H2O to HHO: Is Water Power the Greatest Invention Ever?

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The discussion centers on the claims surrounding HHO, a purported fuel derived from water, and its alleged efficiency compared to traditional electrolysis systems. Participants express skepticism regarding the legitimacy of these claims, noting that the process lacks scientific validation and is reminiscent of long-debunked pseudoscience, specifically referencing Brown's gas. The consensus is that the HHO claims are vague, poorly substantiated, and potentially misleading, with no credible evidence supporting the existence of a new form of water or gas that operates as described.

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  • Understanding of electrolysis and its applications in hydrogen production.
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  • Basic comprehension of molecular structures, particularly H2O and its components.
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  • #31
Total BS. You need to split the water into HHO first, which is not an easy task, but more importantly, then you burn the HHO, you can't get any new energy out of it, just whatever you put into split it in the first place.
 
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  • #32
They add baking soda as a catalyst and use the car battery to run electricity through metal coils submerged in the water container which has a vacuum line connected to it. Would that process work? Where is information that says that using this process would require more energy input in electricity than would be released as mechanical energy when combusting the product?
 
  • #33
W3pcq said:
Where is information that says that using this process would require more energy input in electricity than would be released as mechanical energy when combusting the product?

Try any chemistry textbook.
 
  • #34
Mine doesn't provide this info.
 
  • #36
You probably can. Still doesn't change the fact that you're paying for something that doesn't work.
 
  • #37
It is H2, not HHO. The hydrogen only remains monoatomic for a few milliseconds.

HHO = nonsense.

If you make H2 to burn in your car, you spend about twice as much energy to make it as you get back from it as a fuel.
 

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