[NewCandle] BG and electrolysis

[Keith Nagel]

Hey Jones,

You write:
>I don't think that BG is all that special in itself - except than 
>in an ICE the added mobility of H2, and the order of magnitude 
>faster burn rate (flame speed) assures that the 6-10% of unburned 
>fuel in any auto engine - plus the monoxide (CO) gets completely 
>burned.

Yeah, that was sort of my understanding of how the tech was
supposed to work. Presumably you get a complete burning
of the fuel over a wider range of operating conditions?

I am frankly surprised about Nicks results; I always thought that not
a lot of gas was needed and the commercial units I have seen
just tap a little current off the alternator/battery. Is
the gain in mileage that small, or are great quantities of
the gas necessary to see a good effect??? 

>Plus there could be this possibility, which is not talked about 
>that much even by Wiseman and his crew:  BG seems to produce a 
>short-lived oxidizer off of the neutral plates - probably various 
>short-lived peroxide compounds.

Huh??? The Browns Gas generators I have seen ( built by
Brown himself ) used no neutral plates, unless you
consider the case grounded shell to be a "plate". 

>IMHO "pretreated water" serves to increases the amount of gas 
>available and that is its advantage in a BG-type electrolyser over 
>normal water.

That's the claim Ham seems to have picked up on; it should
be easy enough to prove if you generate some gas using
a constant current supply and collect the results.

How do you intend to test the treated water, Terry? 

K.