I was digging around in the shop today and found my “test cell”. Internally it has 8 cathode/anode pairs. I messed with this for about 3 years, lots to learn! And a lot of fun!!!
The other day Ben used the term “cracking water”, meaning to to burst water molecules apart. The resulting mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gas is called by some “Hydroxy”. 1 liter of water will produce about 1850 liters of gas.
This cell does exactly that, it’s an “on demand” cell that “cracks water”.
First… folks have been trying to run an engine on water since the internal combustion engine has been around,. That’s not what this is. Think of this cell as a fuel booster. The average diesel engine only uses about 25% of the chemical energy in diesel fuel. Gasoline engines are even less efficient.
Adding HHO gas to the air/fuel mix greatly increases the fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine. It allows more of the fuel to be burned. Folks were experimenting with this by ww1. In ww2 the British mounted these cells in tanks used in N. Africa (Sahara desert). Fuel was difficult to haul across the desert.
The reason this will not help modern computerized vehicles… The pesky O2 sensors in a vehicle exhaust system. HHO will greatly increase the amount of oxygen in the exhaust. A vehicle computer tries to correct what it sees as an incorrect exhaust mixture. It increases the richness of the air/fuel mix offsetting any advantages gained…
But an old school engine without a computer, HHO works great. I ran this gas in several vehicles and tractors. I got a 35% increase of fuel efficiency on an old perkins diesel engine (ford tractor).
Anyway, I included a pdf of a wet cell design called a “Smacks Booster”. If anyone wants to play around with it… This cell design has flaws, the biggest being thermal. It produces way to much heat for continuous use. About 30 minutes drive time in a truck with a 5L engine. There are many other cell designs, the main one being a dry cell design, see last pic.
WARNING – DANGER – HHO, it explodes violently! They use a hydrogen and oxygen mix in the old Saturn 5 rocket boosters for example.
1 cup of this H H O gas is enough volume to KILL you from the resulting shockwave after explosion. And will cause permanent hearing damage, if you live. I can attest to the fact only a little HHO creates a very large explosion. It goes boom! Very loudly! An extremely well ventilated work area is recommended.
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HYDROGEN, OXYGEN and the H H O mixture of the two, obtained from electrolyzing water are EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE and DANGEROUS gasses. BE CAREFUL!
1) Do not use glass as a container for holding/creating/piping this gas vapor. (glass makes nasty shrapnel)
2) HHO is very static sensitive and will ignite given the opportunity. Always handle it as if it is about to explode. In other words... Never handle it or try to store it, unless you have very expensive equipment... I'm sure NASA has some laying around.
3) Any spark will ignite HHO, if electrodes are close enough to touch, make sure they are always submerged in water. Connect wires to the electrodes at the bottom of your container. Do not use aluminum connectors to electrodes. Always use stainless steel of 304 or 316 grade
4) A BUBBLER with a pop off cap must always be used when producing HHO. A bubbler is the most basic form of safety for you and your equipment. Do not even begin to experiment without one.
5) Do not attempt to ignite the HHO from the end of the output hose from the cell, it will detonate the bubbler. If no bubbler is used it will detonate the cell. And the shrapnel from the exploding cell will either kill or blind you.
6) Engines are prone to backfiring at anytime. USE A BUBBLER ALWAYS. You can see the bubbler in my pics, 1” diameter hose about 15” tall, very dirty in the pic.
7) Electrolyte – Use pure KOH (Potassium Hydroxide, lye aka caustic soda). It can be obtained from soap making suppliers (or NaOH, Sodium hydroxide). Avoid silly mistakes like using table salt or anything with impurities. (impurities add variables to the process, some can be dangerous).
Also, I use a clear acrylic pipe for my test cell, expensive but so I could see what was happening while running.
(One last word about electrolytes... as gas escapes the water in the cell it carries tiny particles of the KOH with it. Very caustic and does nasty things to metal engines. The bubbler acts as a filter (a bong for any pot heads out there). Lastly, and most importantly it isolates the cell from engine backfires. I've seen what a cell explosion does to an engine compartment. It's not pretty!)
