Complete Guide To Create A Hydrogen Generator

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First off, so that I cover my butt, since people can sue just for about anything.

You acknowledge that by incorporating these plans and installing the product described you accept full responsibility for any damages or injuries and willnot hold us liable. This is written as a guide to building and installing a hydrogen generator invented by someone else, not me.

It is advised that you make sure you are in compliance with any and all state and federal emissions guidelines and standards. You should verify your vehicle still passes all emissions tests after installing the hydrogen generator.

You understand the inherent dangers and potential risks and damages possible relating to exploratory technology and in no way hold us liable should these arise from use or misuse of these plans.

Like I said I figured I should put this here just in case, even though I haven't heard of any problems arrising from the install and use of this system. So since I've made myself clear, let's continue.

Now I am not going to go into great depth on how everything works, I will soon have a page up so that you can have a better understanding of that. Mostly everything that you need can be found at Wal-Mart or your local hardware store and auto parts supplier, don't worry everything is readidly available and pretty inexpensive.

The containers used for the electrolyzer are standard glass Mason jars. This is so that you can see your water levels and even thought they are glass, they are extremely strong and resist heat. You could use different containers if you'd like, but they have their limitations. You will need 2 jars.

However, the one thing you will have to do is use a plastic lid. Mainly because water, electricity and metal usually don't go along so well, obviously. They are usually down the same isle as the Mason jars.

The next item you will need is a High Flow Check Valve, which i ordered from http://www.resenex.com. The part Number is R-724 and it is usually inexpensive. You could also use an aquarium check valve readily available at most pet stores, but I believe this one works better.

This check valve is the only thing you may need to order. I found the lids available with
the jars at my local department store. Make sure it is the exact same lid I have listed
above though. If you are not sure, order the lid from Kitchen Krafts. The check valve we
use for the safety relief on top of the jar can be purchased in the fish department at
Walmart. This is the blue valve with the white arrow you see on the picture of the completed system, part number PCH-V

Vacuum hose tubing can be found at your local auto parts store. Use standard vacuum tubing (make sure it is 5/32"inside diameter). This tubing can be purchased by the foot or by the spool.

These Universal Automotive Tees are affordable and can be cut to fit whatever size hose you are working with. You will
be using ¼" hose but you may have to splice it into a larger hose on you vehicle and this tee is perfect for this job. Get at any auto parts store.

These barbed elbows can be found in the
irrigation(gardening) department at your local hardware store.
They are cheap and perfect for our application. You can get the elbows, couplings and Tee's all at Home Depot. Elbow part. number is R314C.You can also find barbed couplings in the same department at the
hardware store. Home Depot part number for coupling is R312C If you want to use the irrigation Tee instead of the automotive Tee
the part number is R307C.

This is called an anti-siphon aquarium gang valve (2-1/2 way valve) and it is marketed by Wal-Mart meaning it
will always be in their fish department wherever you are in the country or world, order on-line if you don't have a Wal-Mart. The part number is 9047/2S-C Manufactured by Aqua Culture

NOTE: You will also need various electrical fittings which are covered in the wiring
section. I recommend you read through this guide at least twice before buying any parts.Highlight any parts you may need along with their model number and where to acquire them.
ELECTRODES:
The most important part about selecting what type of wire to use for the electrodes is corrosion resistance. You must remember we are separating hydrogen from oxygen and oxygen is extremely corrosive to metals. I used stainless steel because it was locally available and inexpensive. Stainless steel comes in different grades and I recommend you use grade 316L. It is a little more expensive than lower grades but is much more resistant to corrosion and will last longer. I'm planning on replacing stainless steel with Nickel Titanium that's even more resistant and not cost prohibitive just more difficult to find. You can get it at any orthodontics supplier, just do an Internet search to find a source you can order from. The size I try and use is 0.050 " Platinized Niobium is what I'd love to use but it cost about thirty cents an inch but will last forever. You can get it at any orthodontics supplier as well.
You will need about 100" of wire. DO NOT use copper or aluminum as these will corrode very quickly.
This is called an anti-siphon aquarium gang valve (2-1/2 way valve) and it is marketed by Wal-Mart meaning it will always be in their fish department wherever you are in the country or world, order on-line if you don't have a Wal-Mart.
The part number is 9047/2S-C Manufactured by Aqua
Culture

