Originally Posted by
chuggins143
This brings up a subject that I was wondering about... I've seen discussion about units generating too much heat and that's a problem of using too much voltage and/or not enough neutral plates. ...but I've also seen where guys are putting heaters in. So this leads me to ask, is there an optimum temp where generators work?
THX
Chad
The hotter the cell the more effecient it will become. Water is far more conductive when hot. Metal is less conductive when hot but it is not linear. The water gains far more than the metal loses. The problem is mostly the degredation of the materials used to construct the reactor. A smaller problem much easier to solve is the moisture in the gas. I have found that removing the moisture and heat from the gas is childs play. The big problem is getting the gaskets and end plates to take the heat without coming apart. It just requires better materials at a higher cost. The last problem is keeping the e-lite from boiling. That takes pressure and with that comes a very real danger of explosion. I run my nickel/teflon cell well over 300 degrees with regularity. I have to use around 60 PSI to keep everything under control. That requires a special $500.00 stainless high pressure resevoir and a $250.00 stainless pressure regulator. Even then I would never even attempt to light a torch while doing this. A backflash would be catastrofic resulting in injury or death. I do it for experimentation only. It is best to maintain no pressure and normal temps if you are using the gas.
Larry
2008 Nissan Frontier 4X4 Nismo. 12 MPG baseline with my normal commute and heavy stop and go daily driving. Generator installed and working on 3/29/2009
Up to 14.5 MPG with no enhancers. Still testing the effects of lots of HHO and no electronic enhancers.