by mrgalleria » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:42 am
Aloha Zendog, Kevinsatterfield, and others,
The photos in the project folder are a prototype. I was in a hurry to post a working booster. But in it's current state it is not practical for long term use on a vibrating motor.
I am go towards auto heater hose verses copper pipes and brass fittings as the latter may fail from vibration and repeated removal for inspection or draining. Please don't be afraid to incorporate any design improvements you can think of. Especially as this is so simple and easy to work on.
I was talking to Alaskastar about a source for nickel and he suggested nickel welding rod. If that can be had, it would be more versatile because of it's size. With nickels one needs pipe of at least 1" diameter.
The water reservoir I used was from another project and the tubes were attached as shown for no particular reason, though it may later be shown it was for the best. Either way, many have said, who were working with hydrogen, that their systems worked better while vacuum is present.
As a side note, if you attach a tube from the exhaust to the top of the reservoir, be careful as liquids can more easily flow into the intake manifold.
Regarding liquid consumption. It's true for our tests we did not notice any visible water consumption. Keep in mind the test was a short duration. I think Vince is the man who has the most actual time running on this, he probably knows more than me.
I considered the stove test but thought this would be the kind of thing that works best under vacuum, and any bubbles which did occur would not ignite so how could you test them. The liquid temp needs to be over 200 degrees for the reaction to occur, but I would avoid going alot over that for obvious reasons.
Bill