HHO Experiment #1

I have been seeing people on the Internet, and some on the news, that have been making HHO, or browns gas from water, to use as a fuel source. Having done my experiments with used cooking oil, and having success with that, I have decided to embark on the quest to make a car run purely on water.

Here is the first experiment; a proof of concept, that turned out to be a good preliminary test.

The cost of materials for this project was about $13.00, so not bad.

I would guess the HHO generator could probably run a moped, but it is plenty large enough to show proof of concept.

The electrodes are made of stainless steel blots, nuts, and washers. The electrodes are insulated from the mason jar lid by grommets. I got the grommets at the auto parts store, and the rest at the hardware store.

I am using plain tap water, and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda (sodium bucarbonate) as a catalyst for the reaction.

DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME! IT IS NOT SAFE! I have to say that, and I take no responsiblity for your safety if you are fool enough to try this.

Having said that, this thing can give many hours of life threatening fun, and can make a lot of unsafe explosions.

In fuftre experiments, I will make a larger unit, and will run tests using an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine). This may or may not work, and may or may not destroy this car, or it's engine, so do not attempt this on the family car! You should always consider safety first, and if you have a spare car to experiment with. I am using a car I bought specifically for these tests, and if it breaks, I just get into my other car.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HHO
• alternative
• energy
• automobile
• explosion
• boom
• diy
• environment
• gadget
• mechanics

[JoeB2C]

Aren't you just seperating the H2 from the O? Then burning it again to from H2O? HHO = H2O

[dragon64leo]

That is right,

The HHO reacts to gasoline converting some of the wasted heat into mechanical force, giving it better fuel economy.

[climbermonster]

If you reduce the voltage by using multiple cell load you can decrease the heat, and increase the output.

[dragon64leo]

Actually,

This first HHO generator was something I thought of in my sleep,and built in 30 minutes.

I am building a second one shortly, and the heat bug should be fixed by then. Thank you very much for posting!

[rexxrektal]

Hoo Boy!

Guess we don't need gunpowder anymore!

[dragon64leo]

Good point, Rexx!

[arthus1971]

@dragon64leo Hello Dragon, how much LPM did you get with this HHO generator, at 6 amps @12.7VDC, lucky

[kaizercharles]

Yeah its was informative. The best thing to burn HHO is in the combustion chamber. Go on the search for ehnriko's channel here in youtube, he have great stuff on HHO projs. He have a geometro or charade car just like yours.

Pure tap water?

[dragon64leo]

Actually, the danger is minimized for 2 reasons; there is no significant pressure being built up, because the HHO is going to a baloon/rubber glove, and the top would pop before the glass would, a nice little safety feature of the mason jar. An explosion, maybe some glass would fly, so I will be careful on the full scale test.

[SmartScarecrow]

please dont use glass containers ... its just not a good idea to have rocket fuel in a container that if it went bang, would produce shrapnel ...

see this one watch?v=60rvSwFSY2w ... just one of many in collections of what NOT to do with HHO ...