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Old 09-12-2008, 11:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I think the most important hypermiling tip is to drive like you're riding your bicycle. You'll think more about coasting down hills and to stop signs and timing up stop signs and red lights. Slowing down, timing ramps and lights and DWB are I think the most important and easiest to start with. DWB means Driving Without Brakes, but nothing dangerous, it just means think about how you would drive if you didn't have brakes. You wouldn't rush up to a row of stopped cars, you'd let go of the gas and cruise and let momentum and friction slowly cancel each other out as best you can. If you have to you go slower so you have less momentum.

And I don't want to tell anyone to not experiment, but I personally feel that most hydroxy generators have been disproved (but then I've tried just as many lamebrained sounding things as well that have failed). The best hydroxy generator I've seen and always wanted to build, but haven't, was one that used different sized (close fitting but not touching) pipes as the electrodes. This was instead of just a straight light for ion flow you had a very tight circle and ions would flow out in all directions. Additionally they said to limit the amps to 5-10 (typically just two electrodes in conductive water will draw all amps available) and they had some frequency or pulse width modulation way that they cycled the power to the electrodes. They claimed there was a particular Hz that dramatically increased efficiency. So while I've definately disproved the standard, 2 poles in sulfuric acid hooked directly to the engine (I've done this and you can instantly hear the engine work harder and this contraption draws as many amps as your alternator and battery will provide. Sounds just like when you drive with a blown or depleted battery and just as costly to FE), this idea was always so new and different sounding I just can discourage someone to try it.
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