Friday 23 January 2015

I feel like an old Bear

It has been so long since I have writer about anything I think I must have been hibernating. The C.W.S. [ charged water systems ] are going o.k. and I am getting some good feed back from the customers. However trying to get that in writing is proving a little harder though.

The old rover has now been sold with the hydrogen generator in tact, so the new owner is now experiencing the pleasure of extra mileage with`the old girl.`
The next project is to fit a dry cell unit to my Pug 406 estate, I read one blog where a guy is getting 72 m.p.g. from a 2 ltr. diesel. If I can achieve that I will be a `happy  bunny` roll on the DRY weather to get started.

Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell

The HHO kit fitted to my old rover was a Wet Cell, well two Wet Cells actually. However to try and fit a Dry Cell requires a little more space under the hood and the header tank needs to be higher than the Cell, as the gas rises, of course !!
Then you need to find a space for the filter between the header and the input venturi which needs to be as close to the engine as possible.



Gas supply venturi fitted prior to turbo, if fitted after, the turbo pressure will force gas back into the system, unless one way valve fitted in supply line. The gas needs to be sucked into the engine on idle and before the turbo.



I made a wooden cage to house the two wet cells. however need to be accessible in order to top up and clean approx @ 10000 miles.


A 30-50 amp in line fuse will protect the system.


A Pulse Width
  Modulator will regulate the amp supply, too high will get more gas however it may run hot, too low no or very little gas to benefit from reaching the engine.



Notice the  amp meter and isolator switch in the cabin, the system requires approx 1.8 amps to start producing the gas, I ran mine at approx 12-15 amps.

As stated previously my diesel consumption before was 34-36 local and 42-44 on a run. After fitting HHO generator 42-44 local and 48-50 on a run. Not bad for an old engine 2.5 ltr. with 180k on clock and improved power as the engine was de-carbonised with the gas burning hotter and faster.