The power drain on you're alternator out weighs the any benefits from HHO over time the aluminum parts in you're car will be destroyed due to HHO effects on aluminum.
@MikeCooper100 - HHO isn't corrosive to aluminum, it's the electrolyte chemicals. A properly set up HHO system will not port e-lyte solution into your engine. You need low volts per plate to keep heat down, at least 2 bubbler mechanisms, and a inline filter. Enjoy the benefits of HHO.
Did you condition the cell and electrolyte before this test? The cell needs to run for an extended period of time at low amperage to get broken in and for the electrolyte to get conditioned. That makes a difference.
nice test. sounds like 4.66 mmw. When you change your barb fittings I would check your pvc container for leaks. especially the lid. You could be losing gas there and causing a loss. also check the volts per plate gap. optimal voltage and thus higher mmw is at 2 volts per plate gap. I can see my cell produce much less when i exceed that. since your cell is not designed to be re wired you would have to add more neutral plats or use a zff pwm to lower the voltage going in the cell.
Hi Richard: That's a nice set-up. I have a set-up that is very similar to yours in my 2001 f350 7.3 diesel (31plates 4N5P). I am getting between 10 and 20% improvement in MPG with an empty truck when I push the brick to 60amps. One problem is that at low RPM the alternator doesn't put out enough and the batteries drain. For freeway driving everything is OK. I just have trouble with short trips and stop and go driving.
Hello mars1952 to avoid your problem connect a PWM to your throttle body so when your are on lower rpm you do not go full load then when you reach cruising speed you will reach the full load of your cell it take a little bit of tuning the pot so you have a perfect result ,and you do not kill the battery and the alternator
Hi najman100: That's a good idea for a gas engine and Richard might be able to adapt it to his Chevy. Diesel engines do not have a throttle body. I have considered putting micro switches on the Trottle Position Sensor but the TPS is at zero when ever the crusie control is on. I think that I will have to get a larger alternator that is designed to put out a lot at low RPMs (like an Ambulance alternator).
The "gas pedal is attached to the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS). There is not a mechanical link to the throttle. When the truck is in cruise control the "gas pedal" does not move. I suppose that you could find the actual throttle and rig up micro switches on it but I have never tried to find it and I don't know what it looks like.
The power drain on you're alternator out weighs the any benefits from HHO over time the aluminum parts in you're car will be destroyed due to HHO effects on aluminum.
MikeCooper100 2 years ago
@MikeCooper100 - HHO isn't corrosive to aluminum, it's the electrolyte chemicals. A properly set up HHO system will not port e-lyte solution into your engine. You need low volts per plate to keep heat down, at least 2 bubbler mechanisms, and a inline filter. Enjoy the benefits of HHO.
EisBlade 1 year ago
Yes HHO is a scam thank you for saying so.
MikeCooper100 2 years ago
Did you condition the cell and electrolyte before this test? The cell needs to run for an extended period of time at low amperage to get broken in and for the electrolyte to get conditioned. That makes a difference.
pat1huey 3 years ago
I did run it for a while on my battery charger. Maybe it wasnt long enough. I will run it some more.
fireslayer26 3 years ago
nice test. sounds like 4.66 mmw. When you change your barb fittings I would check your pvc container for leaks. especially the lid. You could be losing gas there and causing a loss. also check the volts per plate gap. optimal voltage and thus higher mmw is at 2 volts per plate gap. I can see my cell produce much less when i exceed that. since your cell is not designed to be re wired you would have to add more neutral plats or use a zff pwm to lower the voltage going in the cell.
great work!
David7900 3 years ago
Hi Richard: That's a nice set-up. I have a set-up that is very similar to yours in my 2001 f350 7.3 diesel (31plates 4N5P). I am getting between 10 and 20% improvement in MPG with an empty truck when I push the brick to 60amps. One problem is that at low RPM the alternator doesn't put out enough and the batteries drain. For freeway driving everything is OK. I just have trouble with short trips and stop and go driving.
I am very interested to see your MPG results.
Good Luck, Mars
mars1952 3 years ago
Hello mars1952 to avoid your problem connect a PWM to your throttle body so when your are on lower rpm you do not go full load then when you reach cruising speed you will reach the full load of your cell it take a little bit of tuning the pot so you have a perfect result ,and you do not kill the battery and the alternator
najman100 3 years ago
Hi najman100: That's a good idea for a gas engine and Richard might be able to adapt it to his Chevy. Diesel engines do not have a throttle body. I have considered putting micro switches on the Trottle Position Sensor but the TPS is at zero when ever the crusie control is on. I think that I will have to get a larger alternator that is designed to put out a lot at low RPMs (like an Ambulance alternator).
Mars
mars1952 3 years ago
don t you have a gas pedal ? you connect the pot of the pwm to it
najman100 3 years ago
The "gas pedal is attached to the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS). There is not a mechanical link to the throttle. When the truck is in cruise control the "gas pedal" does not move. I suppose that you could find the actual throttle and rig up micro switches on it but I have never tried to find it and I don't know what it looks like.
Mars
mars1952 3 years ago