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Dry cell design
The other day Ben used the term “cracking water”, meaning to to burst water molecules apart. The resulting mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gas is called by some “Hydroxy”. 1 liter of water will produce about 1850 liters of gas.
This cell does exactly that, it’s an “on demand” cell that “cracks water”.
First… folks have been trying to run an engine on water since the internal combustion engine has been around,. That’s not what this is. Think of this cell as a fuel booster. The average diesel engine only uses about 25% of the chemical energy in diesel fuel. Gasoline engines are even less efficient.
Adding HHO gas to the air/fuel mix greatly increases the fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine. It allows more of the fuel to be burned. Folks were experimenting with this by ww1. In ww2 the British mounted these cells in tanks used in N. Africa (Sahara desert). Fuel was difficult to haul across the desert.
The reason this will not help modern computerized vehicles… The pesky O2 sensors in a vehicle exhaust system. HHO will greatly increase the amount of oxygen in the exhaust. A vehicle computer tries to correct what it sees as an incorrect exhaust mixture. It increases the richness of the air/fuel mix offsetting any advantages gained…
But an old school engine without a computer, HHO works great. I ran this gas in several vehicles and tractors. I got a 35% increase of fuel efficiency on an old perkins diesel engine (ford tractor).
Anyway, I included a pdf of a wet cell design called a “Smacks Booster”. If anyone wants to play around with it… This cell design has flaws, the biggest being thermal. It produces way to much heat for continuous use. About 30 minutes drive time in a truck with a 5L engine. There are many other cell designs, the main one being a dry cell design, see last pic.
WARNING – DANGER – HHO, it explodes violently! They use a hydrogen and oxygen mix in the old Saturn 5 rocket boosters for example.
1 cup of this H H O gas is enough volume to KILL you from the resulting shockwave after explosion. And will cause permanent hearing damage, if you live. I can attest to the fact only a little HHO creates a very large explosion. It goes boom! Very loudly! An extremely well ventilated work area is recommended.
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HYDROGEN, OXYGEN and the H H O mixture of the two, obtained from electrolyzing water are EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE and DANGEROUS gasses. BE CAREFUL!
1) Do not use glass as a container for holding/creating/piping this gas vapor. (glass makes nasty shrapnel)
2) HHO is very static sensitive and will ignite given the opportunity. Always handle it as if it is about to explode. In other words... Never handle it or try to store it, unless you have very expensive equipment... I'm sure NASA has some laying around.
3) Any spark will ignite HHO, if electrodes are close enough to touch, make sure they are always submerged in water. Connect wires to the electrodes at the bottom of your container. Do not use aluminum connectors to electrodes. Always use stainless steel of 304 or 316 grade
4) A BUBBLER with a pop off cap must always be used when producing HHO. A bubbler is the most basic form of safety for you and your equipment. Do not even begin to experiment without one.
5) Do not attempt to ignite the HHO from the end of the output hose from the cell, it will detonate the bubbler. If no bubbler is used it will detonate the cell. And the shrapnel from the exploding cell will either kill or blind you.
6) Engines are prone to backfiring at anytime. USE A BUBBLER ALWAYS. You can see the bubbler in my pics, 1” diameter hose about 15” tall, very dirty in the pic.
7) Electrolyte – Use pure KOH (Potassium Hydroxide, lye aka caustic soda). It can be obtained from soap making suppliers (or NaOH, Sodium hydroxide). Avoid silly mistakes like using table salt or anything with impurities. (impurities add variables to the process, some can be dangerous).
Also, I use a clear acrylic pipe for my test cell, expensive but so I could see what was happening while running.
(One last word about electrolytes... as gas escapes the water in the cell it carries tiny particles of the KOH with it. Very caustic and does nasty things to metal engines. The bubbler acts as a filter (a bong for any pot heads out there). Lastly, and most importantly it isolates the cell from engine backfires. I've seen what a cell explosion does to an engine compartment. It's not pretty!)
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Dry cell design
