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Originally Posted by gteclass
I have been looking into this browns gas stuff since i found out about electrolysis of water about 15 years ago. This is not new technology, if it does work it is one of the biggest conspiracies to keep gas mileage sandbagged ever. (Not that i wouldnt believe it, they are obviousely sandbagging gas mileage increases to keep the epa off the automakers backs considering a mid 80s dodge colt or honda/toyota economy car by average gets better gas mileage than todays "economy" cars) The idea really is good in theory. As far as it taking more input than it generates, I doubt this is really applicable as it only takes less than 2 volts to separate hydrogen and oxygen, its actually closer to 1.5v.
How about some posts about peoples actual experience with this stuff not just bickering about the theoretical ideas. I havent spent the money on a kit and will probly just make myself one. Ill post my results when i get it done.
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I was surprised to find you are right ... the EPA does keep historical records back to 1985, and provides both the old method and the "new sticker" method of calculating mileage ... and the 1985 Dodge Colt manual transmission had what would now be a 31 city, 37 highway rating (new method; under the old method the numbers were 37/41). None of the "Big Three" have a non-hybrid car that comes close to that.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymanu.htm
The only posts I've seen are from people who have the devices, but haven't done "everything the instructions say" to improve mileage. It reminds me of the exercise devices on TV that promise you will lose weight if you use the device for 3 minutes a day and stick to their diet (sub-1000 calorie diet).
It would be interesting to see if you could generate enough H to make a difference. The only experiments I've read about that have any kind of hard data use compressed hydrogen from a tank and displace about half of the fuel in the cylinder.