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DIY HHO Hydrogen Generator: Test #1 on 97 Sunfire

Published on April 14, 2012 by in HHO Hydrogen Generators

In this road test, we had an HHO generator attached in front of the radiator and the line then running up to the motor. With the generator lower than the motor, the chances of fluid getting sucked up into the air intake are a lot lower. The front placement in the open air in front of the radiator is good when you’re driving higher speeds, since it keeps the unit a little cooler. For all city driving, this wouldn’t be ideal. Overheating can be an issue, and each car design presents new issues for placement. By far the easiest ?vehicles are older models with tons of room under the hood. This sunfire didn’t have a lot of room in the engine compartment, so it was either in front, in the trunk or in the cab. And who wants the hydrogen producing unit in the cab? Not me!

For all of our tests, we fill the tank till it runs over with gas. Then we do our drive test, and record the distance. We fill the vehicle again, to determine the amount of gas used. This is in our minds, a real world test that gives the actual results of using our diy hho hydrogen generator on a real vehicle.

 
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HHO, Hydrogen Car Kits,and Browns Gas: Increasing Fuel Efficiency with Hydrogen

Published on April 8, 2012 by in HHO Hydrogen Generators

I haven’t written anything for quite some time about using homemade hydrogen HHO kits to increase fuel mileage. I was wondering if there was still interest in this topic, and checked this site’s stats. It turns out there are still searches being made online that turn up at the Redneck Bar and Grill.

We did have some really good successes in increasing gas mileage with HHO, and we helped a lot of others find the information they were looking for. I know that a quick online auction search gives hundreds of results for HHO, so people must still be working on hydrogen kits for their vehicles.

I think the main reason many were hesitant to try it is because they didn’t want to void warrantees on new vehicles. This is a valid concern for sure. If you put a homemade contraption on your car and some unrelated issue pops up, you might have to explain the device at the dealership with some fast talking. I had one of these attached to a 2007 Toyota Tacoma and it didn’t hurt the truck at all, but I admit I was a little concerned about warrantee implications myself.

I going to give the links to our previous work again here just to make it easier to find.

Fun With Hydrogen HHO Generator Tests

This article has a video and some basic info about how an HHO cell can be hooked to a car to give you increased gas mileage. The video shows us popping bubbles of HHO, as well as the truck we were using hooked up.

HHO Hydrogen Generator Safety And Electrical Hookup

This post links to a video all about the safety and electrical aspect of hydrogen generators. And using hydrogen, there are some safety issues to be aware of. I’m all for explosions that look and sound cool. I don’t want to see anyone hurt themselves or blow the engine up in their car.

Where to Find an HHO Hydrogen Kit

It’s true, these items can’t be bought at Walmart. But, some of the parts can be found there. I just updated this post with new info today.

How Do You Keep an HHO Hydrogen Generator From Freezing?

This post doesn’t really give the answers per say. However, some of the commentors on this one had some good thoughts on how one might keep their hydrogen kits thawed out in cold weather. So it’s worth checking the comments on this one for ideas. Not to mention a few funny cracks mixed in there.

 
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Plans for Solar Panels: Do it Yourself Solor Panels From Bulk Solar Cells

Published on April 8, 2012 by in Do it yourself solar panels

One of the biggest challenges of making your own solor panels is, how exactly do I put these loose solar cells together? At first this seems to be a quite daunting task. With proper pre planning it really shouldn’t be that bad.

For my first attempt I’m going to start with only ?a small panelwith 36 cells I bought in an online auction. I noticed that there are some really large quantities of Solor cells available in these auctions. I’m going to experiment with one or two small batches to see if this is something I can comfortably do, before I get in over my head with a massive stack of loose cells.

 

I’m going to use a sheet of glass for the base layer, with the individual cells soldered together and then attached to the glass with ?a daub of silicon. On toP of that will be a sheet of plexiglass. There must be a space between the plexiglass and the solar cells. In the event of an impact, like hail, a cushion space will keep the cells from being damaged. I am planning on drafting up these plans and putting them online in a post called Do It Yourself Solar Panel Plans. Hopefully anyone that is trying to save a bunch of money like me can use these ideas to help them come up with something functional.

I plan on writing another post that will discuss the exact electrical layout necessaryfor this system and whether it will power a backup battery bank or be used to send power back into the grid. Both of these have their benefits, and backup power would be nice, but at first I think we will be using a grid tie in system. The main reason is cost since a battery bank is a really expensive part of any Solor system and not a purchase we are willing to make right now. In the long run I would like to make both of these a part of our electrical system, but for now I will focuses on just getting the solar panels constructed.

 
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Making Your Own Solar Panels: Solar cells in bulk, Solar Panel Kits, Do It Yourself Solar Panels

Published on April 7, 2012 by in Do it yourself solar panels

For years, I wanted to use solar power to cut our electric bills. We live in a rural area, and we have lots of room to install solar panels and equipment. The problem has always been cost. Lately I’ve spent a lot of time researching solar panels, and it occurred to me that I could probably assemble solar cells myself to have the solar panels at a fraction of the cost .

With a few quick searches on eBay, it was easy to see that I could indeed get the rawmaterials for my do it yourself solar panels. In fact, several of the sellers seemed to be giving away instructions for putting them together.

Right now I’m waiting for my first 36 solar cells to arrive. I have solar cell plansrot put them together, and I’ll make sure I let you know how it turns out!

 
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