High water at Hull Pot

[braveduck]

If that head of water could be permanent and tapped for a turbine ,Horton would have a cheap supply
of Electricity !

 

[Ian Ball]

That would be pretty good if the same water was used to generate power at Horton before joining the Ribble and generating power at Settle too.

 

[Loki]

That would be pretty good if the same water was used to generate power at Horton before joining the Ribble and generating power at Settle too.

If some of the resurgences could be plugged to fill the entire cave with a turbine fitted there would be plenty of electricity. There’d be a good few kWh in easegill and gg!
In fact what about all those mines with drainage adits?

 

[Pitlamp]

It'd just come squirting out of all the truncated (old, abandoned) former resurgences at progressively higher levels.

 

[mikem]

& it only usually fills up once a year...

 

[grahams]

It'd just come squirting out of all the truncated (old, abandoned) former resurgences at progressively higher levels.

Plug Brants Ghyll and Douk Ghyll temporarily to locate the former resurgences, remove the plugs and dig for glory. See, I'm full of useful suggestions.

 

[Pitlamp]

Nice idea. The problem is that former resurgences for Brants Gill and Douk Gill are likely to be on land where permission to dig seems unlikely to be forthcoming.

 

[Babyhagrid]

I am surprised that diggers haven't rigged up a water wheel to a generator, to get power down a cave. The drilling options with 240volt would be amazing.

 

[mikem]

They certainly have rigged up waterwheels (& other devices) to run lights etc

 

[Pitlamp]

The Red Rose once set up a waterwheel in the Bull Pot of the Witches stream, the sole purpose of which (via clever gearing) was to raise and lower a metal rod, slowly. On the end of the rod was an old glove, with the index and middle fingers extended in the form of a V.

 

[Chocolate fireguard]

There are many YouTube videos on building water wheels to generate electricity. Most of the videos are poorly made, but if you plough through them you realise that building something underground to generate a few hundred watts for a dig is not feasible, for 2 or 3 good reasons.
I imagine 500W will be the minimum useful power for a drill underground.
And I think the voltage should be nearer 24V than 240V for a couple of reasons.