Philldpapill
04-11-2010, 02:54 PM
HHO development has come a long way since the days of the wet cell. People now have cells that seem to be peaking out at a ceiling efficiency, and making huge amounts of gas.
However, it doesn't seem that we are looking at the BIG picture sometimes. For example, let's say someone makes a cell that only costs $200 total to make, and DOUBLES their MPG. That sounds awesome, right? If they were to normally spend $50 per week on gas, but now are only spending $25, then that's $25 savings per week. It wouldn't even take them 2 months to get a return on their investment... Cool, huh? The only thing is... Their cell won't even last 2 weeks(hypothetically here). Was the cell REALLY worth the investment? They spent $200, but only saved $50 in gas. A net LOSS of $150...
If that's simply for an experiment, then hey, no problem... But if we are to really figure out the long term feasibility of HHO, we need to come up with some sort of standardized figure of merit. Something that measures time until a return on investment, something that measures longevity of the cell, and something that measure overall gains/$$$. Otherwise, claims of 200% MPG increases are meaningless like in the example above. A certain "CPU fan cooled steam machine from a little carribean island" come to mind. The ideas are good, but are they practically feasible?
That's why we need some kind of gauge to measure up certain attributes of a HHO system. If we can do that, I think we will be able to further cell/system designs at an even faster rate.
"Whatever works, let's do it..."
However, it doesn't seem that we are looking at the BIG picture sometimes. For example, let's say someone makes a cell that only costs $200 total to make, and DOUBLES their MPG. That sounds awesome, right? If they were to normally spend $50 per week on gas, but now are only spending $25, then that's $25 savings per week. It wouldn't even take them 2 months to get a return on their investment... Cool, huh? The only thing is... Their cell won't even last 2 weeks(hypothetically here). Was the cell REALLY worth the investment? They spent $200, but only saved $50 in gas. A net LOSS of $150...
If that's simply for an experiment, then hey, no problem... But if we are to really figure out the long term feasibility of HHO, we need to come up with some sort of standardized figure of merit. Something that measures time until a return on investment, something that measures longevity of the cell, and something that measure overall gains/$$$. Otherwise, claims of 200% MPG increases are meaningless like in the example above. A certain "CPU fan cooled steam machine from a little carribean island" come to mind. The ideas are good, but are they practically feasible?
That's why we need some kind of gauge to measure up certain attributes of a HHO system. If we can do that, I think we will be able to further cell/system designs at an even faster rate.
"Whatever works, let's do it..."