HHO Generator using my 3 cell 10 plate electrolizer

This is my small 3 cell setup using 10 plates 1.5 Tbls baking soda and distilled water. It's configured +-nn+-nn+-. Plates are 7/8"x 7". Spacing is about the thickness of 2 sheets of copier paper. Amp draw is between 15 and 20. Output is about 1 liter per min. Cooler works by thermo convection and keeps the temp below 130 degrees.

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Science & Technology

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• hho
• hydrogen
• browns
• gas
• oxyhydrogen
• oxyhydro
• thermo
• convection

[HHOcowboy]

When I say fatigue, I'm not referring to it happening in a week or month - I'm referring to it within one year unexpectedly - And usually when it's unexpectedly you're somewhere in the middle of no mans land needing help. Yet the convenience of being able to switch on / off the system is the added benefit to our endeavor.

[mpoy3s123]

Testing this for a year before use would be a great deal of help in understanding how ALL componants would hold up to the stress of electrolyte and vibration. Like you I'm working on a stainless steel cooler but mine is designed to use antifreeze. A stainless steel coil is contained inside the generator and a low volume pump circulates the fluid. It also has 2 small fans behind the cooler. I would also like to include temp senser and automatic shut off for the fans when not needed.

[HHOcowboy]

Nice setup ... I'm not sure about the aluminum (transmission cooler) as the radiator for cooling. I wonder if it will eventually break down due to hydrogen atom or the electrolysis that is present. Even though the process is taking place apart from each other, electrolysis working off the same fluid line can do weird things. I would be curious to hear from others who have tried this...

[mpoy3s123]

When using this type of setup you have to use baking soda as the electrolyte. Potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide will start a chemical reaction and consume the aluminum, producing pure hydrogen out of the cooler.

[HHOcowboy]

Using my system the four wheeler worked fine and maintained an idle. Using vinegar (for me) is the way to go. I would figure the aluminum would be ok .. but the free electrons (from the electrolysis) that travel with the fluid could cause the cooler (being a dissimilar metal) may fatigue.

[mpoy3s123]

The cooler being of a dissimilar metal would only be an issue if it were in contact with another type of metal such as the stainless steel. That would create a current and would act like a battery destroying both metals over time. The aluminum would go first releasing its hydrogen into the mix. I've tried vinegar as an electrolyte but it takes to much to sustain a constant gas flow.

[HHOcowboy]

Now that I would like to see on your setup when it is completed. Sounds like it would be highly efficient in maintaining cooling of the unit. Maintain cooling is my main issue with using these systems due to the heat it creates. Pending on what part of the country you live in, an ambient temp of 100+ degrees and the generator running would certainly melt plastic and blow up glass containments. The only next best thing is make everything out of stainless which would certainly become costly.

[HHOcowboy]

And that's my thought also about the aluminum. Not to say it's a bad idea. The cooler I am making is out of stainless tubing without the cooling fins. But your right about the vinegar as an electrolyte it does take a lot to sustain a constant gas flow. What I did was compress my containment and made is smaller. This way the plates just about touch top and bottom of my containment to support my electrolyte. It did work well, but nothing like using soda or hydroxides. Good Comments!

[HHOcowboy]

In my electrolyzer I start using distilled vinegar in the system. It seems to stay cleaner with less maintenance of changing solution than with soda or hydroxides. Not to mention the idea of hazardous waste by-products that's produced when using them. My production has slightly decreased but still has enough volume from the production to produce the needed hydrogen for my vehicle. I tried it on my four wheeler that has a bad carburetor and does not stay idle.