How to build Hydrogen GeneratorFREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com A Review of How to build a Hydrogen generator FREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com Expert village guy reviews the hho hydrogen generator he built using perforated stainless steel for the electrode material, and they're stacked together and insulated ,sealed off with tool dip and wired on the corners because copper will corrode if it is exposed to the solution . He used 2 water filter housings for the hho generator containers. The water filter housings are particularly useful for making homemade hydrogen generators because they have threaded lids that are designed to be leak proof and they also have inlets and outlets built in. They have a large enough capacity to hold plenty of electrolyte solution also. The electrolyte recommended is baking soda. The amount of amps a hho generator draws depends on a lot of things but one of them is the electrolyte solution. By connecting a amp meter to the system you can see the amp draw increase as you add baking soda or other catalyst.As he starts the system , you're going to see it's going to get cloudy. Those clouds, that's Hydrogen. Two parts Hydrogen, one part Oxygen. Now it's going to be coming through the one way valve. And you can soon see it bubbling up here. It's going to bubble up here, build up a little pressure and start coming out of the gauge. But remember the gauge is not accurate. It's meant for air not Hydrogen gas. So it's not going to be terribly accurate. Roughly , this hho electrolyzer is putting out maybe a half a liter of Hydrogen per minute. that's not terribly efficient, but the quantity of hydrogen produced is not the only factor in determining how a hydrogen conversion kit like this would improve the gas mileage of a car. There are many people who have installed a homemade unit made from a one pint mason jar that are experiencing much better gas mileage and I am sure this unit would produce more hho than a one pint mason jar. just The fact that it is bubbling and that the gas produced can be lit with a torch lighter proves that this process works. All About Containers for Making Hydrogen FREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com Expert village guy explains the best container to use for a hydrolyzer also called electrolyzer also called hho generator, also called a hydrogen generator or hho conversion kit. Hydrogen is an electrolysis process. Basically, current flowing through a solution between two pieces of metal. He is using a conventional water filter housing for the hydrogen generator container. Why? because they are tough, they are designed to be water tight, and they are readily available at lowes, home depot, or any hardware store, maybe even Walmart..(btw walmart sucks). The electrodes and any other metal exposed to the liquid in the hydrogen generator container must be corrosion resistant. 316 stainless is a good choice buy 304 stainless will work also.Electroplaters who do chrome plating and many other plating operations are aware that hydrogen gas is produced during the operation. It is a well documented fact. Landing Gear for jet airplanes even requires an oven baking operation to remove hydrogen after it undergoes any electroplating process.Why is it then that there is so much doubt and argument that these hydrogen generators dont work? Just an observation, The water filter housing should make a fine container for a hho hydrolyzer. If small mason jars used to make these things can improve gas mileage, a water filter housing should work even better. FREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com All About the Tools for Making Hydrogen Expert village guy explains how he experimented with different materials and designs before settling on an array of stainless steel perforated plates that are connected directly to copper wiring. The connections and any bare copper must be protected from the electrolyte solution are it will corrode , get hot and cause the hho gas to explode. That would be bad... The reason he uses a design that requires the electrical connections to me made directly between the bare copper wire and the stainless array is because using stainless steel bars or bolts was drawing too much amperage due to the high resistance. That made it inefficient. He also tried many other materials like stainless wire mesh and solid stainless steel plates but none of them worked as well as the perforated stainless. I have seen one unit that used twisted stainless steel wire for the electrode material in a small mason jar full of baking soda and distilled water. It also used an aerator agitator to increase the activity of the bubbles. The owner claimed a 50 percent increase in gas mileage on his full size Bronco...He went from 11 to 17 mpg. Different Types of Containers for Making Hydrogen If you are considering making your own container for you homemade hydrogen generator, don't. Expert village guy explains all the wasted effort in trying to create something that wont seal and is not functional. Your time is worth something so instead of trying to make an aquarium type tank with Plexiglas and silicon sealant only to discover that it wont hold water, just go out and buy an off the shelf water filter housing that