9 Comments on Hydrogen Generator Carbon Cell

crob227 on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


bottled water and tap water are basically the same, i thinkl what your looking for is disstilled water, it has no minerals in it.
You should have a look at my spark cell, it runs at- 36 watts- 18v 2 amps, and works really well check it out.

Good job on trying new things by the way. we need something more than just plain plate cells.

raybone3 on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


Had a look at your spark cell and it was quite interesting. Small is a definite benefit. Especially if you are trying to retrofit it on a vehicle, which I plan to do eventually.
Do you think you could make another video showing a better breakdown of it?

Thanks,
Ray

raybone3 on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


Do you plan to post a video of your first cell?
My other generator is made with stainless steel plates. the newest version has 10 cells.
Amperage seems to be a problem.

In this video, I am experimenting with a different material for the electrodes.
I am going for maximum production and then I will work on efficiency from there while trying to maintain production.

Thanks for the tip about the PWM in the cordless drill. I have a few laying around.

Keep me posted on your progress.
Ray

DJSteveLongley on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


Try’d my first cell today and got the same result with the water (tested ph at start and it went fron 7.5 up to 8.8 after). i got better results with the water u top up your car batteries with. also try it with stainless steel, the non magnetic the better. you can also get a pulse width modulator from a battery powered hand drill. but i do think you have to run it with stainless to stop the green water . but what do i know am only starting out too

crob227 on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


Well i have made serveral video’s, but if you look at howto make spark cell video it should have linksto carciera and he made acouple of video’s also

ILoveMyCatx10 on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


You should not get much heat or amp draw with the carbon. They say you do get some free floating carbon which doesn’t hurt anything you just have to clean it more often.

hydrogenassist on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


Tried for over a year to make the carbon last the best it ever lasted was 1 month the positive terminal totally dissolves then the reaction decreases because the distance becomes to far. Its great for experiments but not under the hood of your car.

ChrisPCrunchy on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


Use just plain tap water and start with electrodes slightly touching on the ends. Then slightly seperated the electrodes slowly so they draw an arc under water. Then watch the Hydrogen production go through the roof

lysergicaddict on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 5:20 pm


I have heard that using SS causes production of hexavalent chromium, how true is this, and which metals will not do this and also no deteriorate in the process? NiTi?

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