We intend to test this and other claims made on the internet by actually building and testing the conversion. Anyone wishing to join our think-tank, is welcome to join for free. There is absolutely nothing to buy. Our reward is the mutual benefit derived from each other's contributions.

[Added on Saturday, May 24, 2008 by David Huett]

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This document is a work-in-progress to develop ideas and share the concept with interested parties. Your comments and suggestions are most welcome. Let's make it happen!

As the price of gasoline rises, the prospect of a water-powered automobile becomes more attractive. Despite claims that this really works, one must question both the feasibility and credibility of those making the claim. The best way to determine feasibility is to actually build and test a water-powered vehicle. With the help of our membership, it is our intent to do just that.

In a nutshell, we just want your expertise and participation. We wish to make this an Internet community project. We aren't after sales, we are after a team to test this claim. There is a lot of chatter on the Internet and sites set up to sell plans. And, there are a lot of places to get plans for free. See for yourself with this Google search for "free run car on water plans"

First of all, to make this project easier on all who wish to benefit, it will take many people working with varying degrees of expertise and resources. We intend to build a democratic organization for this, where initially anyone is welcome to join. All members shall participate and have their say in the project. We shall require that members join an e-mail based discussion group where any member can post. Communication and collaboration are vital for success. I suggest we use Yahoo groups or Google groups and Zoho for this purpose. If you are interested in developing documentation, or just wish to follow the discussions, project reports, plans, and multimedia. I suggest you join Zoho first, if you haven't already.

I have decided to tentatively use an existing Google group that I own for our discussions, Off2Trade. If you wish to join this effort in either an active or passive role, please join the Off2Trade discussion group via e-mail. Or, use the subscribe box near the top of this page.

Internal combustion engines run on vapor. The traditional vapor, normally gasoline, is mixed with air. We intend to use water as fuel. We will split regular tap water into Brown's gas (2 parts hydrogen mixed with 1 part oxygen) using the car's battery and an accelerator controlled circuit board. There are claims on the Internet that water provides 50 to 300 mpg. Again, such claims require proof.

First we will design, build, and test the circuit board and water tank. We have no need for an automobile at this stage of development.

We will eventually need an automobile for our project. To keep risk, and costs, down we shall obtain a used inexpensive vehicle. It may be possible to get a bargain off the Internet, like eBay Motors, so that our membership will know what they own and how much was actually paid for it. How we do this is up to the participants. At present, I may cover it myself. Perhaps, others may be willing to help. We shall see.

The accelerator controlled circuit board should be relatively easy to design and build. It need not be complex. A 555 timer can be controlled, by the accelerator pedal with a potentiometer to produce a square wave with varying duty cycles from near zero to 95%. The output of the 555 timer serves to drive a power transistor that can deliver 5 ampere pulses to water stored in a pressurized tank, splitting the water into Brown's gas on demand. I shall design, submit, build, and test the circuit board once our membership is ready to proceed. I also have an associate who has agreed to build the pressurized water tank and will attach the device to a combustion engine.

=== The following has been appended on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 8:08 PM CST ===

I found this schematic diagram in one of my technical manuals and used my camera to take a photo. I know, I was thinking about going with the 555, instead of this 74123. However, this circuit is much more versatile, ideal for the design phase of our project.

This is most of the circuit we will need, but not all. We still need to add a 5 volt regulator (the simplest voltage regulator is a single zener diode), and a power amplifier stage which is simply a single power transistor with a few resistors.

The pulse width potentiometer, R4, needs to be durable and high quality, since it will be controlled by the accelerator pedal to regulate the Brown's gas fed into the engine's carburetor.

Once the optimal frequency is determined, we can combine R1 and R2 into a single fixed resistor. Or, we can later build a circuit using the 555 using the frequency, we determined above, to be optimal.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship -- John D. Rockefeller

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. -- Goethe

Selfless service is a myth. In serving others, we serve our true selves. "It is in giving that we receive." We are sustained by those we serve, just as we are blessed when we forgive others. As Gandhi says, the practice of satyagraha ("clinging to truth") confers a "matchless and universal power" upon those who practice it. Service work is enlightened self-interest, because it cultivates an expanded sense of self that includes all others.

Source: Satyana Institute

Plans are worthless. Planning is essential. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
(My take on this is: Plan, but be flexible, not rigid, allow for change.)