is see thru. These things are designed to hold water and seal with an o ring. They even have ready made inlet and outlet ports that are threaded and accept standard plumbing hardware. You can get one at any lowes, home depot, or hardware store. You need for your container to be see thru. PVC designs work ok but they require a sight tube to know when to refill and the only way to observe the hydrogen making action is with the lid off. that is not very practical and certainly not as easy as just being able to see bubbles right thru the see thru hydrogen generator water filter housing. How to Assemble a Hydrolyzer to Make Hydrogen Expert village guy demonstrates assembly of his hydrogen generator made using easy to find water filter housings for the containers. Yes these are water filters, common water filters that are designed to hold about two to three hundred PSI. That's why they are a good choice for hydrogen generator containers,... They're made out of polycarbonate. They're tough and indestructible. Almost indestructible. There's a lot more to this process than just these two little plastic containers and the stainless steel array. Remember that the electrolysis process is current flowing between electrodes, thus producing Hydrogen. Actually it produces hho gas... two Hydrogen and one Oxygen molecule. So it's really called HHO gas and it is also called Browns Gas. So, yes we're making Hydrogen, but it's technically called HHO. Two molecules of Hydrogen with one molecule of Oxygen. We need to make this system safe. Yes Hydrogen is explosive. It makes a big boom. So we want to be real careful. Now, there's a number of things that we do to make it safe. One, we have a check valve here. You might not recognize that valve it comes off a oxyfuel torch. It's a one way valve. This prevents backwards flow. In order to get maximum protection you actually would need a flashback arrestor. Without some type of check valve, if there is a fire or the gas gets ignited and runs back into this tube and into this container, you're going to have a grenade. He is also going to add another safety device called a bubbler. Yes, a bubbler. he'll show you what that means in another video clip. Remember safety is very important when you're dealing with Hydrogen. How to Assemble the Electrical Connections for Making Hydrogen: Part2 FREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com Expert village guy shows how to wire up a hydrogen generator using 2 water filter housings that will be wire together in a parallel series. If you decide to build a homemade hydrogen generator like this, you can use only one water filter housing and just omit the extra wiring. In most designs the negative and positive connections do not matter. I am not sure if it matters with the stainless steel plate array design he describes.In any event, the goal of any homemade hydrogen conversion kit is to produce as much hho hydrogen gas as possible and to draw as few amps as possible.. We want a high output hydrogen generator that pulls low amps. It will not help to produce hydrogen and improve gas mileage of your car if you are killing alternators every 3 months. How to Charge the System for Making Hydrogen Charging the system just means filling it with water and adding baking soda.whichever electrode design you use, the electrodes must be in the solution to produce hydrogen hho gas. It is interesting that you can fill the container with water and turn on the power and everything is energized but it will not be pulling any amperage. But once you add the baking soda or other catalyst like sodium hydroxide, everything changes and the amperage draw increases. I have seen other videos where the amperage draw rose to over 40 amps. That is way too much. You will need to experiment to determine the right amount of baking soda that produces plenty of hho, but stays cool enough and still makes hydrogen hho. Getting too hot is also a problem and some designs even call for a water coolant design. That is too complicated. Just adjust the baking soda. Another design that uses a vent tube and a aerator valve and that pulls in air bubbles and helps keep the solution cooler.
How to Hook Up the Charger to Make Hydrogen Expert village guy assembling water filter housing containers . They just screw together because the lid is threaded and has an o ring seal to keep it water tight.Before he spools up the system he is going to fill up the bubbler. A bubbler is a water barrier safety device that will prevent any backfire from reaching the hydrogen generators.I dont really understand the concept of having a bubbler attached right next to the hydrogen generator because if it ignites, it is likely to ignite the hydrogen generator as well. But one thing the bubbler will accomplish is to ensure that no electrolyte solution gets sucked into your intake. It probably wouldn't hurt anything much because it would be burned up so quickly but baking soda might not help the inside of your cars engine. I dont think they test for that sort of thing. In units that are built from pvc, a see thru bubbler would be very helpful to ensure that the generator was working properly. And for large hydrogen generators, it would be better for a bubbler to be located a few feet away from the generator in case it ignited.