YOU CAN GET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AT HOME DEPOT:
The electrode terminals are made from standard ¼" bolts, nuts washers and wing-nuts to secure the wire leads.
You'll need electrical wire as well, both red and black, 14 gauge that you can get at any auto supply store. Also pick up a pack of Butt Terminals 14-16 AWG 2 and a pack of Spade Terminals 14-16 AWG, #10 2
Get a pack of small cable ties
Get an inline fuse holder with a 10 amp fuse.
You'll need a gallon of distilled water and a box of pure baking soda.
You will need a small sheet of ¼' Plexiglas cut into four pieces 2.15" x 5.75" for the electrode towers.
You will also need a tube of crazy glue and a tube of Plumbers Goop ( or JB Weld)
6" of ¼" clear vinyl tubing
LET'S START BUILDING!
The first thing we are going to build is the tower that we wrap our wires (electrodes)around.
These are constructed with ¼" Plexiglas that you can get at the hardware store. I used yellow for visual purposes and got it at a craft store, but clear Plexiglas is fine.
You are going to need to cut four pieces into the same exact measurements in order to build two towers.Star by cutting four pieces 4.5" x 2.0". Drill four 5/32" holes ¼" from the edges.
You will then cut a notch in the center of each piece so two pieces will slide over each
other and form an X.This is the plan I drew out and then transferred to the Plexiglas. You can glue it with contact cement or just draw the dimensions onto the Plexiglas with a permanent marker.

This is how your two Plexiglas
towers should look after you put
them together.
I used a jig saw with very fine teeth. You could also use a ban saw or a scroll saw. I tried using a hacksaw blade to see if it would work, and it does,but it takes a while so I would definitely use a jig saw!

Glue the two pieces together with Plumbers Goop and let set up for a couple of hours while you prepare the other parts.
We will be working on the plastic lid next and every one I have ever come across has a
little plastic bump on the middle of the lid, the inside of the lid. It needs to be scraped
away with a knife, just be careful not to cut into the actual lid, just scrape off the bump.

Next we are going to drill the holes for the hose connections, relief valve, air intake and electrode terminal connections. You will be drilling six holes in the lid, four holes are
13/64" in diameter (marked on drill bit) and the other two are 1/4". You will need to use a compass and draw a 2 ¾" circle on a piece of paper so we can create a template to mark your holes for drilling.Dissect the center with center lines and measure out 7/8" on each line and make a dash,the center of this dash is where you will drill holes for the ¼" bolts.On the 13/64" holes you will need to measure and have 9/16 of an inch between the two centers. Refer to diagram.

After all of your holes are drilled, super glue washers over the holes on the inside of the lid and the top side of the lid ensuring they are aligned perfectly with one another so the hole diameter is not decreased.

Use super glue for this step instead of plumber's goop as it sets up and bonds much more quickly allowing you to move to the next step.

Allow the washers to dry for about twenty minutes before gluing the tower to the inside of the lid. Carefully center the tower on the lid and glue with super glue. Run plumbers goop around the edges of the tower where it meets the lid. Let dry for twenty minutes while you prepare the electrodes.

Take the stainless steel wire and place the two ends together and find the center point. This will double the wire. We will loop the center around the bolt and twist the wires together. You can use pliers to hold the ends and wrap the loop around a nail hammered into a board in order to make twisting the wire easier.

Now run the bolt up through the bottom side of the lid and thread the wire through one of the holes you drilled in the tower. Start winding the wire down the tower keeping each turn separated by about 3/8 of an inch. Secure the wire by threading it through the hole in the bottom of the tower two or three times and gluing in place with plumbers goop. Secure each turn on the tower with plumbers goop as well. Repeat this process with the second wire making sure you keep an even distance between all the wires. I like to double up the wire on the negative side that will be exposed to corrosive oxygen. Make sure that you use a lock, split washer, on the top side of the lid before installing the nut. This will ensure engine vibration cannot loosen the nut and interrupt electrical contact.

