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ergobyte Member Since: 03 Apr 2022 Location: bordeaux Posts: 124 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
HI all,
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3283 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Floopy Member Since: 28 Jan 2023 Location: Chichester Posts: 81 ![]() ![]() |
Hehe, that's made my evening.
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SamThomas Member Since: 12 Nov 2021 Location: South East Posts: 293 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
About as useful as those 13a plug adaptors that "save a fortune". |
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ergobyte Member Since: 03 Apr 2022 Location: bordeaux Posts: 124 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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kds2 Member Since: 30 Sep 2017 Location: lincoln Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Friend of mine played about with this sort of thing several years ago ( chap near him made the same sort of units and wanted someone to fit them to customers cars),out of interest he fitted one to couple of his own vehicles a v8 diesel chevy blazer and a v8 petrol ford pick up and the v8 petrol mpg increased to be on par with the blazer on straight diesel at 22/24 mpg on a long run from about 16/18 mpg, the diesel also showed an improvment of couple mpg if I remember right, also fitted a couple to a 44 ton truck ( mpg also showed an increase) the problem there was it didnt have one driver so the unit didnt get topped up so burnt out. In the end there wasnt enough interest in them so the chap making them gave up, my friend still has the two vehicles ( blazer parked up for years now falling apart and the ford is a bloody terrible ride glad he only puts it on the road in the summer ! ). |
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garyRR Member Since: 13 Mar 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1480 ![]() ![]() |
Yes, a load of nonsense.
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alanm_3 Member Since: 19 Feb 2011 Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else. Posts: 6740 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Is it April 1st already?
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Danb_220_2019 Member Since: 02 Jan 2023 Location: Suffolk Posts: 262 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Whatever else was going on, an HHO generator would not make any changes like that. The electrolyser requires electrical energy, which has to come from the alternator, which is driven by the crankshaft. Any energy added by the electrolyser has to come from the energy going in to the system. They're snake oil, pure and simple, unless someone has figured out a way to cheat the basic laws of thermodynamics. 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica. Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500 Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten! |
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Floopy Member Since: 28 Jan 2023 Location: Chichester Posts: 81 ![]() ![]() |
The only way it could generate electrolysis without using fuel would be if it only took power from the alternator on the overrun.
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Danb_220_2019 Member Since: 02 Jan 2023 Location: Suffolk Posts: 262 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The laws of thermodynamics still win, though. If you were to load the alternator on the overrun, the alternator's resistance to the engine turning increases, so the engine speed drops more quickly, which means any coasting you're doing is shortened, meaning you press the accelerator to burn fuel sooner, which means your total input energy remains the same. I get your point though! 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica. Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500 Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten! |
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Floopy Member Since: 28 Jan 2023 Location: Chichester Posts: 81 ![]() ![]() |
Very true.
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kds2 Member Since: 30 Sep 2017 Location: lincoln Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
All this was over 15 years ago and the vehicles where nowhere near new at the time so the fact they are basic would maybe explain the increase but that was what he found. |
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Danb_220_2019 Member Since: 02 Jan 2023 Location: Suffolk Posts: 262 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It's genuinely far more likely to be placebo effect or the owner trying to convince himself that he'd not wasted his time and money trying to cheat the basic universal laws of physics. 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica.
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