How to Make Hydrogen Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. It is only fitting that it would turn out to be an answer to our energy problems and pollution issues. Small hydrogen generators like this will not run a car by themselves. That is whey they are referred to as supplemental hydrogen generators. Supplemental hydrogen generators produce a relatively small quantity of hho hydrogen. From my experience speaking with people who have built and installed these hho generators, quantity is not the whole picture. Hydrogen is an energy carrier. Yes it is a fuel gas but it is much more than that. There are hydrogen torches that will heat copper much quicker than an oxy acetylene torch. Even though the flame temperature is less than that of oxy acetylene, the hho gas torch heats the metal to cherry red quicker. How can that be? It is because of the unique properties of hho gas and the way hydrogen imparts energy. so when hho gas is added to cars air fuel mixture , the efficiency increases and you get a 1 + 1 = 3 benefit. In order to realize maximum benefits from a hho conversion kit, There are also some modifications that must be done to the cars computerized oxygen analyzer system to prevent the computer from sensing the extra oxygen and compensating with adding more fuel. How to Make Hydrogen: What is a Bubbler? FREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com A bubbler is a device that uses water as a safety barrier to fuel gasses. Almost anything could be used from a clear piece of polycarbonate tubing, to a 2 liter coke bottle. There is no need for heavy construction because the bubbler does not operate under heat or pressure. The bubbler is filled about 3/4 full with plain water and a tube is run from the hho generator to the bubbler that connects to another tube that is stuck down into the very bottom of the bubbler so that the flammable hho gas bubbles up from the bottom and thru the water. The gas then is piped out the top thru another hose that is plumbed into the cars fuel system. any flashback will stop at the water barrier and will protect the hydrogen generator from ignition. How Water & Electrolytes are Used to Make Hydrogen There are several options when it comes to choosing an electrolyte solution. Baking soda is the safest. Some manuals recommend using a product that is used to unclog drains. Others recommend using red devil lye which is caustic soda. These last 2 are pretty aggressive and will definitely attack the aluminum parts in your engine if they get sucked in. Stick with baking soda. It is the most often recommended for an electrolyte in hho generators. Use distilled water. Using tap water works but you will end up replacing components more often because when you use tap water, the heavy minerals and chlorine just make the process more corrosive to the stainless steel parts and can contaminate the water solution so much that it quits working and will need to be changed. That is just extra work and since distilled water is about a dollar a gallon, cost will not be a factor.I have heard of people driving several tank fulls of gas before needed to add water to their hho generator. You dont want to have to change out stainless components any more often than necessary either. More Ways to Assemble the Electrical Connections for Making Hydrogen Experimenting with a hho generator to determine how many amps it draws seems like re-inventing the wheel. There are many different sets of instructions for sale that have be proven and tested and the amperage draw has already been measured and determined to be satisfactory. Besides, if the instructions are wrong and the unit draws more amps than what is claimed , the customer can get a refund and buy another set of plans. Most of the plans are sold thru clickbank and they offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with the hho generator plans you purchase. That is pretty low risk and it will save you a ton of time and effort. Instead of starting from scratch with your own design, why not try one that has been proven? More Ways to Charge the System for Making Hydrogen Nothing happens until the baking soda is added. Isn't that interesting? And you can control the amperage draw to a great degree simply by adding the right amount of baking soda. Once you get it right and the hydrogen generator is producing hho gas, the same mixture of baking soda and distilled water will work again and again. Supplies for Making Hydrogen You dont need all this crap to make a hydrogen generator because the way to test it is on your car. You wont need a battery charger. You dont need to use the stainless steel array he speaks of either, you can use stainless steel welding wire like the water4gas design. This design pulls less amperage than other designs. I like the idea of using welding wire. 316L stainless wire in 1/16 diameter is very corrosion resistant and easy to obtain. Any welding supply store will be able to get it for you and should even have it on the shelf.A water filter housing can be found at lowes, home depot, or any hardware store. I have seen them advertised on ebay for about 20 bucks each. Using Stainless Steel Arrays to Make Hydrogen if you decide to follow this design, pay close attention to the instructions on using tool dip protective coating to seal off the connections from the electrolyte solution.Even though baking soda is pretty mild compared to other electrolyte choices, when you run electrical current thru the solution it if very corrosive to copper aluminum and carbon steel. Sealing off the connections is absolutely important, if you dont get them sealed, they will corrode, then they will get hot, and eventually cause the gas to explode. thats bad. Just use stainless welding wire instead of this stainless steel array and you wont have to worry about dipping the copper connections in tool dip to protect the copper connections from corrosion. FREE SHIPPING on hundreds of items at NorthernTool.com |