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OK, A couple of people have asked for more details of the Hydroxy generator cells I made, and how the heck I can find room under the hood of a Chevy Cavalier to fit 6 of them.

So here’s a picture of the hydroxy generator installed in the cavalier:

As you can see it’s virtually invisible to other road users.

Here’s a picture of the main Hydroxy generator unit:

A little bit different to the usual 4″ pipe or jamjar, this is the latest in a long line of experiments and the best producing HHO generator I have made.  At 12 amps this array produces 1.6litres/minute. I am currently testing it at lower amperages to see where the ’sweet spot’ is for this engine. Each vertical ‘T’ section contains a single 2 plate cell ( +& -) but the way I have folded the stainless steel gives me about 24 square inches on each electrode surface within that tiny space. Distance between cells, plus the fact that most of the electrodes are within the vertical tube, means very little stray current being wasted as heat. Gas collects in the top section and passes to a header with any electrolyte being recirculated to the bottom of the cell array. Being only 45mm thick it fits into the space in front of the radiator and is protected by the bumper/crossmember. The open design of the array also allows air to pass easily to the radiator.

The Header:

From the header the HHO passes through a bubbler to clean the gas and also to prevent any backflash. The bubbler is a simple design that allows gas to pass freely, yet in the event of a backfire will instantly block the flash from going to the header or main unit. It also allows air to pass back into the unit when cooling, without sucking the water back into the main unit.

The Bubbler:

And then goes into the air intake close to the throttle body.

I have since added an extra electrolyte catcher between the header and the bubbler to catch any overflow from the header and stop electrolyte from contaminating the bubbler’s water. I made the mistake of overfilling the unit on one occasion and it overfilled the bubbler. The new water catch tank now prevents this from happening, and any overflow gets sucked back from the catcher into the header when it cools down, without affecting the bubbler.

Rik