I spent the weekend playing around with my latest creation but so far have not been very content with the findings.  The first thing to note is the design.  I’ve copied exactly what was described in the link containing the plate design.  I have tried a couple different types of material (all plastic) for the spacers between each plate.  I’ve confirmed in each test that I had no conductivity before the test began.

I’m using 1% Water/HKO mixture which is the bottom end of that described on the page.  I have 2L of H2O in my container.  The result?  Well its extremely hot!  It pulls so many amps that my amp meter kicks off and it sparks on the electrodes like you’d expect if you shorted the battery out.  In fact, for all practical purposes it acts just like the battery is shorted.

It is creating H2 but I can’t keep it running more than a few seconds without total melt down.  Another strange symptom is that once removed from the solution I still has conductivity even 30 minutes later.  Its like the solution is slime and has coated the entire device and no matter where I place it afterwards, it continues to work.

Here are a few more videos of the latest couple tests but I’m still working hard to see what is happening here.  So far I am not coming close to duplicating the results noted on the website in which I located this design.  Here is the website again:  http://waterpoweredcar.com/hydrobooster.html

Test 14: This test shows the new device sitting in plain tap water.  I then add 2.4ml of HKO to the water which is nothing compared to the other tests I’ve run.  The plates definately conduct much better than any of my earlier tests which allows for less HKO than before.  I still can’t believe how little I added and what the difference was.

Test 15: Detail of the actual device construction…  This test is with the new plate design placed in a 4L bucket of water in order to visually see what is going on.  There is a dark murky substance that forms on top of the water and we haven’t yet reached the point where we have our white powder substance forming on the plates.  We still have a lot of bubbles sticking to the plates and cutting down on the amount of electricity able to split the water molecules.