Smacksbooster Is An Elegant Solution, But Do You Need It?
There is no question that Smacksbooster is an elegant solution to building a Hydrogen Booster but is the work and the price, costs of materials worth it? Does it perform any better than all the others ? I don't know the answer to that question but I have a feeling that building a hydrogen booster especially a simple one such as Water4Gas's Electrolysis Unit and using their electronic enhancements might be better for the non-mechanically inclined, persons, for example, like me. Lets take a look at these two boosters from several standpoints.
First, I have to tell you right off the bat that I am building the more simple one, from Water4Gas . I am in the process of ordering parts mainly through the Internet because my area of Western North Carolina is somewhat isolated from the metropolitan areas of Asheville, Atlanta, and other major metropolitan areas., so I just feel it is easier to use the Internet.. But all that has nothing to do with Smacksbooster or actually with the Water4Gas one.
So lets start with the container. . The Water4Gas one is in a fruit jar, mine will be in a wide-mouth Canning Jar with a plastic screw-top... Nothing elegant about a fruit jar but if it works? The smacksbooster is a sleek PVC pipe which has a pleasing round shape and looks more like a serious piece of merchandise fittingly called a Hydrogen booster. One that I saw is available from a gentleman in Florida. He seems to do superlative work. I'll give you his website at the end of this post. His is priced at $395.00, a serious price which befits a serious looking and well machined Booster.
There is a lot of discussion on the several yahoo groups about these two types of boosters, some of the folks who are active in the groups say that the smacksbooster delivers more HHO than the simpler Water4Gas one. Since I don't believe that anyone has measured the output from either booster as yet perhaps those type of comments are couched more from zealots who feel that a sleek design must be better than a fruit jar.
Since, both of these boosters will be sitting in a dirty area under the hood and subjected to road grime, grease, vibration, etc. do you really care what the darn thing looks like or do you, like me, just want it to be simple, work well and inexpensive?. My feelings exactly. !!
One of the things that I liked about Smacksbooster was how he built the anode and cathode terminals. I like the way that he added the flat stainless steel plates and his design was neat and efficient. The Holdgate unit( the company mentioned below) , has 746 holes dimpled over each plate to allow maximum hydrogen production in a small space. That is from their website. Their web address is at the bottom of this post.
The anode and cathode terminals of the Water4Gas unit are Plexiglas towers, wound with two different grades of stainless steel wire. The anode or positive terminal is wound around with 60 inches of 316L stainless steel. The other terminal has 60 inches of a lesser grade of stainless steel. I am not sure that the Water4Gas will be easier to construct but it looks simpler and the construction might be easier for a non-mechanic to complete. For this, I will have to let you know how things go. This is all for now. Before I leave, here is the website for the company in Florida who is building Smacksboosters.
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