Hey J oops,Originally Posted by j oops
Welcome to the forum, and thank you for your service. You are unable to receive personal messages so I'm responding in the forum.
My systems feeds a 1989 International Navistar 7.3L idi non-turbo diesel that Ford used between mid '88 to mid '94 in F-250 & F-350 trucks. I also run water/alcohol injection from a homemade system.
For that Cummins of yours you'll probably want about 6lpm which will pull ~75A. There is some debate over diesels and much HHO to use. Some insist that it is the same rule of thumb as gas cars- 1/2lpm per liter of displacement. I disagree, I feel that 1lpm per liter of displacement is just a starting point. This may not be the case for modern electronic diesels, but for old idi's with no sensors, it's great. For high gas output I recommend a unipolar build because it makes more gas for less amps. More plastic, drilling, tapping, fittings and hose is needed but you end up with a much higher efficiency reactor.
Mine has been finished, installed, enjoyed, uninstalled and is nearly finished being rebuilt at significantly less than half of its original plate count, going from 84 to 35 plates. The first time around I slaved a pulley to my power steering pulley to run an extra 150A dedicated system alternator. I only saw a 3.5mpg gain and attribute some of that to extra drag on the engine, and some of it to all the damn leaks I had in hose connections. Word to the wise- don't go cheap on hose clamps... The Output was never measured because of the leaks and the fact that I never got around to building a eudiometer. Well, I've learned a lot since then, mostly about plate prep and current density (not to mention hose clamps) and have an eudiometer sitting in the shop just waiting to be used. There will be no bench testing, only installed testing running from the alt at 2000rpm.
Your electronics knowledge will serve you well should it become necessary to mod your ecu- but you can install a controller can't you? Your 2001 is an electronic 12 valve, right? Anyway, you will probably want to go up on your alternator output, I'd say 150-170A ought to do you good enough unless your running a butt load of lights and a big sound system too.
Take care, Keep your eyes and ears open and your head down and ask as many questions as you like... Gus