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if anyone here has visited the the site water4gas.com, it says that making a homemade electrolyzer to separate hydrogen from water can have good effects on gas mileage and performance... the electrolyzer i constructed wasnt much like the ones they showed on the site but still has some output... ive read on some sites that it needs a ton of output to really have any significant effect on ur performance but some have said the small amount can have some effect so i decided to take it upon myself to see if this can really work with a small 1/2 gallon tank of water putting out a little bit of hydrogen
ill put in pictures of my electrolyzer tomorrow because i need to add a water catcher but its not a very complicated rig and anyone can make it
i used two large hooks on the top and 2 on the bottom of the plastic container... i bought some sort of pipe springs and connected one spring to each hook on top and bottom to expand the spring and increase surface area... i charged one hook to positive and ran the other to ground... the hydrogen is attracted to the anode since it has a positive charge and the cathode produces ferrus oxide since the stainless steel is made of aluminum and iron, which results in murky red water with some gross chunks floating around... the solution in the container is distilled water and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as an electrolyte... when i flip the switch to make a circuit the anode begins to bubble and hydrogen is produced... the top of the bottle is sealed and a small tube runs the hydrogen to the intake tube... we'll see my mileage results on the next fillup
hopefully this will help aldives' quest for 30 mpg... we'll see how it goes
ill put in pictures of my electrolyzer tomorrow because i need to add a water catcher but its not a very complicated rig and anyone can make it
i used two large hooks on the top and 2 on the bottom of the plastic container... i bought some sort of pipe springs and connected one spring to each hook on top and bottom to expand the spring and increase surface area... i charged one hook to positive and ran the other to ground... the hydrogen is attracted to the anode since it has a positive charge and the cathode produces ferrus oxide since the stainless steel is made of aluminum and iron, which results in murky red water with some gross chunks floating around... the solution in the container is distilled water and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as an electrolyte... when i flip the switch to make a circuit the anode begins to bubble and hydrogen is produced... the top of the bottle is sealed and a small tube runs the hydrogen to the intake tube... we'll see my mileage results on the next fillup
hopefully this will help aldives' quest for 30 mpg... we'll see how it goes