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.

Our little group of backyard masterminds has been working for months on our Hydrogen hho car kits that increase fuel mileage and reduce car emissions. We have tested design after design, and a lot of them worked pretty good but needed a lot of babysitting and tinkering to keep them functioning smoothly. We worked late into the night in all kids of weather conditions. We went on multiple road trips to test our hho devices. We had some spectacular failures, and found out the hard way to make sure all of our hho generator electrical connections were perfect.

We showed everyone our video of Hydrogen HHO Fun and how explosive the hho gas can be. In fact, we have spent hours and hours ‘researching’ the explosive properties of a hydrogen oxygen mixture. At times we needed ear plugs, and maybe even protective clothing. Our wives just smile (or sometimes frown) and shake their heads as they grab the children and keep them away from the fun. The neighbours probably think I own a shotgun, but I don’t.

Lately we have had the additional hurdle of trying to keep our hho generators from freezing in the incredibly sucky conditions we face in Alberta for, like, three quarters of the year. I am seriously considering moving, so I don’t have to wear 2 pairs of long johns, 2 sweaters and a parka. And that’s just to go to town! I heard it’s nice in places where you don’t freeze down if you stand still too long. In any case, we think we have the freezing problem beat but we need to do a little more testing before we let everyone in on it.

After all of that, we still don’t have an hho kit for sale. Basically, the best place to find these kits is at an online auction site. I don’t know if you know which one I mean, but it rhymes with D Day and has a really colorful logo. Search for HHO on that auction site and you get a lot of interesting entries to gander at. That’s the best I can do. Good luck!

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Read More…]]> Everybody knows that rednecks love explosions and do it yourself projects that use potentially explosive substances. Another thing rednecks enjoy is cars and trucks that make a lot of noise, or that have been modified. What better way for us Alberta Rednecks to spend our time than combining our hobbies?
I already know what you think you are going to see! Sorry to disappoint you, we didn’t blow up a truck. What we did was build an HHO fuel cell, then hook it to the truck to reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions.
Everyone these days is concerned with the price of fuel. I don’t know what it costs in the US right now, but in Canada it is $1.15 a litre and up. Theoretically, by attaching an HHO hydrogen generator to your vehicle you can make the fuel burn more evenly and more completely. This will increase your miles per gallon.
What we show in this video:
1. our fuel cell submersed in pure water, hooked up to 2 amps DC producing hydrogen and oxygen (one hydrogen to two oxygen, an explosive air fuel mixture)
2. our hydrogen generator in it’s case, producing HHO which is captured in a jar underwater to measure output per minute
3. the HHO fuel cell producing a hydrogen oxygen mixture that is bubbled into soapy water. The bubbles are collected and lit, producing a loud bang. And it is really loud! I mean shake your head earsplitting from only a small amount. The force contained in hydrogen is huge.
4. the hydrogen fuel cell producing, and the hose attached to a Ford half ton. Not the newest vehicle we have available. We are still in the testing stage so expendable motors first!
Warning : if you are going to try this at home, be very careful! One of our first hydrogen generators worked great for several trials. It exploded inside my partner’s house when he was testing it, and he said he was lucky to still have windows or eardrums afterwards. The water level was too low, exposing the wires. A loose connection inside the HHO fuel cell caused a spark, and as I mentioned before the hydrogen generator creates an explosive gas mixture. We have since corrected the design flaw.
If you are going to hook one of these up to your car, make sure you understand the process first. Or, use a vehicle that you don’t need to get you to work!

He came up with a solution, though. Styrofoam igloos wouldn’t melt, they’re lightweight so you could move them around, and they could be built in two pieces just like a doublewide house trailer. We all admitted these were valid points, but Crazy eyes mentioned high winds being a danger to such a light house. We considered waking up in the middle of the night with your igloo blown clear off into the distance.

The conversation turned to how Canadians Are Threatening the Planet. Apparently, Canada is single handedly destroying the environment since every one of us has his or her own beer fridge. While Ernie admits to owning several, and I have a couple too, we keep ours outside. Since it’s winter here almost 9 months of the year, we don’t even plug them in, so I don’t really see the problem. What I do think is a real issue here is how the article states that we eat mostly donuts and poutine.

Just before we shut the lights off and kicked everyone out, Aron started in on NASA. He had some good points. I doubt them space shuttles are fuel efficient. They should put catalytic converters on those suckers. And how about some sort of hydrogen generator hho fuel engine, or maybe engines that run on used cooking oil? I thought that all they had to do was stop leaving the shuttle idling in front of the supermarket all the time. And with that, we called it a night.