Alright, I set up a circuit with a nice little switch box to run my electolyzer. Its fun to have a "boost box"
. Its a 1 ohm resistor, so I'm running about 12.5-13.5 amps.
I have two questions again that are related to this, and one just for fun.
1. My resistor gets VERY hot and is melting my enclosure. Heat is waste energy, but I don't know of another way to make it simple to limit current (so if I ever make these in bulk, I don't need to fine tune my electrolyte level every time I fill up). How can I cool this? Initially I thought putting it in/under the water would be a cool way (.5ohm/cell in both cells) to get it up to operating temperature since water has a high specific heat, but it'll eat through the container so thats a no-go.
2. How have other people hooked up the booster? I'm running a line straight under my car and right up against the filter. I think a little gap might help, since I can't feel any vaccum when the engine is running. Other ideas are welcome; holes are a no-go since this is a lease.
3. How do you guys get enough pressure to blow up ballons? I'd like to do some experimentation, but I only get volume, not pressure. Any ideas? Preferably, this would be with keeping the system in my car so the higher/uncapped bottle to build pressure isn't such a great idea.
Mileage results:
First off, my car is rated at 28/32 (Chevy impala 3.8 series II).
I'm a young guy, so I accelerate hard... Also, I was trying premium which seems to give me worse mileage (unburnt oxygen = more fuel injected?).
Anyway, I'm embarassed to say I got 16.8 miles per gallon without the booster. Keep in mind I ONLY drive city and most of my trips are sub 5-miles.
The test with the booster is coming up, but that will be on premium too. In the interest of scientific discovery, I don't want to change two variables at once. Also of note is that my car feels to accelerate harder on the butt-o-meter. That alone is fun.