Changing Water Pressure to Electrical Pressure

Project Number: 70

Description: Place the water wheel on the motor (M4) and connect it to the meter (M6) as shown. Set the meter to the 5V or the 50mA setting. Hold the motor under a water faucet so the water wheel will "catch the water as it falls. See how much voltage and current you can produce. Using the water pressure from your faucet to make electricity using the motor (used as a generator here) is just like using water pressure from a lake to run an electric dam. Your parts might stop working if water gets inside them. Let them dry and they should be fine.

Snappy: Hoover Dam has a lake that is 500 feet deep on one side to provide great pressure to run the generators that make our electricity.