| Hydrogen fuel conversion systems have become quite | | | | With the aid of an instruction manual you, or your |
| standardized over the past 18 to 24 months. Most | | | | mechanic, can build the following basic hydrogen fuel |
| home produced kits are very similar, although it is still | | | | conversion system. |
| worth making sure you get one of the better manuals | | | | You will need a casing to hold about a quart of water. |
| to guide you through the process. | | | | It needs to be resistant to high temperatures. CPVC |
| Man has reached the moon and achieved so many | | | | tubes are readily available from a plumbing or |
| other remarkable technological feats, yet we still | | | | hardware store and are ideal material. Within the |
| struggle to find practical renewable energy solutions. | | | | casing an electrode is placed; this can be stainless |
| But there is at least some good news in the | | | | steel, platinum or other suitable metal. You now have a |
| automotive industry. | | | | hydrogen, or hho, generator. An electric current from |
| As it stands at present, over a quarter million American | | | | the vehicle's battery is passed through the water and |
| car owners have employed hydrogen fuel conversion | | | | water forms HHO on contact with the electrode. |
| systems in their vehicles. A minuscule percentage has | | | | Hydrogen, or hydroxy gas, bubbles to the surface and |
| bought a pre-built kit costing upwards of $5,000. Most | | | | is then drawn off via a bubbler to the engine for use |
| have followed an instruction manual and done it | | | | as combustible fuel. It burns up to four times more |
| themselves for $140 or employed a mechanic for an | | | | efficiently than gasoline or diesel. It makes sense to |
| additional $120 or so. | | | | create a simple cradle to hold the hydrogen fuel |
| If you get the tuning right, you can save up to 50% on | | | | generator in place. It can then be easily dismounted for |
| gasoline. The average saving is probably in the region | | | | periodic cleaning. |
| of 20% to 30%. Of course it depends on the fuel | | | | A hydrogen fuel conversion system will also need an |
| consumption and how often you use your vehicle, but | | | | electronic control unit. This connects the vehicle's |
| for many folk savings from $250 to $700 a month are | | | | ignition to the battery and generator and earths the |
| not uncommon. | | | | entire system. It is incredibly simple to make or cheap |
| How Hydrogen Fuel Conversion Systems Work | | | | to buy off the shelf. It is useful to include a control over |
| The chemistry of hydrogen production is not terribly | | | | the amperage passing through the water. It allows you |
| complicated. Here we are talking about production of | | | | to adjust to 13 amps every so often. Most folk mount |
| hydrogen (or, more precisely, HHO gas) on an | | | | it discreetly under the dashboard, but it is all a matter |
| as-required basis, rather than tanks of hydrogen being | | | | of personal choice. |
| stored on board a vehicle. By the way, this is a totally | | | | Apart from some cheap electrical wire, a vaporizer |
| safe way of part-powering a hybrid car; the hydrogen | | | | and some hose, that is pretty much all there is to |
| is used as soon as it is produced. | | | | hydrogen fuel conversion systems. |