Hydrogen Fuel Conversion Systems

Hydrogen fuel conversion systems have become quiteWith the aid of an instruction manual you, or your
standardized over the past 18 to 24 months. Mostmechanic, can build the following basic hydrogen fuel
home produced kits are very similar, although it is stillconversion system.
worth making sure you get one of the better manualsYou 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 manytubes are readily available from a plumbing or
other remarkable technological feats, yet we stillhardware 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 thesteel, 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 Americanthe vehicle's battery is passed through the water and
car owners have employed hydrogen fuel conversionwater forms HHO on contact with the electrode.
systems in their vehicles. A minuscule percentage hasHydrogen, or hydroxy gas, bubbles to the surface and
bought a pre-built kit costing upwards of $5,000. Mostis then drawn off via a bubbler to the engine for use
have followed an instruction manual and done itas combustible fuel. It burns up to four times more
themselves for $140 or employed a mechanic for anefficiently 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% ongenerator in place. It can then be easily dismounted for
gasoline. The average saving is probably in the regionperiodic cleaning.
of 20% to 30%. Of course it depends on the fuelA hydrogen fuel conversion system will also need an
consumption and how often you use your vehicle, butelectronic control unit. This connects the vehicle's
for many folk savings from $250 to $700 a month areignition 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 Workto buy off the shelf. It is useful to include a control over
The chemistry of hydrogen production is not terriblythe amperage passing through the water. It allows you
complicated. Here we are talking about production ofto adjust to 13 amps every so often. Most folk mount
hydrogen (or, more precisely, HHO gas) on anit discreetly under the dashboard, but it is all a matter
as-required basis, rather than tanks of hydrogen beingof personal choice.
stored on board a vehicle. By the way, this is a totallyApart from some cheap electrical wire, a vaporizer
safe way of part-powering a hybrid car; the hydrogenand some hose, that is pretty much all there is to
is used as soon as it is produced.hydrogen fuel conversion systems.