Title: Water-based fuel (Water powered cars) Source:
YouTube URL Source:http://youtube.com/watch?v=QKO-hp7Tilk Published:Oct 29, 2006 Author:??? Post Date:2006-10-29 05:08:10 by Neil McIver Keywords:water power, hydrogen, fuel cells Views:172 Comments:8
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Anyone here got the basic equipment and saftey know-how to do a test? An accidental short of a car battery would be not difficult and very bad with the experiments shown, but it seems to be no real rocket science.
It would have been better if the gas coming up were shown to be hydrogen & Oxygen.
Anyone here got the basic equipment and saftey know-how to do a test?
Have some basic equipment. No safety know-how, just a wreckless curiosity. hehehe
I think I will give this a try soon. The one guy used 12 volts DC and obtain good results. The other guy used some kind of high frequency high voltage AC and achieved apparently better results.
I wonder what 60 cycle AC would do at something like 16 to 18 volts? hmmmmm...
The part that is baffling my simple mind is how to safely transport the hydrogen from the cell to an internal combustion engine. I suppose that once an experiment or two yields hydrogen in sufficient quantities, that problem can be worked out.
I was just a kid back in 1977, working at Litton Datalog on Long Island one summer, when I overheard two of their engineers discussing a furnace for home heat that they were working on. It worked on these principles. Never heard anything about it again. Hmmmmm...
If anyone here does try it, for the love of God, don't do it in your basement. Do it outside or in a well ventilated garage.
Certainly wouldn't hurt, but the amount of gas coming off in the home experiments is probably so small to not be dangerous.
I'd be more concerned about accidentally shorting the home home made element, as shorting a 12 volt car battery can cause it to explode, generate extreme heat or something. One should be sure to have a 5 or 10 amp fuse in the circuit as a safety measure.