Road Trip and Tips

[Neptune01]

Like many of you reading these forums for the first time I was also very skeptical about this HHO thing. 

Does it work?

Well, I don’t really know since I only had my first data in today and I am going to share you my results with you.

But before doing so I would like to give all my specs.

I constructed my first cell about two weeks ago after I received my 316 S/S plates.

All plates are 1mm thick
Neutral plate dimensions: 70mm x 160 mm
Connector plate dimensions: 70mm x 180 mm
Configuration is in + n n n â€" n n n +
Spacing between plates: 3 mm

The Cell was constructed from a 110mm PVC Pipe I had lying around in the backyard.
To top-up the cell I use about 2.5 L of water.

The bubbler is also made from a PVC pipe.

[Neptune01]

Shortly after I fitted the first cell I did a road test with a friend.
On the road everything went well but when I switched off the cell and back on there a huge bang!

Luckily it was a quiet country road so I pulled over to check the damage. The screw-on lid was totally blown off!

After a careful investigation I noted that the spark was from inside the cell and not from the engine through the bubbler. The 30 amp wire connected to the terminal plates was loose and this created a spark.

So a friendly warning that this is dangerous stuff and that precaution should always be taken!!  Check your terminal wires!

[Neptune01]

Another important fact is that the test vehicle had a basic service two weeks ago. It was also fine tuned since it was running a bit rich.

The test vehicle is a Ford Tracer 1.3 

Each test was done on a separate 5L Auxiliary tank with inline connectors to the main fuel tank.

Average speed 100 km/h
Outside temperature about 20 ºC

On our first run this morning without HHO support:
Distance covered 84.4 Km
Result in Kilometers per liter:  16.8 Km/L
Result in Imp. Miles per Gallon:  47.70
Result in liters per 100 kilometers:  5.92 L/100 Km

On our second run with HHO support:
Average current draw was about 15 Amps.
Distance covered 92.2 Km
Result in Kilometers per liter:  18.44 Km/L
Result in Imp. Miles per Gallon:  52.11
Result in liters per 100 kilometers:  5.42 L/100 Km

Both Tests was done doing the same round trip.

Conclusion so far:  NONE!

Although the second run was a bit better with a 9% increase this could have been contributed to just more efficient driving skills. 

It’s still too early to say since this was only the first test and the cell was rather “cold” when we started with only 15 amps drawn (average).

I need to look into the HHO production again.  I will post more data tomorrow in HHO flow rate.  I know on about 20 Amps the flow rate is just over 1L/min HHO.

We are planning another road test this weekend so I will post more data on that once I have the stats.

Any comments and criticism will be appreciated.

[Farrah Day]

Nice to see some real live test data.

Have you noticed how hot the unit gets?

I fitted a standard electrolyser to my vehicle once, the unit was quite efficient but it continually overheated, so I put it on the back burner and began exploring pulsed (Meyer-type) electrolysers... which is where I still am at present.  Overheating was such a problem that I never was able to get any conclusive test results or useful data.

I don't know how people are getting away with drawing high currents through relatively small electrolysers without them seriously overheating.

Good luck with the test runs.

[HeairBear]

I had the same issues with the water boiling. Any way you look at it, normal electrolysis is not worth the hassle, especially with any ECM'd vehicle.