Water wheel powered electrical supply

[Denray]

2 wire service entrance to this main panel. There are 4 20 amp breakers and 1 15 amp. The service entrance looks like 10 or 8 gage at best. Isn't it possible to burn it up if all the breakers are humming along?

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[Marc]

Sure, but is there enough load in the house to keep all the breakers humming like you say?

Marc

[Denray]

Probably not, but I think maybe it should be mentioned to the new buyers? Or is it because it is being strung through the air on the way over that it's not that big a deal?

[kurt]

I think I'd mention this to the buyers.

[Jim Katen]

I find it difficult to believe that this is the service panel, even in Eureka.

[Denray]

Seller grew up in this house with 13 siblings. Approx 1100 sq ft. It's 30 minutes out of town.

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Built a nicer house up above. Now the 2 with 170 acres is selling for 2.2 mil. Fantastic view, lots of sun, growers delight.

[Jim Katen]

Does the power company know about it?

Or is this, in fact, powered by a water wheel? (I thought that the title of the thread was facetious.)

[Denray]

Water wheel generator, which I disclaimed.

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[Jim Katen]

Water wheel generator, which I disclaimed.

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I'd have been much more interested in the water wheel than the rest of the house.

My neighbor across the street built himself a water wheel generator. He passed away several years ago and the wheel is now in ruins, but when it was going full blast he could light up a 100w lightbulb with it.

I'd be astonished to see one that could burn up anything in that electrical box.

[Denray]

Thank you all for your input[:-thumbu]

You make me look good. Well, not physically.

[mjr6550]

Sometimes a pipe is run quite a distance upstream and uphill. That creates a lot of head and apparently some of these can generate a significant amount of power. I am not sure how significant.