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Old 06-08-2008, 07:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Made hydrogen (HHO) in my garage DIY

Anyone else done this or thought about it to increase mpg?
If you google or search in youtube for "hydrogen hho" there are plenty of people supplementing their gasoline with hydrogen using a jar of water, claiming to get fantastic gas mileage.
The HHO gas is basically sucked into your intake along with the usual air and you don't need as much petrol to run the engine is the way I understand it.
So, since I have a 3000+ mile trip coming up in my Pilot (I have an '06 civic too) I was going to try it out.
The curiosity finally got to me and I made some hydrogen in my garage!
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The first design hardly worked at all and consisted of stainless steel cable wrapped around a plastic tube with holes in it, that had another short piece of cable inside:

While I was looking for plastic zip ties at the store I picked up 2 stainless steel bathtub strainers at $1 each.
I attached them back to back with the zip ties and plastic spacers in between.
Wires were twisted onto each strainer and viola! Another hydrogen generator.
This one produced MUCH more bubbling than the steel cable design and used a lot less metal.
Ok, it's not installed in my car yet but it was fun just making bubbles!
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