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Firstofall,letmestartoutbymakingaboldstatement:NearlyallusersofHHOsystemsareusingtoomuch
HHO.
IfrequentlygetaskedabouthowmuchHHOwillyieldthebestmileagegainsforaparticularcarortruck.Years
ago,weusedthefollowingformula:1/4literperminuteforeachliterofenginesize.Forexample,ifyou
havea2literengine,youneed.5LPMofHHO.Inpracticethisisaprettygoodformulatouse,becausemost
peoplemeasureHHOusingballmetersorpopbottletest.Thesetestsarenotparticularlyaccurate,andtendto
readhigherflowratesthanactual.Sowiththisinmind,theformulawillworkprettywell.
WehavesincefoundthatthecorrectamountofHHOtouseiscloserto1/8ofaliterperminuteperliterof
enginesize.ButthemeasurementofHHOflowmustbemadewithmorepreciseequipmentcalibratedfor
HHO.WehaveaflowmeterfromAlicatScientific.Itcosts$1,500retail,andhasbeencalibratedforHHO
specifically(aswellasabout40othergasses).Itcompensatestheflowreadingfor72degreesFahrenheit,no
matterwhattheactualgastemperatureis.WhenwecomparethereadingsfromtheAlicat,toaballmeter,we
findthattheballmetershowsapproximatelydoubletheflowrateastheAlicat.Popbottletestingwillalsoshow
higherflowratesthanactual.
Nowwhileit'struethatsomecellsaremoreefficientthanothers,thedifferenceisn'treallyverymuch,despite
thewidedivergenceinreportsfromthemanufacturers.Inmostcases,thedifferenceisduetoinaccuraciesin
themeasurementprocess.Insomecases,manufacturerswillreportwildlyhighflowrates.Theyprobablyaren't
lyingaboutwhattheyreadontheirflowmeters.However,inthesecasesyouwillfindthattheyareoverdriving
theircellsandmakingveryhotoutputgasthatincludesalotofsteam.Justthefactofbeinghotwillfoolthe
flowmeter,andcandoublethe"flowrate".Butthisisn'tactuallymoreHHO.Itsjustahottergaswhich,because
itsexpanded,willshowanapparentlyhighervolume.Thatcoupledwiththesteammakesthegasmuchless
effectiveatimprovingmileagethananothercellproducing1/4ofthevolume,butmoreHHOperamp.Ifyou
can'tcomfortablyholdyouhandonyourcellafterithaswarmed,thenit'sasteamer.
So,giventhatthecellisn'tbeingoverdriven(wecallthesecells"steamers"),youcanactuallygetprettycloseto
thecorrectamountofHHObytheamountofampsyoudraw.Ifthecellisdrawingabout5amps,thatwillwork
ona1.5to1.8literengine.12ampswillworkfineona5Literengine,and15ampswillworkonlarger6and7
literengines.For15litersemitrucks,weuse1.251.5LPM,andwerunatabout25ampstogetit.
Inactualpracticeyoushouldtryadjustingyouramperagetoseewhichgivesyouthebestmileagegains.There
canbesomevarianceincellefficiency.ButyouwillfindthatthecorrectamountofHHOwillgiveyouthebest
gaininMPG,andthatmoreHHOwillstarttoreducethatmileage.AddmoreandmoreHHO,andyoucanend
upwithlowermileagethanwhenyoustarted.We'llexplainwhyfurtheroninthisarticle.
Asanothernote,somesuppliersgettheircellstestedandcertifiedbytheIHHOI(InternationalHHOInstitute).
Youcanusethe1/8thLPMformulawiththeseresults,becausetheyuseanAlicatScientificflowmeteras
describedaboveforalloftheirflowtesting.TheresultspostedbytheIHHOIpeoplearetheonlyonesI'veseen
thataren'tinflated.Nearlyallsuppliersfeeltheyhavetoshowinflatednumbersbecauseotherwisetheircell
"isn'tasgood"astheothersupplierswithinflatednumbers.Thewholeindustryiscurrentlyworkingonfalse
standardsofflowrateandefficiency.Butyoucanundercutthatin2ways:1)Dealwithsupplierswhoare
certifiedbytheIHHOI,or2)UseamperageasyourgaugeofhowmuchHHOtouse,providedthatthecell
doesn'trunhottothetouchafterrunningforawhile.

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PeoplenewtothissubjectthinkthatifsomeHHOisgood,moreisalwaysgoingtobebetter.Othersbelieve
thattheelectricityusedtomaketheHHOisactually"freeenergy"sincetheengineisturninganyway.Bothof
thesestatementsarefalse,asIwilldescribebelow.

