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Post by Steel Pan on Feb 23, 2009 21:06:17 GMT -5
I've heard that "motorized" equipment is heavily restricted.
Any one know about using "electric" powered equipment?
Is it the power source, the equipment used, both, or....?
Reason I ask, is that I have some real good ideas for 12 volt electric powered equipment.
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Post by GoldenPhotoGuy on Feb 23, 2009 21:52:57 GMT -5
i am pretty sure that it still varies from area to area. i'll do some checking at work and see what i cam come up with tomorrow for ya!
blake
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Post by renochris on Feb 25, 2009 17:46:22 GMT -5
Go see Daryl at the Reno Prospectors store off Wells Ave. He can give you more info.
There are not many restrictions - but there may be some depending on what you plan to do.
Chris in Reno-
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Post by Steel Pan on Feb 25, 2009 19:08:47 GMT -5
Ya, I know of Daryl. I got my power sluice from him.
One idea I have is a shaker/classifier to go along with my power sluice.
Another, is a gadget for working dry stream beds here in Nevada.
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Post by aunugget on Feb 28, 2009 16:06:02 GMT -5
there are some really powerful 12volt bilge pumps out there also id bet they could run highbankers , and power them from a battery and solar panel
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Post by Steel Pan on Feb 28, 2009 16:32:03 GMT -5
I just looked up some solar power units. They are a little pricey, 300+.
Still looking into what equipment I can use without a special permit.
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Post by aunugget on Mar 2, 2009 7:37:12 GMT -5
long run though dont you think they would pay for themselves as far as gasoline?
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Post by aunugget on Mar 2, 2009 7:39:28 GMT -5
That is if they could be used
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Post by Steel Pan on Mar 2, 2009 10:05:08 GMT -5
It would take me quite a while to burn up $300 in gas. A little 5 hp engine can run quite a while with minimal usage of fuel.
I don't see any reason why solar couldn't be used, just depends on what equipment I can use on a claim. ( But then, you can't work in the shade. )
I am also looking into water powered generators.
I'm sure that I can figure somthing out.
I'm fairly mechanicly inclined and have some pretty good ideas floating around in my head.
Laziness, not necessity, is the mother of invention. LOL
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Post by aunugget on Mar 4, 2009 16:45:58 GMT -5
yes I know what you mean about the gas. Ive been idleing down when we have other things happening like moving big rocks etc... saves some!
maybe a small water wheel type set up and spin a alternater to charge up a battery but you would really need some flow. but then again our house up in north Idaho is set up with gravity feed water (buried line about a half a mile up to a spring) and we had to install regulators cause it would blow the plumbing right off the sink. we found that out about 3 in the morning one night!
i may go out and tinker the thought a little myself ill let you know if anything works!
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Post by Steel Pan on Mar 4, 2009 23:07:03 GMT -5
I've been thinkin' along the same lines as the system you have in Idaho. Kinda like the "Simple Simon" dredge. Run a line from upstream to an outlet near my work. The water run off from spinning the alternator could be used for a highbanker, power sluice, or what have you.
Idaho?, I'd love to re-locate to around Grangeville or Elk City. Looked at a few claims up there a few years ago. Fell in love with the country up there.
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Post by aunugget on Mar 13, 2009 7:29:49 GMT -5
Yea theres some beautiful country up there for sure! the "Simple Simon" sure is a good idea and should work great! now the head pressure that we were getting up at the house im guessing may have been enough to run a small dredge say a 2 or 2.5 maybe a 3 it would have sucked up sand and pea gravel without a dought but im not to sure about anything larger. We got water rights on this creek up there so we where able to build a enclosed dam on it so it backs up and is really pushing by the time it it gets to the house! Our garden hoses dont get restricted like the house and man let me tell you theres been more times than I can remember its like holding a firehose especially in spring. now towards the end of summer thats a little different because everything is drying up. but something else has been clicking here if a person brought a line down and then had a pump set up with a waterdrive instead of a engine  ? maybe what do you think? that should be powering a pump as hard as a engine |
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Post by aunugget on Mar 13, 2009 7:41:37 GMT -5
okay kinda like a tubine on a dam! now if you took and and put a impeller in a steel box with a output shaft to a pump and then of course from the steel box youd half to have a discharge and run it below where your steelbox is by 30 or 40 ft might work! im going to see.
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Post by Steel Pan on Mar 13, 2009 11:22:10 GMT -5
So far, the only limitations I have found is that you can't use powered equip to excavate material. Like a back hoe, etc. Dredge excluded of course.
I have a 500 gpm pressure pump that I could hook up to my hoe's pto. It's a spare pump for my fire/water truck. Twistin' my mind sideways tryin' to come up with a use for it. Might make one heck of a dredge. LOL
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