Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

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cajun32

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Has anyone attempted to use a Hydrogen Generator on an I/O to improve fuel consumption ?

A hydrogen leak in the engine compartment could be quite hazardous.

Just curious.
 

Anchor Management 1

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

I work on boats everyday and people are doing in on there engines but I have not heard of the gen.
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

Yes people are doing it on there own boats. Experimenting I guess I told them to be carefull.
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

Hydroxy gas has proven to be about as valuable as snake oil. Definately not worth the risk on a boat.
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

Has anyone attempted to use a Hydrogen Generator on an I/O to improve fuel consumption ?

A hydrogen leak in the engine compartment could be quite hazardous.

Just curious.

Ayuh,... I skiped right over the Hydrogen Generator,+ went with a Flux Capacitor...
Now, if I could just find somemore Dilithium Crystals, I'd be boatin' for nearly Nothin'.....
 

CheapboatKev

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

My boat runs on water
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

Dilithium, not cheap Bondo. I have a spare set you can have,they need re-charging though.
might try Dilithium-Ion cells too
 

wca_tim

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

sorry charlie brown: HHO injection = Bologna....

unless of course you're running a blower with a little much boost and need it to be able to run more timing without scattering the bottom end.

water injection cools the intake charge and lowers combustion temperatures...

My understanding is that the reason that some people see performance increases with water injection on their cars... is that if the engine antiknock system has retarded timing to deal with poor tune or poor fuel quality, water injection will drop combustion temps a bit and allow the engine to move the timing back to where it belongs... in other words, it wouldn't do any good in a properly tuned engine running on good quality fuel...

there is no scientific basis for the burning of water improving combustion otherwise... modified combustion equations posted on the internet are pure bs and fundamentally flawed.
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

My understanding is that the reason that some people see performance increases with water injection on their cars... is that if the engine antiknock system has retarded timing to deal with poor tune or poor fuel quality, water injection will drop combustion temps a bit and allow the engine to move the timing back to where it belongs... in other words, it wouldn't do any good in a properly tuned engine running on good quality fuel...

It wasn't a question of poor fuel, the technology didn't exsist at that time to refine a higher octane fuel. Water injection (50/50 mix of water/alcohol) was still used after 115/145 octane fuel became available. This was used on supercharged and turbo supercharged engines. Compression equals horsepower, the higher the compression, the more horsepower.
Higher compression also equals less reliability. This development took place before anti-knock systems.
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

They do that in submarines all the time. The hydrogen generator splits the water molecules for oxygen to breath and hydrogen to run the reactor ;).
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

It wasn't a question of poor fuel, the technology didn't exsist at that time to refine a higher octane fuel. Water injection (50/50 mix of water/alcohol) was still used after 115/145 octane fuel became available. This was used on supercharged and turbo supercharged engines. Compression equals horsepower, the higher the compression, the more horsepower.
Higher compression also equals less reliability. This development took place before anti-knock systems.

hear you... I was referring to why the average joe blow that hooks a water injection system up on his late model sedan or economy car sometimes reports an increase in efficiency, etc... rather than adding it to allow you to run more compression and timing on a boosted engine.. you're dead on of course...
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

They do that in submarines all the time. The hydrogen generator splits the water molecules for oxygen to breath and hydrogen to run the reactor ;).

well... they do kinda have a nuclear reactor to power the electrolysis...

and fuel efficiency is a little different consideration in their application than ours...
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

It takes roughly 3 times the energy to produce (split) hydrogen as you get back from it. No, not a method to improve efficency.

I don't agee with this quote, I can split molecules with my HHO generation using under an amp and producing a great deal of hydrogen/Oxygen. The trick is to build a good oscillator circuit, and tune it to the "right " frquency for the type of stainless steel plate, and size and thinkness of plates.
I don;t have my generator hooked up to my boat yet, as i can't overcome the timing issues with my old engine. Also the danger of the generator rattling around.

Don't half *** this one boys and girls as that stuff is REALLY explosive. 2300 meters + a second
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

They do that in submarines all the time. The hydrogen generator splits the water molecules for oxygen to breath and hydrogen to run the reactor ;).


Ok,



I'll bite, I get it for the oxygen.......but what do they use the hydrogen for in a submarine?
 

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

I don't agee with this quote, I can split molecules with my HHO generation using under an amp and producing a great deal of hydrogen/Oxygen. The trick is to build a good oscillator circuit, and tune it to the "right " frquency for the type of stainless steel plate, and size and thinkness of plates.
I don;t have my generator hooked up to my boat yet, as i can't overcome the timing issues with my old engine. Also the danger of the generator rattling around.

Don't half *** this one boys and girls as that stuff is REALLY explosive. 2300 meters + a second


Um huh?

More than $30 of modern house electricity would be required to simply PRODUCE an equivalent amount of Hydrogen gas to one gallon of gasoline! How can that be efficient?




This thread has completely diverged from anything resembling "Repair and Maintenance of Mercruiser, OMC, Volvo & other I/O & Inboard Engines & Outdrives "


It might fit perfectly in Non-Boating Technical Topics or even Stupid Human Tricks While Boating/Fishing !!!

I shoulda been a moderator!!!
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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

I vote for Stupid Human Tricks.:)
 

Aviator5

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Re: Random Question, lol ! HHO Generator for an I/O ?

Only in the waters of lake Erie lately.:D
 
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