Guinea_Pig

and another thing i dont like about this is... the technology to achieve and knowledge to implement hydrogen boosting has been around for YEARS.. if it was worth having... wouldn't every auto manufacturer have jumped on the bandwagon? i mean. filling your car with water is not a hassle. it would be as simple as changing washer fluid.

guys, really, think about it to run on water completely you would need above 100% energy transfer. this is impossible. if you are charging the battery with the hydrogen you split from the oxygen to power the engine to turn the altenator. and then putting enough energy to maintain that cycle.. well its just not possible, than AFTER THAT you still have move the car.... i guess now that i think about it, hydrogen powered is a little bit like charging your car (ie super/turbo) seriously, im smelling a heap of bullshit also, on the subject of driving around a mini hydrogen bomb... the idea is you produce hydrogen on demand. ie not store it. Hydrogen has a very low energy density, to store enough to even come close to the energy density of petrol youd have to have it under extreme pressure, which is very dangerous! hence why we dont see many of them around! electric powered vehicles are the only way forward, however until we find a lightweigh viable power source they still wont quite beat gas power for convinience.

wow what a let down. hydrogen boosting seems interesting, just electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen and oxygen. looking at all the sites they have around on this topic, it is amazing how many cons out there are about.... many claim their vehicles will run purely on water yeaaaah right. it is impossible, and if it WERE possible they would be dead now! any energy source that would threaten oil would disappear fairly soon methinks

wesleypipes, have you measured your current yet? it would seem from your guys finding that you need a 2 setting pressure activated 'coal' one thats at idle temp, and one that is at smoking temp... two coils would be easiest i guess but you have to set the burning and idling temps first!

QUOTE (teq @ Apr 1 2008, 01:32 AM) QUOTE (Guinea_Pig @ Mar 31 2008, 03:37 AM) set up a 555 timer in an astable mode connect that output to a beefy FET and use the rate of the pulsing to control the temp.. run it off a 12V PSU. i still maintain that it will take more than 3W to get things hot! That sounds pretty excessive. They do sell temperature controlled switches, but they're expensive. Even then, you'll still need a way of turning it off and on. The most feasible solution seems to be something that can maintain the temperature necessary to boil the glycerin and to have it connected to a switch. Convection is the only other cheap method that will emulate a coal. i feel like a nob now... but its soo obvious... bi metallic strip.... it would be so easy... and u could even watch it work

QUOTE (Plain Old Me @ Mar 31 2008, 10:49 AM) Anyone know how to make a ceramic housing for an element? Seems like that would be ideal, but rather hard to implement... I am going to do some calculations and work out a triac circuit soon to control the temp of the heating elements. Will let you know what I come up with. set up a 555 timer in an astable mode connect that output to a beefy FET and use the rate of the pulsing to control the temp.. run it off a 12V PSU. i still maintain that it will take more than 3W to get things hot!

QUOTE (WesleyPipes @ Mar 23 2008, 10:45 PM) 2.6A/.272A = 9.55 hours of battery life ok cool i can see how that works... but .272A* 12V = 3.2W.... i just dont see how that can generate enough heat... but by all means if it works then thats awesome i too want to see some piccies... im looking at building my own hookah and electric may very well be an option

hi, im new here... Just had some thoughts on this as it seems interesting. How about using a computer PSU to run the nichrome wire... i reckon you would need quite a bit of battery to keep it going for a long time and your average PSU will kick out 200W all day long no problem... Another problem with using lithium is risking over discharging them... if they are rechargeable you kill the number of cycles they will hold a decent charge for quite rapidly... if they even take a charge at all after an over discharge... Also a little googling leads me to believe that an AA lithium battery from energiser holds 2.9Ah so to last 9.2 hours the 2.9Ah lets for simplicities sake say 3Ah battery last again for ease 9hrs it would have to be supply a third of its capacity per hour to last the 9 hours... in other words 1A... So what rubbish is this newbie gassing on about? well what im saying is that 3Volts * 1A = 3w... I have had way too many beers so my calculations *may* be completely off.. im trying to remember school lol, in no way am i putting this idea down but i think the power supply is a little unrealistic... um so hello... and dont think im a complete arse based on this post.. cus it was reading this thread that made me sign up in the first place!