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Firstletslookatthealternator.Whentheengineisrunningittransfersrotationalenergy,viaabelttothe
alternator,whichthengenerateselectricity.Thisenergyisactuallyameasurabledragontherotationalenergy
oftheengine,anditcostsfueltocounterthisdrag.Evenifyou'recoastingdownhill,thedistanceyouwillcoast
willbelessbeforeyouhavetoaddgasagaintomaintainyourspeed.Thebottomline?Theelectricalenergy
fromyouralternatorcostsyougastocreate.
Nowletslookatthegas.HHO,whenburned,doesnotgivebackasmuchenergyastheenergythatwasused
tocreateit.Thereareseveralenergyconversionsinvolved.Sincethereisnosuchthingas100%efficiency,
energyislostateachconversion.Theconversionsare:mechanicaltoelectrical(alternator),electricalto
chemical(electrolyser),andchemicaltomechanical(burningtheHHO).Bythetimeall3oftheseconversions
havetakenplace,whentheHHOburnsyou'llgetbackabout2025%oftheenergyusedtocreateit.Butdon't
despairjustyet.Awesomegainsinmpgarestillachievableusingthistechnology.
WherewegetourgainsisthefactthattheHHOcausesthegastoburnmoreefficiently.Themajorityofthe

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HowMuchHHOShouldIUse?
energyinourpetroleumfueliswastedduetoincompletecombustionduringthepowerstroke.TheHHO
causessomeofthiswastetobeusedinthecombustionprocess.We'renotactuallygettingitallbackeither.
It'sjustthatthere'ssomuchwaste,thatevengettingpartofitrecoveredmakesalargechangeinourmileage.
ThisiswhatmakesHHOsovaluableinourengines.
However,onlysomuchHHOwillgiveusmoreefficiencyinthisway.IfyouaddmoreHHOafterthat,you'llthen
starttolosemileagebecauseoftheefficiencylossesdescribedabove.Now,asyouaddmoreandmoreHHO,
yourmileagegainswillstarttodwindleaway.Nowyou'llbedrawingmoreandmorehorsepowertomake
amperage,thanyougetbackwhentheHHOburns.Sinceyou'vealreadytappedthelatentpowerinthe
petroleumfuel,andsincemoreHHOdoesn'thelpyourecoveranymoreofthepetroleumfuel'spower,the
overallresultisthatyourmileagewilldiminish.

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HowMuchHHO?
SincegoodaccuratemeasurementofHHOflowisnotavailabletotheaverageuser,wehaveprovidedan
alternatewaytoworkwiththisdata.Allthingsbeingequal,theHHOproductionisdirectlyproportionaltothe
amps.
WhatdoImeanby"allthingsbeingequal"?Thereareanumberoffactorsthathavetobetrueinorderforthe
chartbelowtobevalid.Firstofall,youhavetohaveacellthatissizedforthesizeofengineyouhave.For
instanceifyouhavea6"drycellwith7platesandtrytoputitona25literengine,youwillneedtooverdriveit
togettheampsyouneed.Youwillbemakingalotofsteam.Itwillbeinefficient.Thechartwillnotworkinthat
circumstance.Oranotherexample:Youbuildahomemadecellfromswitchplatecoversthatyoufoundonline,
andithas2neutralplatesandsomepartialshortingacrosstheplates.Thisisaninefficientcellandthechart
belowwillnotapply.Butgivenagoodreputabledrycellfromamanufacturerthatknowswhathe'sdoing,the
chartsbelowwillapply.Thesechartsworkforourcells,andmostgoodreputablecellmanufacturersmakea
cellthatiscomparable.
Thereforethischartcanbeusedtogetyourstartingampdraw.Usethisasastartingpoint.Testwithmore
amps.Testwithlessamps.Letitrunforawhilesoyourenginecancleanitselfout,andthentryagainwith
moreandlessamps.Runforafulltankwitheachsetting.Adjusttomaximizeyourfuelmileagegains.Over
timeyouwillfindtheidealamountofampsforyourengine,drivingconditionsanddrivinghabits.
EngineSizeLiters 12VAmps 24VAmps LPM
1.6

2.7

1.3

0.18

1.8

3.0

1.5

0.20

1.9

3.2

1.6

0.21

3.3

1.7

0.23

2.3

3.8

1.9

0.26

2.5

4.2

2.1

0.28

2.8

4.7

2.3

0.32

5.0

2.5

0.34

3.3

5.5

2.8

0.37

3.5

5.8

2.9

0.39

6.7

3.3

0.45

4.5

7.5

3.8

0.51

8.3

4.2

0.56

5.5

9.2

4.6

0.62

10.0

5.0

0.68

13.3

6.7

0.90

10

16.7

8.3

1.13

12

20.0

10.0

1.35

14

23.3

11.7

1.58

15

25.0

12.5

1.69

16

26.7

13.3

1.80

18

30.0

15.0

2.03

20

33.3

16.7

2.25

25

41.7

20.8

2.81

Summary
So,bytrialanderrorofmanyyears,manyresearchersintheHHOindustryhaveadoptedtheformulasabove.
IhopeIhavehelpedyouinyourquesttogetthebestmileagefromyourvehicle.Ifyouhavemorequestions
onthissubject,pleasepostthematourforum:www.fuelsaver.org.

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