I participate with this in TheDesignChallenge: https://www.thingiverse.com/groups/thedesignchallenge/ in a theme Life Hack
Why?
One rainy day I was watching water coming out from a drainpipe. And I thought there's some wasted energy. It would be really cool to somehow use that for something. I kept that in my mind nearly a year until I came up with this idea. Suddenly, everything was clear.
What?
Automatic drainpipe cleaner keeps you drainpipes clear. It works on the rainy weather using the potential energy of the falling water. Note: This is a first prototype and it doesn't work as well as I was hoping. So after seeing it in action for some time I'll determine all the issues occurred and fix them in the next version.
Building the prototype
Besides all the printed parts you will need:
Building it you just put all the parts together with great amount of imagination and improvisation ;)
Videos and links
See it in action:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QrFTtcoNIA
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrghywcuFY
Project pages:
https://donald82.kapsi.fi/Projects/00023_AutomaticDrainpipeCleaner/
https://donald82.kapsi.fi/Projects/00025_AutomaticDrainpipeCleaner/
My project history and projects in progress: https://donald82.kapsi.fi/Projects/
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| WaterWheelLeft.stl | 7.8MB | |
| WaterWheelRight.stl | 5.6MB |
