Hydrogen Generator

PLEASE use caution if you attempt to build this generator for yourself. This generator creates an EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE GAS.
DO NOT USE SALT in your water. Many people use salt to add some electrolytic properties to the water, but salt is "Sodium Chloride" and will cause the production of "Chlorine gas" in very small amounts. Whatever you use, always operate this device in a well ventilated area.
And NEVER attempt to light the gas as it comes directly out of the tube. The flame WILL travel down the tube and cause the generator to explode. Use extreme caution. ALWAYS use a "Bubbler" to isolate the gas from the generator.
I am working on a "flame arrestor" but I have not got it completely worked out yet.
This is a hydrogen generator that is easy to build using stainless steel plates which are much more efficient than regular steel. It is also much cleaner.
Remember to be safe!!!

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[novachevyguy]

you have some really trashy water in your house.. straight water shouldn't produce much anything..

[raybone3]

@novachevyguy

It's just regular municipal water. It contains trace minerals, chlorine, sodium flouride, etc.

This was only for testing purposes. I recommend that you use distilled water with a little baking soda (as an electrolyte).

My newer model of this is much smaller (about 1/5 the size) and produces perhaps 4x as much gas.

[Idahofuel]

Let me ask...Are you producing Hydrogen or a Hydrogen Oxygen mixture? You could determine this by filling up a latex balloon and seeing if it floats. In the video you said H & O but yout title is Hydrogen only.

[raybone3]

Sorry for the confusion. This generator produces HHO gas which is a highly combustible mixture of Hydrogen and oxygen.

I would like to find a way to seperate the hydrogen from the oxygen to reduce the risk of "flashback", but I haven't found a practical solution to that yet.

Thanks for the comment.

[67Cowboy]

So you are just doing this with a regular battery charger ? Also on the plates, every other one is Anode and then the ones in between those are cathode (ie. one set touches top bolt and others touch the bottom bolt) ???!

[raybone3]

Sorry for the delay. Yes, i am using a battery charger. You can hook it up to a 12v car battery and it produces even more.

watch your amperage and be sure you do not overload your wires. If they start getting hot, you are overloading them. Use bigger wire or lower your amperage.

Yes, the plates alternate between anode and cathode.

[earlybird1900]

Excellent design! Although you advise on the use of a PVC T my space considerations in my vehicle have led me to look for a smaller container as a wide mouth Mason jar. Originally I was only able to get 4 assembled plates through the barely 3 1/2 inch mouth. What I did was once I had those in I simply assembled the remaining 2 inside the jar with the help of a tiny socket tool. Also I had to place both screws in the same direction, but other than that the design is virtually the same.

[nathan7tube]

@raybone3 You can use two containers connected underwater by a short lenght of PVC pipe. It's best if the electrodes are slightly above the PVC pipe connecting the two. However, you need to keep the pressure in the oxygen side too if you want the hydrogen to have pressure. A salt bridge would fix this but is harder.

[nathan7tube]

@raybone3 Electrolysis makes it in the perfect ratio for burning. Electrolysis does 2 H2O -> 2 H2 + O2. Burning does 2 H2 + O2 -> H2O - the same reaction but in reverse. You put in a crapload of energy in in the first one, and that's released in the second one. And if you don't bubble it properly, explosively. There is no danger of carbon monoxide being created at all - there is no carbon involved! Unless you do nuclear fusion, it's completely impossible. Defeats the rules of redox reactions.

[nathan7tube]

@raybone3 Electrolysis makes it in the perfect ratio for burning. Electrolysis does 2 H2O -> 2 H2 + O2. Burning does 2 H2 + O2 -> H2O - the same reaction but in reverse. You put in a crapload of energy in in the first one, and that's released in the second one. And if you don't bubble it properly, explosively.

[raybone3]

This is an older model of the electolyzer. I have since simplified it greatly with about 3 times the output.

I couldn't give you an exact percentage of oxygen to make the hydrogen burn, but I do know that complete combustion of most flamable materials occurs between 18-21% oxygen. Anything lower than this will achieve incomplete combustion and there is the danger of carbon monoxide being created.

How did you manage to seperate the two gasses?

And what do you do with your oxygen?

[PhantomMaster101]

DO THIS IN A SHED! you do not want a build-up of highly combustable gas in the house or it may look bad when you say "Natural gas leak"  to the authorities.

[PhantomMaster101]

I suggest that you use RO water you can buy from the front sidewalk of a drug store or buy a unit on E-Bay with a storage tank. Or if you want go in and purchase distilled water in the Drug Store, probably a worthless buck and a half. Then you have no residue from impurities.

I also suggest 1/4 20 Stainless steel or thread-all for the electrodes and between 2 gauge and double aught copper wire with crimped silver plated terminals.

[Squirrelleaf]

wait, isnt hho just h2o, water vapor? wouldnt this make h2 gas?