Insert the plastic elbows in the holes and at the angles shown.You may have to sand down the barbed end a little to get it to fit through the washers. Once the fittings are in place, use plumbers goop to completely seal the penetration both on top and below the lid. You can also glue the check valve in at this time but I advise you to wait until a later step. I included it here as a reference point for your convenience. Next, take the aquarium gang valve and slide the actual valve out of its bracket. The manufacture sometimes puts a dab of glue on the back of the valve to hold it in place but I have always been able to break it free and slide the valve out of its bracket. You can discard the bracket. We will not be using it in the fabrication of the hydrogen generator.

Set the two bottles with a half inch clearance between them. You are now going to build the air intake manifold. I have built three of these systems so far and have always used four one inch sections of vacuum hose to create the manifold. Make sure you have set everything up correctly before cutting the hose. If you need to shorten or lengthen the tubing a bit, that's okay. Just make sure your bolts line up horizontally and your elbows are uniform. Where the two elbows on the air intake manifold penetrate the cap, you need to insert a 4 inch piece of clear vinyl tubing. You get this vinyl tubing in the fish department at Wal-Mart where you got the gang valves. This tubing goes down to the bottom of the jar and allows you to see the air coming into the chamber. When the system is installed and running, the jar will be under a vacuum and air will enter the valve and travel down the tube to the bottom of the jar. You want to adjust the valves until you see very few bubbles in the tube. Slower and fewer is always better.

Now we want to build the exhaust system where the hydrogen gas leave the bottle and is directed to the engine. As you can see in the diagram, I have used irrigation Tees to join the hose together. You will need to measure the hoses and build them to resemble the picture above. It really is quite simple and although I follow the same pattern each time I build one of these generators, these sections of hose are always different in length by a few millimeters. Just take your time and cut the hose accurately and have it look like the pictures. I took several different angles so you can see exactly how yours should look when you're done. You will then glue the check valves in place paying close attention to the direction of the arrow on the valve. It points away from the bottle and will allow gases to escape if the bottle becomes pressurized. The bottle should always be under a vacuum so if you feel air coming out of this valve, something is wrong and you should shut the system down.

ELECTRICAL

The first thing I did before beginning the wiring process was paint the wing nuts. I painted two of the wing nuts black to denote the negative connection to the battery. You can use a black marker as well. You can also paint the other two wing nuts red, but I like to save money and did not want to buy a can of red paint for two wing nuts. Besides, you are using black and red wire so it is easy to keep everything separated. Also, if you used the same type and size wire for both electrodes, it does not matter which is positive and which is negative anyway. Oxygen is corrosive so I'm considering doubling the thickness of that electrode on my next generator so you would need to keep this electrode on the positive side of the system in which case I would advise painting the wing nut red.
We need to supply the generator with 12 volts of DC current which is exactly what your car's battery provides. However, we only want this power when the engine is running so we must wire our system so it only gets power when the ignition key is turned on.
The first thing we will do is wire the top of our generator. You can make connections and splices with wire nuts but I highly recommend using the proper connections to prevent generator failures due to lose wiring. Take a look at the top of the generator. In order to make these jumpers, use 14 gauge wiring that you can get at Home Depot or auto parts store and the terminal ends that will slip over the ¼" bolts. Slip the wire into the connector and crimp down with a pair of pliers to secure the wire in the terminal connector. You will notice that I used male spade clips at the end of the two leads. This is for convenience so you can install your generator without wires dangling all over the place. The terminal ends, called ring terminals can be purchased at Home Depot or auto supply store. Make sure it fits 14 gauge wire and will slip over a ¼" bolt, or "stud".

I chose to install an inline
fuse right off the positive terminal at the generator even though I got my power out of the vehicles fuse box. There is a nifty adapter that allows you to wire this into the fuse box without resorting to the old fashioned way of sticking the wire in the fuse holder and reinserting the car's fuse.

Isn't that clever? You just remove the fuse in your car's fuse box, insert this adapter and you now have to separate circuits protected by two separate fuses. The red lead would attach to the red lead of the generator. Make sure you use a fuse that is only energized when the engine is running, fuse usually marked with ign. Lettering: I highly recommend you do this so you don't have two devices on one fuse. I picked up this adapter for about six bucks at Auto Zone. I'm using a twenty amp fuse here because when you add the water, you will also add baking soda to act as the electrolyte. The more you add, the more gas produced but you will also speed up corrosion. I recommend you start with a teaspoon and a fifteen amp fuse.

