anyone know about supplemental hydrogen?

**wizardPC** · 04-29-2008, 06:16 PM

I was just listening to the radio, and this guy called in talking about how he built a supplemental hydrogen injection system for his car.

Basically, you get a tub of water and use the car's electrical system to seperate the oxygen and hydrogen molecules. Then you dump the hydrogen in along with the atomized gasoline and poof! you get like a 20-40% increase in fuel economy.

Now, a quick google search turns up a couple of sites selling kits for a couple hundred dollars, but I'd really like to find a forum or a blog or something else non-commercial (kinda like these forums back in the OLD days when you had a 4 line VFD, a keypad, and a 386 running DOS).

**Lovecraft** · 04-29-2008, 06:18 PM

Ahahahaha. You actually believe this?

**danielkh** · 04-29-2008, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Lovecraft

Ahahahaha. You actually believe this?

Yes, I do. And yes, it can be done as a suplimental fuel. Don't you watch mythbusters? It won't work on it's own. It can't create enough hydrogen.

**wizardPC** · 04-29-2008, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Lovecraft

Ahahahaha. You actually believe this?

Do you believe in nitrous? Same thing, different source.

**Bugbyte** · 04-29-2008, 08:04 PM

Except the car doesn't generate the nitrous. You refill it from an outside source.

Mythbusters did a show on this and purchased a kit. You can't generate very much hydrogen from a battery and it doesn't work well with a gas engine.

**greatwhite** · 04-29-2008, 08:05 PM

not a practical application on a street driven vehicle in it's current form.............especially not something you can build in the basement...

**Chris31** · 04-29-2008, 08:18 PM

hydrogen hybrid (70 mpg ?)

**jjh221** · 04-29-2008, 08:50 PM

cake!

**danielkh** · 04-29-2008, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by Bugbyte

Except the car doesn't generate the nitrous. You refill it from an outside source.

Mythbusters did a show on this and purchased a kit. You can't generate very much hydrogen from a battery and it doesn't work well with a gas engine.

On the show they did prove the concept of creating hydrogen. However, it didn't produce enough to run the car SOLELY on hydrogen. But as a suplemental, I could see where it could work, mixed with the gas vapors.

**2k1Toaster** · 04-29-2008, 09:56 PM

It would still be cheaper to plug your car in at home and pay the electric bill for seperating the hydrogen and use it while driving to supplement gas, rather than do nothing I am sure.

Just dont be cheap with the tank. It can go kablooey!