Hydropower System - Head Measurement Tools | Small Hydropower & Micro Hydropower

Hydropower System – Head Measurement Tools

DoradoVista’s Recommended Tools for
Hydropower Site – Head & Pressure evaluation:

—

The Ziplevel Pro 2000 – Used to measure elevation quickly, accurately and easily

Zip Level Pro 2000 Measure Module

This is by far our favorite tool to use in hydro site evaluations. The simplicity of the Zip-Level’s operation means one person can quickly survey a Hydro penstock path and site with very accurate results.

What the Zip Level has —

The Zip Level tool includes; Stabilizing stakes, Measurement module with Controls & LCD display, Base Unit case with built in Cord winder and a 4 foot (1.219 m) adjustable monopod for walking while taking waist level readings of points at ground level. Our only gripe with the Zip Level is that the software for reading out elevation data points on a PC only runs with RS232 under DOS. – Even then, this is still a terriffic product!

—

ZipLevel’s Great Ergonomic Design!

This thing has ergonomics and ease of use written all over it. It’s one well designed product! The Base Unit is the Zip Level’s case and has a built in dock for all the different parts including stakes and monopod right where you need them when you need them. Then it performs as the cord winder for the 100 foot measurement cord storage. Storage of the Zip-Level needs to be in a cooler place as the fluid and gasses used in the Zip-level’s technology will diffuse right through the cord and you’ll be sending it in for a recharge & calibration cycle much earlier than you wish.

The Zip Level is a real Hydropower site evaluation Time and Money Saver!

It features several elevation measurement modes for different types of elevation measurements including a carry function for automated evaluation of long runs of elevation measurements. This carry feature alone makes the evaluation of hydropower sites a snap and will save you both time and money. This cool tool costs less than 1000$ yet it paid for itself and more in time and personnel cost savings on our very first hydro site evaluation.

The accuracy of the Zip-Level is great even when the measure points are hard to reach

If you need to measure down a hole or hard to reach ledge, use the stable measure alert feature. The measure module alert will beep a sound pattern once a stable elevation measure value is reached for a number of seconds. Then you simply pull the Zip-Level measure module up and read off your elevation data for the bottom.

Blind curves block your Laser or Transit?

Simply run the Zip Level’s 100 ft cord around the corner. You can do this even as you use the measure “Carry” function. This is useful in different rooms or pipes, rocks, hills or holes where you can’t see the two points directly. If the measure module and cord will fit, you can likely get the elevation measured. We know, we’ve done some pretty wierd elevation measurements off bridges, around boulders and down tunnels.

Other Civil Engineering, Construction or Contractor Project Uses

Zip Level is handy for General Engineering, Civil Engineering,Geo-Technical work and Construction or Contractor uses too.The Zip Level 2000 Pro is a very useful tool for all sorts of civil engineering, construction and contracting work including other hydroelectric site infrastructure and construction needs as well. Wherever you need an accurate elevation, slope, angle, volume, shape, level horizon set or measured the zip level will help. Later we will show how to use it to assist measuring flow and evaluating streambed profile characteristics as well. We’ve even used it to measure slopes & grades for our blueberry fields and irrigation pipelines on DoradoVista’s ranch.