Let me try if I answer these questions. I will make an attempt
How many KM have you passed? **On this particular Wagon R, I have done more than 10,000km since its conversion. There were other vehicles which I drove much less.
How much is the current consumption of the set-up? ** Well there is not a single answer to this. First let me re-iterate that I have yet to find out the best setting on this. Say for example if I keep higher concentration of KOH say 2 tea spoons to a litre of tank then I my amperage goes above 28 and I am kind of not comfortable with that due to two reasons. 1) That kind of amperage is too high for a small car of this size. And more importantly than this is 2) If you raise the concentration of KOH and even though you are bubbling out through water there might be chances of KOH entering into the engine and KOH is like kill injection to the engine. Yet the gas production can go over 2 litres/min and that is pretty good. But in my case I try to avoid this. On the other hand I raise the voltage to 60 and keep the amps under 5. With this I am able to run my Unit with 1/4th of a tea spoon of KOH or NaOH. I get a decent production little less than 1 liter/min. Efficiency is less but safety of the engine and over all car first.
Is it possible to control the throttle response with a constant supply of HHO? ***Think of it this way. You HHO production is @ say 700ml/min and it may vary + or – by a certain amount. But for the sake of the discussion let us assume it is fixed at 700ml. However the fuel demand of the vehicle keeps changing depending on the load on the car. This is compensated using the Petrol only. So in other words there is just no change to the throttle response. It remains just the same as it was before conversion. In fact you do not even notice it unless you are chocking too much on the MAP/MAF or being greedy to draw too much out of it.
Have you left your vehicle idle for more than two weeks? ***Do not get your question . Do you mean not used if for more than two weeks. Yes I have left it unused for several weeks when I am out of the country.
Have you changed your engine oil? What was the condition? ***I get my oil changed every 5000km. I have had two oil changes so far after convesion of wagon R. Nothing unusual is noticed. And I have not gone to the extend to get a chemical test done of used oil. What is it that you are trying to suspect?
In case of malfunction, can you change-over to petrol only mode without getting out of the car? (engine timing/tuning required?) ***The HHO Introduction is another parallel fuel intake. Unlike CNG, HHO can not run all by itself and your Petrol line is not stopped at all. You are only restricting the amount of petrol so as to take benefit of HHO. Now in case of a malfunction you just switch off your HHO Unit (I am using circuit breakers for this), and the two sensor controls – MAP and Lambda. That is it. Just flick the three stiches and you are back to where you started – Petrol.
Do you need a co-driver to fiddle with the controls when you are driving? ***No. Guys this is not rocket science. Why not some of you come over a week end and test drive it for your self. And Please do this before 10 December this year. I am planning to be back to US in mid Dec for about 6 months or so. Please mail me if you guys want to see this., You can either come to my office which is @ IBM opposite 32 milestone, Gurgaon (with prior notice) or on a week end at home - Shivalik. Who’s treating for a chill beer by the way
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