goodburbon
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Westcliffe Colorado.
The water I am using is indeed distilled, and yes that one tank was a personal best for the car. Overall average mileage is still down though.
tbburg said:The rust could be cheap stainless. Will a magnet stick to it?
goodburbon said:I continue to get a rust colored film on the plates and the inside of the tube.
The only metal in the water is the stainless.
I am now running a mix of 1 teaspoon in about 1.5 pints of water, and not adding any additonal Sodium Bicarb when adding water.
I tested the output of the generator over the weekend and got 1 bubble per second, and it took 4-5 minutes before the bubbles were combustible.
goodburbon said:Made a trip to Houston today.
Fill up before leaving:
10.67 gallons
256.5 miles\
=24.04 mpg
Fill up on the way home:
10.85 gallons
351.0 miles.
32.35 mpg
goodburbon said:the first fillup was from in town daily driving right before leaving for Houston. The second was on the way home.
As for the rust colored stuff... I have taken the thing apart and cleaned it (completely) twice now and it is gummed up again. There is no copper in the water and no other metal than stainless below the water line. When I checked it this morning the water hadn't gone down from the last 30 miles home and the unit is no longer producing like it was. At first I thought I had blown a fuse, but the power checked ok and upon closer inspection it was just barely fizzing.
I have picked up a handful of these to try running a few neutral plates between Anode+ and Cathode-Wil Badger said:Are you still using the electrical plate covers?Have you thought about using anything else? I have heard that some people have use stainless drain covers for like a shower drain.
hubs97xj said:I'm trying to read through again while posting this, so sorry if I missed this, but is there any way the wire or terminals are getting wet while the car is in motion, and then dripping back into your solution? After you got everything sorted out, any changes from your initial gains?