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Old 06-09-2008, 09:40 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BLouIsGod View Post
I heard that killed rumor, but if you can do it in your garage, then others can do it. Lets design and 8thcivic Hydrogen INjection kit... We can use the baking soda and aluminum foil as one method to generate HHO
Repeat, there is no such thing as HHO. And there's nothing special about electrolysis [whcih yields H2 + O2, not "HHO"]. In the fifth grade we hooked 9 volt batteries to metal coils in a jar of water and did this. The problem is that for the system to actually produce additional power, one or more of the components in the system (engine, alternator, electrolysis apparatus) has to work in excess of 100% efficiency. Engines work around 25-35% efficiency, electrolysis has a theoretical limit of 92% efficiency (though in practice, it rarely exceeds 60%), and alternators operate in the sub 60% efficiency range.
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