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Originally Posted by Nerys
My problem with HHO is not can it work but that it can not work efficiently and if you DO make a battery big enough to make HHO practical it will give you 3-6 times MORE RANGE if you just used it to run an electric motor.
IE its just not a good idea. but that does not mean it won't work.
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Let's be logical then. How does a "big battery" electrolyze water into H2 and O2 give a better range than using the electricity directly to power a wheel? Rough efficiency estimates tell me for a 1000W input, you can put 800W to the ground using a motor, but splitting water (40%) to fuel an engine (40% at best) (a fuel cell?) puts 160W of that 1kW to use.
Let's define "work". Can you split water and burn it? Yes? OK, it works. Does it net work? NO, it is a LOSS.