HHO Mythbusters Explained

This video was emailed to me since I watch Mythbusters. I have to say that although Mythbusters did try to get an HHO system online, they failed. The reasons were clear and stated in this Video.
I wish they would have taken it a step further.

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Education

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• HHO
• Mythbusters
• Explained

[HHOSportTrac]

My final analysis is this.

Yes there is a considerable gas saving benefit to running an HHO system, unfortunately on today's cars (OBD2) it's more trouble than it's worth in both cost & maintenance.

[HHOSportTrac]

If you are installing an HHO system on an older vehicle, especially a pre computer car, this is perfect & will give you substantial trouble free gas mileage increases. This is due no not requiring to "fool" the CPU, tweak the O2 sensors etc. It's a real PITA to keep tweaking it.

As of this writing I have removed the system from my 2002 Explorer & installed it on my '74 Beetle.

I have had several years of experimentation. So this is not a theoretical observation & conclusion, but an actual one.

[HHOSportTrac]

HHO generators make gasoline combustion more efficient. Unfortunately on OBD2 cars they are a pain in the ass since the CPU keeps trying to defeat it. There is a lot of tweaking needed.

In all honesty, this works better withe older cars & diesel vehicles.

[adelphus515]

you don't need those shit in your car... as Jeremy Clarkson said : it's not what you drive that matters, it's how you drive it... just lift your food from the accelerator, respect the speed limits and you'll increase your MPG...

[HHOSportTrac]

@adelphus515 I drive the speed limit, I use my cruise control. I never do jack rabbit starts. My truck did it's advertised mileage. When I added my system, driving the same conservative way, I increased my mileage from 13 mpg to 20 mpg city. So although what Jeremy said is good advice & would benefit everyone, this is not the issue at hand. The purpose here in to improve already good mileage.

[ThePotatoes]

wait wait wait wait hold on you said it doesnt increase the MPG we are talking about WATER turning into Hydrogen not Gasoline and Im pretty sure you can get a gallon of water alot cheaper than gasoline right now.

[HHOSportTrac]

@ThePotatoes It works, I have had several cells giving me goo performance.

Newer cars do require some electronics to achieve results as the ECU will compensate when it reads a lean condition and dumps more fuel. This negates any MPG increase unless you use an Efie, a reprogram of the ECU or an AFC.

[SuperRorylewis]

I think the tv company had to make it look like it would fail or else to dark cabal would have been exposed to the truth

[Jakeness21]

@HHOSportTrac Can a system like this be used on a forced induction engine? Specifically my 1995 Volvo B230FT.

[HillChris1234]

@adelphus515 Or take the bus

[Dsilva912]

It works! I´m going to build a submarin that works on HHO ;)

[Renesance86]

If the HHO generators are soo efficient, why they don't lauch space shuttle with 3 AA batteries?