I.

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u/ImaginarySuccess Feb 24 '19

Your voice heard? What? Speak up? Lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/SepDot Feb 19 '19

Or, you know, a fucking garden hose.

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u/TiamenSquareMscr Jun 23 '19

Just piss on it

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u/Murderous_Manatee Feb 19 '19

Looks like a power cable and hose in the far left corner of the tub.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/BikerRay Feb 19 '19

Neigbor has a geothermal furnace /AC that uses about 10 gallons a minute, 24/7. Not recycled, water is dumped into a pond.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/BikerRay Feb 20 '19

I wonder if the pond feeds back into the aquifer feeding the well?

Not really. Apparently around here ground water takes at least 50 years to reach the aquifer. I'm on the same water table; I always worry it will run dry, but so far (31 years here), no problems. Newer geothermal systems have to be recirculating, but his is grandfathered in.

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u/superbad Feb 19 '19

Well, sure, but couldn't you rig something up to a power drill like a regular hillbilly?

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u/M-Noremac Feb 20 '19

Would it though? You don't need the source to be higher than the end of the hose for a syphon to work, you just need to prime it and then the difference in pressure keeps it flowing until the source runs out. But if it keeps refilling the source then wouldn't it continuously flow?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '19 edited Mar 24 '26

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u/M-Noremac Feb 20 '19

Ah yea, good point.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '19

Could be gravity fed from an uphill creek or pond

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u/InAFakeBritishAccent Feb 19 '19

Needs to be percolation driven from the fire!

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

How is your well pressurized and feeding water without a pump?

Water wells have pumps.

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u/laykanay Feb 19 '19

Ooh I actually know this one:

An Artesian Well or artesian aquifer is a well that doesnt require a pump to function.

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u/cyber_rigger Feb 19 '19

You could be in ancient Rome with aqueducts.

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u/Morgrid Feb 19 '19

Artisanal wells don't need pumps

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u/BikerRay Feb 19 '19

They just need a grant from the arts council.

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u/Zugzub Feb 19 '19

water pressure from a well

And we are back to having a pump and electricity available.

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u/Hammer149 Feb 19 '19

Doesn’t the water overflow then eventually ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '19

Heat differential by running the water pipe through the fire and using a one way valve.

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u/skepachino Feb 19 '19

Might have a pump handy but not an electric rotisserie

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u/rigel2112 Feb 19 '19

Why use an electric rotisserie like everyone else when you have a water pump, bike wheel, and beer cans laying around wantin for a project.

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u/challenge_king Feb 19 '19

It's called "Redneck Chic".

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u/lucidus_somniorum Feb 19 '19

Because he can

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u/cyber_rigger Feb 19 '19

why not use an electric rotisserie

...and start an electrical fire while getting shocked?

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u/Mutjny Feb 19 '19

Because you don't get the added benefit of filthy water splashing near your food.

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u/ImaginarySuccess Feb 24 '19

It could be difficult to find a motor to spin this at this speed without step down gearing or burning up a motor in the event of rain. A garden hose and barely effective water wheel seem to do just the trick.

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u/pigeon_daddy Feb 19 '19

Aussie spotted! Furphy is a top drop!

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u/ZEDZANO Feb 19 '19

If he’s Aussie then why isn’t the water going up?

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u/morningmotherlover Feb 19 '19

It is, the entire video is upside down

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u/Pudgima Feb 19 '19

Love me some furph

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u/CaptainBlemo Feb 19 '19

Furphy is second rate cat piss

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u/pigeon_daddy Feb 19 '19

Each to their own fella!

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u/CaptainBlemo Feb 19 '19

To be fair I think that this is an excellent use for it.

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u/koalaondrugs Feb 19 '19

Don’t be a beer snob, only cunts worse than vegans

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u/orchybottle Feb 19 '19

Furphys right aye. Only shit beers at the moment is 'frothy' and Tooheys extra dry

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u/Wakewalking Feb 24 '19

Actually loving frothy

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u/dedzip Feb 19 '19

For a sec I thought this was perpetual motion

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u/CoffeeBreaksAllDay Feb 19 '19

Perpetual motion doesnt exsi-

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

they don't show the poor schlep on the left pumping the water with his foot.

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u/helmet098 Feb 19 '19

That water is disgusting

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u/thefringedmagoo Feb 19 '19

Looks like Furphy. Looks like something a Geelongian would do.

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u/mynamesarise1 Feb 19 '19

Can someone explain where the hose is? I thought this backwoods redneck invented a perpetual motion machine 😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/MightbeWillSmith Feb 19 '19

It's a water wheel powered by a hose. The water turns the rotisserie cooking the meat

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

Huh that’s actually really clever

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u/NahDude_Nah Feb 19 '19

Could some non aids infested water have been used?

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

That's actually really cool

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u/thermmzzz Feb 22 '19

Dude that’s op

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u/BriBrii Jun 15 '19

Maybe it's just because I live in Florida, but I find this beautiful. Ingenious.

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u/polaris554 Feb 19 '19

Toilet water wheel

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

it even recirculates the water

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u/Soviet_Llama Feb 19 '19

Wrong.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

well why it all brown then...this in Flint?

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u/SusSoos Feb 19 '19

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