Once you have the wiring done on the generator, you need to install the wiring on the vehicle and run the power wires close to the location of your generator.

If your car does not have a fuse box (usually located inside the vehicle under the dash) or you can not find a penetration through the firewall and into the engine compartment, you can simply splice the positive (red) wire in into an existing circuit that is energized (or has power available to it) when the ignition is on. The wiper motor is perfect for this. Make sure you use the live positive wire going into the control switch and not the one coming out or your generator will only work when the wipers are on! Make sure you install the 15AMP in-line fuse in the positive wire going into the generator or else your car's electrical system will not have protection against shorts,which can cause a lot of damage.

This "tap splice" allows you to splice the generator wiring into existing wiring of your vehicle. You should use this splice instead of wire-nuts. Make sure it fits 14 Gauge wiring. You insert the main power wire in one end and the original component and the generator leads in the other end. You fold the lid over and crimp with a pair of pliers.
Make sure you squeeze really tight to make a good connection. I got this part at AutoZone (part number 70026).

The wiring is pretty simple really. I'll interject here that on some newer vehicles, the oxygen sensor will negate your increased fuel savings for compensating for the higher octane fuel you have created. This is the way auto makers and big oil screw the consumer and make sure we continue to pump gas and buy new vehicles.
You can build a system that bypasses, or tricks the sensor into allowing you to get the increased mileage, but an inventor came up with a component that you can purchase and install very easily and pays for it self in just a couple fill ups. I did this and am glad I did.
Here's the link: http://www.eagleresearch.
com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16INSTALLATION:
Before installing the generator, you need to fill both jars with water until the level is an inch from the top. Add a ½ teaspoon of baking soda to each jar and secure the jars to the lids. When installing the unit, you want to locate it in a place as far away from the heat of the engine as possible. I understand this may be difficult since the engine compartment is where the majority of generators will be installed, but for practical purposes, "far away", means the furthest location from the actual engine block. I inserted a ½" thick piece of styro-foam between the bottles and used bungee cords to hold the bottles together. I then found a plastic parts tray at Home Depot and mounted it to the inside fender and placed the bottles in the tray, securing with two additional bungees. Remember, you will have to install the system in a location that allows you two add water to the bottles. Water should be checked on each fill-up and kept at a level of one inch from the cap. Be sure to add baking soda when you replenish the water.
VACUUM HOSESNOTE: Make sure you keep the vacuum hose length at four feet for safety reasons, even if you have to coil it up. You will note there are two exhaust hoses coming out of the bottle. One of these hoses goes into the air intake, after the air filter if possible, and the other will be spliced into one of your engines vacuum hoses using the universal automotive tee described earlier. DO NOT splice into your brakes Vacuum hose!!!! This is usually a large black hose tying into the brake booster ( a large drum mounted on the fire wall ). Most air intakes have a plastic housing guiding air from outside the vehicle into the air intake of the engine. The air filter on newer vehicles is usually mounted somewhere in line. I drilled a 3/16" hole and glued a barbed irrigation coupling into the air intake housing. For the other line, I found a ¼" engine vacuum hose and spliced my line into using the universal automotive Tee. The reason we use the two supplies is the fact that the engine produce different vacuums at idle and at running speed. There is more vacuum during idle at the engine than there is at the air intake and vice versa during high RPM. You can install check valves in these lines but I found the system works better without them.
ADJUSTMENTS
After you have installed the system, you need to adjust the air intake valves. Turn both valves on the aquarium gang valve clock-wise until they fully close. Turn back counter-wise two full turns on both valves.
Remove the in-line fuse from the generator so no power is going to the electrodes. Turn the engine on and watch the bubbling in the clear vinyl tubing. Turn the valves clock-wise until you have very little bubbling in each hose. This is the advantage of using the glass jar, you can see what's going on in the generator.
After the air intake is adjusted, turn the engine off and reinsert the fuse. Turn the engine back on and watch the bubbling action between the spiraling wire electrodes. A yellowbrown gas will begin to form and within a minute, the sound of your engine will change. You will notice it running quieter and much smoother. Make sure you see very little bubbling in the vinyl hose. A little is better than a lot. Adjust the sir intake accordingly. And there you have it. Enjoy your hydrogen generator!!!