Comments on: Harvesting Water with High Voltage https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:54:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Jason Bowles https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103157 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:54:10 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103157 In reply to TG.

It would seem that way. However, tell that to Namibia. Fog belts extending 30km inland from the sea every day. No water in sight. Lots of fog does not equate to liquid water source nearby.

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By: Rog77 https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103098 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:53:15 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103098 In reply to TG.

None, we would just make it from the free water, that comes off of, and powers, David’s waterwheel, if it were hooked up to a generator.

I think that’s what they call a circular economy.

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By: TG https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103075 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 01:00:55 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103075 In reply to Neamerjell.

What I thought of as well. I wonder if having gravity plating and repulsorlifts and stuff makes it easier to condense tiny bits of moisture from the air… Probably

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By: TG https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103074 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:59:41 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103074 In reply to had37b8e5c7066e.

Most eco tech fits that description, unfortunately. It’s not ideal for anybody

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By: TG https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103073 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:59:05 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103073 In reply to Jan.

Have you heard of ad revenue

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By: TG https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103072 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:58:37 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103072 In reply to Jon Mayo.

That 14ml rate is an assumption based on pea-soup fog, which would never exist in an area where it would be viable to truck around water (or build big solar condensation plants).

Interesting case with rural Hawaii, but as you say it’s more likely to rain a lot of the time and you can collect that a lot more cheaply.

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By: TG https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/harvesting-water-with-high-voltage/#comment-8103071 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:54:40 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=760053#comment-8103071 In reply to Paul.

…If it’s that foggy, you do not need to condense moisture from the air to have water. You will find it available in large quantities nearby.

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