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lesterlad aka Rodders
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #1 on: Jul 21st, 2009, 9:44pm » |
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After reading through that I'm off to,
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Tesco's to fill up with unleaded 
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There's are methods to my madness!!! I'm not sure what the methods are but there's definitely madness in them
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Jonnycab
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #2 on: Jul 22nd, 2009, 2:28am » |
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The old home made hydrogen fuel cell idea is making a comeback then  , although the design seems to have improved slightly.
The last homemade one I heard about involved some battery cells, a few wires, a couple of pipes & a jam jar ....can't remember if it was Youtube or Blue peter I saw it on
Don't try this at home kids, you may well blow up the neighbourhood 
Talking of saving fuel, I've recently been reading that adding a few drops of acetone to the fuel can improve mpg by up to 30%  .....don't think the wife will be too impressed when she catches me pouring all her nail varnish remover in the tank ......
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amigafan2003
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #3 on: Jul 22nd, 2009, 9:15am » |
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Wow - I'm going to try that - it should go well with my Ecotek valve, electric super charger and the boost chip.
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #4 on: Jul 22nd, 2009, 9:44am » |
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Is that the new type of engine that dosen't need sparkplugs.......
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I think i'm going, erm what do you call it..... Senial.... 
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pinto
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #5 on: Jul 23rd, 2009, 11:56pm » |
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on Jul 22nd, 2009, 9:15am, amigafan2003 wrote:| Wow - I'm going to try that - it should go well with my Ecotek valve, electric super charger and the boost chip. |
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Ye cann'ae change the laws o' physics !! ye cann'ae !!!!
I like the idea but it falls down on one major point.....
the Ionisation energy (that needed to break the hydrogen and oxygen bonds apart) is 459kJ/mole - in this case a mole equating to just 16g of water
so to put this into context.....
1 Watt = 1 Joule dissapated per second
Your average kettle is rated at 3kW - 3000 J per second. We're talking 459,000 Joules. Per second.
I make that..... 114,750 kettles  - think an 097 can cope ? ( hmmm.... 3000w divided by 12 volts....250A per kettle.... Just shy of 2.9 million amperes.... what was that reserve capacity again ?.....)
Add the fact due to a wonderful little thing called entropy, we get less energy from burning the results that it took to break them apart in the first place, the whole idea 'tis a bit thin
Lets face it - if it was as easy to seperate water into its components as they make out, then wouldn't we literally be surrounded by OCEANS of High explosives ??
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #6 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 4:54pm » |
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WOW! didn't have a clue what you was on about but can You sort out my washer pump for me..........
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lesterlad aka Rodders
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #7 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 5:38pm » |
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on Jul 23rd, 2009, 11:56pm, pinto wrote:
Lets face it - if it was as easy to seperate water into its components as they make out, then wouldn't we literally be surrounded by OCEANS of High explosives ?? |
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Blimey, lets hope the Talliban don't get hold of the information. 
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pinto
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #8 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 6:36pm » |
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Ah, late night + alcohol = physics 101
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Torbayboy
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Re: No more petrol
« Reply #9 on: Jan 25th, 2019, 8:17am » |
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interesting read rom a decade ago, see Scorpioers do have a sense of adventure!
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