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| MINI2 Regular | HHO Water as Gas in a Mini? Howdy, I just discovered this and was curious as to what your opinions of it were. You may or may not have heard of this stuff but I did a quick google search hho water as gas - Google Search Basically from what I understand is they create HHO or hydrogen gas from water and then funnel the gas into the air intake. So instead of taking in just regular air from the outside, you end up with a hydrogen enriched air. The claim being that it will double your gas milage. Pretty sure some of the websites are scam websites, but to me what I just mentioned sounds plausable. So my questions are, do you think this would work, and do you think it would work in a Mini? Thanks, Dd. |
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| twin scroll Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Up North Local Time: 11:39 PM
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Offline | Seem's like it would take more power to run the electrolyzer than you'd get back from it ? And looking at the patents it seems that at least some of the science is sloppy and has already been proven to be incorrect. Looking a bit deeper into the spec it seems you'd need about 5kw (7hp ish) to generate 1.3kw (1.7hp ish) which means that I won't be fitting it my Cooper S anytime soon ![]() Looks like we'll have to keep using petrol till Mr Fusion comes along. ![]() |
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| MINI2 Regular | Thats what I thought too, it definatly would require more electrical power than the engine could create. I have a friend here at work that is interested in trying it but after searching around some more after my initial post I'm thinking scam. Most if not all the websites eventually point back one source website, which sends you to an advertising/webhop site. So the guy is probably making money off the number of times the link is clicked let alone the suckers that buy the plans. As far as Mr Fusion goes... Here you go: Gadgets: Purdue University Develops Mr.Fusion, Finally |
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| I can't get no sleep Join Date: May 2002 Location: Capital of Culture Local Time: 11:39 PM
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Offline | We had a vauxhall omega with this fitted in today for radio work. We spotted a coffee jar under the bonnet with pipes coming from it - & a strange smell. The customer then explained & told us how much money he was saving on fuel! |
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| XR3i / JCW MCS Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Full Throttle Local Time: 11:39 PM
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Online | and impossible if I remember my physics 1st law of thermodynamics States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another ![]() ![]() |
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| MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Local Time: 11:39 PM
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Offline | Honda have just released a hydrogen powered car and it is available to lease but only a select few. The energy needed to separate is indeed greater than the energy created but if the energy used is free then its a different story. Wind, Sun, kinetic???? |
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