Tremorfalcon
10-18-2008, 11:45 AM
I've been playing around with HHO after doing a lot of research on here. I thought I was well prepared but I guess not.
My current setup is 10 plates configured + N N N - - N N N +. The negatives and positives are spaced away from the other plates by nylon washers. The neutrals are spaced by electrical tape around the sides for a close fit.
I hooked it up to my battery charger and put it on the setting of 30 amps at 13.5volts. I got 0.72lpm at 29 amps. Then I put the battery charger on the 200amp @ 7.2volts setting. I got 1.2lpm at 40 amps. Very disappointing numbers and the heat is unmanageable at this point.
My previous set-up I was using was + N - - N N + and on the 30 amps at 13.5 volts setting it put out 0.545lpm at 24 amps. At the 200 amp 7.2volt setting, it put out 0.710lpm at 29 amps.
I am using distilled water and 100% sodium hydroxide. The water is good because when I applied current to just pure water there was no electrolysis and then it started as I added the NaOH. The plates are non-magnetic stainless steel that I got from the local metal scrapyard. I don't know the particular allow number of it. No rust on the plates themselves so far. However, a brown scum keeps coming from somewhere. There is a large build-up on the bottom now. I can't figure out where its coming from? Maybe it's a byproduct of the NaOH when my cell got too hot?
Can someone please help explain why my numbers are so low and what set-up I could use to help improve them? I plan on installing it into a computer-controlled carb 1987 Civic 1500. Using the 0.5lpm per liter of engine size rule, I'd need at leas 0.75lpm, but I'd prefer to get around 3LPM at 30 amps. 2LPM would even make me happy enough. Any suggestions?
Current Set-up:
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3834.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3835.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3839.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3841.jpg
My current setup is 10 plates configured + N N N - - N N N +. The negatives and positives are spaced away from the other plates by nylon washers. The neutrals are spaced by electrical tape around the sides for a close fit.
I hooked it up to my battery charger and put it on the setting of 30 amps at 13.5volts. I got 0.72lpm at 29 amps. Then I put the battery charger on the 200amp @ 7.2volts setting. I got 1.2lpm at 40 amps. Very disappointing numbers and the heat is unmanageable at this point.
My previous set-up I was using was + N - - N N + and on the 30 amps at 13.5 volts setting it put out 0.545lpm at 24 amps. At the 200 amp 7.2volt setting, it put out 0.710lpm at 29 amps.
I am using distilled water and 100% sodium hydroxide. The water is good because when I applied current to just pure water there was no electrolysis and then it started as I added the NaOH. The plates are non-magnetic stainless steel that I got from the local metal scrapyard. I don't know the particular allow number of it. No rust on the plates themselves so far. However, a brown scum keeps coming from somewhere. There is a large build-up on the bottom now. I can't figure out where its coming from? Maybe it's a byproduct of the NaOH when my cell got too hot?
Can someone please help explain why my numbers are so low and what set-up I could use to help improve them? I plan on installing it into a computer-controlled carb 1987 Civic 1500. Using the 0.5lpm per liter of engine size rule, I'd need at leas 0.75lpm, but I'd prefer to get around 3LPM at 30 amps. 2LPM would even make me happy enough. Any suggestions?
Current Set-up:
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3834.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3835.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3839.jpg
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n441/tremorfalcon/100_3841.jpg