0.5kw hydro electric project

[Hedges]

That is an actual Pelton wheel (in plastic). It has one nozzle, could be fitted with more.
When you redo you system larger, consider bronze.

Check out the chart giving head loss per 100' of pipe, vs. water flow and pipe diameter.

https://www.microhydropower.com//wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Watter-Buddy-manual-v2.0.pdf

You would be able to determine its optimum operating point with your pipe.

https://www.microhydropower.com//wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Watter-Buddy-manual-v2.0.pdf

 

[MicrohydroBIGI]

With the listed turbine's 5mm orifice & 28PSI, the flow thru the turbine will be about 5gpm or a bucket full at best.

I repeated the bucket test today multiple times with stop watch and you were correct its around 6.8 seconds +/- 2 tenths to fill a 5 gal bucket. So around 41-43gal/min flow rate. I also today hooked all my 24v lights laying around totaling 65w and the batteries were still gaining charge so turbine is putting more out then that i presume.