HHO Fireplace won't stay lit....

[Carnak]

It takes more energy to crack the water into HHO gas than you get from burning the gas.
Its cool and all, but not very efficient.

As for the "water powered" HHO burning cars. Its funny how they never show the massive load of batteries stuffed into the car, or talk about how long it takes or how much energy is used to charge the batteries.

I am about to patent the perpetual lamp. I got a flashlight aimed at some photovoltaics and the photovoltaics power the flashlight

[u8at711]

I can jumpstart my e250 with my cordless drill battery, 18v dewalt

[mark beiser]

I am about to patent the perpetual lamp. I got a flashlight aimed at some photovoltaics and the photovoltaics power the flashlight

I tried that when I was a kid, I was so disappointed when it didn't work.

[zeran]

I have actually looked into HHO quite a bit, and am interested to see where people go with it. The problem is that is suffers from the same problem hydrogen fuel does. It takes more energy to produce the fuel than you get from using the fuel.
Until that problem is overcome, its usefulness will be limited



You are getting fewer BTUH of heat from burning that 20 liters of HHO gas than you would by running a heating element with the same amount of electricity it is taking you to crack the water into HHO gas.

Please don't mistake my comments as being negative about the technology. I personally find it to be very cool. I'm sure your project has been both entertaining and educational. You just have to understand that it is not an efficient way to heat, it certainly is more interesting than a heating element, and a great conversation piece though.



Ok, the thing you have to understand is that the water is not the fuel, the HHO gas is the fuel. To crack the water into HHO gas, a large amount of electricity is required.
Check out what I have circled on this add from Heat&Glo's site.


Note that you need a 60A 220v electrical circuit to run this 31k btuh fireplace. Thats the same sized electrical circuit that would normally be used for a 10 kw electric heat package, and the 10 kw heat package would give you more heat.
I personally think that fireplace is a neat product, but please don't mistake it for an efficient source of heat.



If you are going to post a link to the site, at least read the site.

http://www.eagle-research.com/browngas/myth/homuse.html

The simple fact is that at this point in time, you cannot get more energy out of it, or even the same amount of energy, as you put in.
Currently you get less energy out of it than you put in 100% of the time.

The great thing is that there are very many people in many different fields doing tons of work and research on solving that problem.
If and when they do solve it, I'll be right there in line to buy a HHO or hydrogen powered car, furnace, whatever.

Are you looking at the full picture when it comes to hho heating the generator itself makes about as much heat as an electric heater and the heat form the gas is more heat created. Most people that look at the energy in and out don't consider the btu made form the generation of the Hydrogen oxygen gas. Thanks. I am not sure if this makes it a more efficient heater or not mine puts out around 108 when producing gas then when you burn the gas you get more. Only a question just wondering if this is in you recession of heat produced.

[NoStranger]

I have constructed a few HHO generators, and they produce quite a bit of HHO (im attempting to apply it to my truck), however they also are producing quite a bit of heat. Have you run into any overheating issues in the generator? Im using 2'' PVC with a 1 and 3/4 ss tube with a 1 1/2 ss tube inside seperated by pvc rings. The generator is running 12v at about 20-30 amps. The water is steady at about 100df, but the terminals and about 2 inches of the power wire are reaching temps around 300deg f!! i dont want to melt the pvc! have you had any issues similar to this?

[danielthechskid]

Holy 5 year old thread, Batman.

What the OP has is not a water fueled heater, or an HHO powered heater, it is a Rube Goldberg inspired electric space heater, and assuming the whole contraption is located in the conditioned space it provides exactly what any other electric resistance heater provides, 3.41 BTUs for each watthour consumed. Actually, it probably provides less due to the unwanted chemical reactions in the electrolyzer, imperfect combustion of the hydrogen, and plain system leaks.

This guy should sell an "Infrared" electric cube heater or a fake "Amish" electric fireplace instead, at least then he would make some coin while scamming the public out of their money for yet another space heater.

I laugh then cry every time someone mentions HHO or any of the other various gas-saver/over-unity devices, like a video I saw of a huge trunk sized electrolyzer using 1500 watts that only managed to make a lawnmower engine idle, that same 2HP worth of electricity could likely have powered an electric motor that would have spun that mower engine to destruction.

[mark beiser]

Holy 5 year old thread, Batman.

What the OP has is not a water fueled heater, or an HHO powered heater, it is a Rube Goldberg inspired electric space heater, and assuming the whole contraption is located in the conditioned space it provides exactly what any other electric resistance heater provides, 3.41 BTUs for each watthour consumed. Actually, it probably provides less due to the unwanted chemical reactions in the electrolyzer, imperfect combustion of the hydrogen, and plain system leaks.

This guy should sell an "Infrared" electric cube heater or a fake "Amish" electric fireplace instead, at least then he would make some coin while scamming the public out of their money for yet another space heater.

I laugh then cry every time someone mentions HHO or any of the other various gas-saver/over-unity devices, like a video I saw of a huge trunk sized electrolyzer using 1500 watts that only managed to make a lawnmower engine idle, that same 2HP worth of electricity could likely have powered an electric motor that would have spun that mower engine to destruction.

Yeah, it makes me want to /facepalm every time someone starts in on a discussion of stuff like this.

I gave up following the over unity and zero point energy chuckleheads.
When one of them comes up with an actual device that is available for public scrutiny, I'll pay attention again.

And by public scrutiny, I don't mean "donate" thousands of dollars and get rewarded with an in person demonstration where you are not allowed to touch it or inspect it closely like one scam "charity" outfit does.

[Chris_Worthington]

Relocated the 5 year old thread to the "Fireplace" section of the site.

[darthvader]

Relocated the 5 year old thread to the "Fireplace" section of the site.

thanks

[hearthman]

Just so everyone knows HG launched the Aqueon as a novelty with a list price of about $50K. They only made about 3 or 4 and the last one sold for close to $70K. One was installed on a yacht belonging to a former HHT exec. Not practical at all. The flame is tiny and hard to see unless its dark because it is technically not a luminous flame. The hearth industry is built around a yellow tipped luminous flame because you want to see a 'natural' flame unlike the heating industry that is after combustion efficiency. Yes, this technology uses a lot of power and is Not cost effective.