cranknrods
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i havnt put one on my truck yet but i said id get back to ya when i learned more about the hho thing.
well... after messin with my bud's 06 cummins for a while he started to tell me about the hho gen we put on it. after putting some miles on it he said that he has noticed mpg gains while in town but on long interstate trips his gains are ZERO.
after a test run he showed me what he thinks causes this.
if youll notice that when you are driving in town. you will get on the gas then off again---when your decelerating your rpms are slowly falling keeping constant with vehicle speed but without giving it gas. the weight/momentum of the vehicle is turning the motor and alternator
he thinks this short amount of time is charging the battery "with no taxable drag to forward momentum" thus the next time he gives it gas he is using that "free" power untill the electrical drag of the hho gen catches up with the power he made (stored) on deceleration.
"regenerative braking" in a way
so... after my warranty dies im gonna hook up a hho kit in my tool box with its own battery,and solar panel and then wire up a switch that will send charging amps to my hho battery when the go pedal is in the neutral
position.
this way the hho battery will only cause parasitic drag when im decelerating or idling.
i think this will get me around the electrical drag problem and then when im at work the solar panel will top off the battery for my trip home.
it will require me to cover my entire tool box with solar panels though.
i think i need atleast 2 amps of solar power?(for recharging while im at work)
what do you guys think??
well... after messin with my bud's 06 cummins for a while he started to tell me about the hho gen we put on it. after putting some miles on it he said that he has noticed mpg gains while in town but on long interstate trips his gains are ZERO.
after a test run he showed me what he thinks causes this.
if youll notice that when you are driving in town. you will get on the gas then off again---when your decelerating your rpms are slowly falling keeping constant with vehicle speed but without giving it gas. the weight/momentum of the vehicle is turning the motor and alternator
he thinks this short amount of time is charging the battery "with no taxable drag to forward momentum" thus the next time he gives it gas he is using that "free" power untill the electrical drag of the hho gen catches up with the power he made (stored) on deceleration.
"regenerative braking" in a way
so... after my warranty dies im gonna hook up a hho kit in my tool box with its own battery,and solar panel and then wire up a switch that will send charging amps to my hho battery when the go pedal is in the neutral
position.
this way the hho battery will only cause parasitic drag when im decelerating or idling.
i think this will get me around the electrical drag problem and then when im at work the solar panel will top off the battery for my trip home.
it will require me to cover my entire tool box with solar panels though.
i think i need atleast 2 amps of solar power?(for recharging while im at work)
what do you guys think??
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