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Article #8437Re: Electrolysis Car of Yesterday
From: Marvin Minsky
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 1990 05:14
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 1990 05:14
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In article <ESMITH.90Nov17170639@goofy.apple.com> esmith@goofy.apple.com (Eric Smith) writes: >In article <1990Nov17.213701.25601@en.ecn.purdue.edu> cantello@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Craig A Cantello) writes: > >> A battery powered an electrolysis of water. >> The hydrogen and oxygen were burned in a combusion motor. >> An alternator attached to the motor, charged the battery. >> Max. speed : 40 mph >> Emissions : Water vapor > >Yes, I have one. They're great! I modified mine to feed the exaust back >into the fuel tank. You can save a lot of money with these :-) :-) I modified mine, too, the same way. Then I found it worked even better if you remove the battery, water, and fuel system, and simply connect the alternator right to the motor. That worked so well that I added another alternator in parallel -- and then car went 80 mph. One problem, though. When going up steep hills the motor gets awfully, and the generator gets very cold. I'm worried that something will go wrong. Any suggestions?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!media-lab!minsky From: minsky@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Marvin Minsky) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Electrolysis Car of Yesterday Message-ID: <4086@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 18 Nov 90 05:14:01 GMT References: <1990Nov17.213701.25601@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <ESMITH.90Nov17170639@goofy.apple.com> Reply-To: minsky@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) Distribution: usa Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 21