- Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen and is the single most powerful fuel/oxidizer combination in the universe. The only reason that water doesn't explode is because its atoms are locked together into a stable molecule. Applying huge amounts of high-amperage electricity to the water molecule splits it into its component atoms, which can then be ingested by an engine and used for fuel. The only limitation on hydrogen production is the size of the cell and the amount of electricity passing through it.
- Hydrogen boosters are surprisingly simple and easy to build. You'll need a sealed water container (preferably ABS plastic) about the size of your car battery; a booster of this size should produce enough hydrogen to allow your car to idle or cruise on low speed on almost nothing but hydrogen.
The case lid will need one sealed port with a screw-on top to add water, and another half-inch nipple for hydrogen venting. - The interior of a hydrogen booster consists of steel plates separated by a quarter-inch to 3/16 of an inch plastic washers. The plates should alternate in current -- one positive, one negative, one positive, one negative and so on, all the way from one end of the cell to the other. One way of connecting the plates together is to solder a single strip of steel to each alternating plate along one side of the cell, and another strip to the alternating plates on the other. The strip ends will provide terminal points for your electrical connections.
- Large hydrogen boosters can be a bit difficult to fit under the hoods of some cars, but the solution is simpler than you might think. Just purchase a 15-foot length of brake cable and some mounting hardware, and relocate your battery to the trunk. Drop your battery-sized cell into your battery's previous mounting platform, attach the lid and run a length of half-inch rubber hose from the booster outlet to the air cleaner box or throttle body inlet. The engine vacuum will siphon hydrogen from the box, and its control computer will self-adjust by reducing the amount of fuel injected. Boosters can be made to work on carbureted engines, but their benefits are limited.
- You'll need to connect the cell to solid ground; the engine block would be a good choice. Run a length of wire from the thick, red starter cable from where it connects to the starter solenoid to one side of a separate universal starter solenoid (like those found on 1980s Ford trucks). The Ford starter solenoid will act as a high-capacity relay, and can be easily actuated by connecting its ignition key input to a keyed power source like the fuel pump. Once the booster has been filled with purified water, it will automatically begin producing hydrogen and oxygen whenever the engine is running.
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