Flooded Tero Cell woes

[tychobrahe1911]

I'm having a real tuff time with something that seems should be simple. Looking at Smacks genIV cell as seen here smacksboosters.110mb dot com I see the gas outlet (black fittings) tube in the bubbler has a slightly shorter length than the generator fill tube. This makes sense as the gas will exit through the path of least resistance. What I'm having an issue with is how to get enough pressure in the bubbler unit to push the electrolyte back into the generator fill tube.  Since the gas outlet to your engine has to exist it seems like you would have to have a good amount HHO output to build enough pressure to do that. Perhaps my problem is I just don't have enough output. If anyone has successfully gotten this to work I would appreciate any input.

[Bob]

Hi Tyc...
good to have you with us , and thanks for joining the group !
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first off I think you misunderstand how the pump system works in the flooded Tero-cell.
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the Electrolyte or Water doesn't have to be forced out of the recirculation tank.
it is sucked out of the tank by the cell....
this is very logical if you think about it for a bit.... as gas leaves the cell through the hose it takes with it groups/bubbles of water that are trapped in the hose....
when the gas and water leave the cell a vacuum is created, and PULLS in water from the recirculation tank... the flow isn't allot, granted, but it does indeed make a constant flow of electrolyte through the cell, more than plenty to circulate and cool down the cell.
to get this idea to work the cell needs to be LOWER in physical height than the outlet line going to the recurculateing tank... in other words the lower you put the cell the better it will operate.... this is because bubbles rise up.... and to get the bubbles to go through the hose you want a upward slant to the hose all the way from the cell to the tank.
the 2nd thing is the input line from the cell, needs to come from the bottom of the recurculation tank... where there is a small amount of pressure due to the weight of the colum of water above it, on the exit line to begin with...so even the slightest amount of vacume in the cell will be pulling water from the tank....
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a "bubble-pump" is a very old idea and has been in operation sense the pyrimids were built.
all it takes is bubbles going one way UP a hose to work...as they rise they lift the water with them.... strange but true... even as heavy as the water is compaired to the gas bubble!
as the bubble proceeds up and away from the cell it sucks in water at the inlet side of the cell....
a perfect natural pump...
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Hope that helps...
Bob.......

[hg2]

  Hi T1911 and welcome to the Hut!!!!!!!

   Have you checked to see what kind of output your cell is producing yet?It's possible you're not using enough e-lyte concentration to have enough pumping action.

  Can you give us some more info like what ratio e-lyte(how much you're using), what type(koh,NaOh)and what's the amp draw of your cell.Posting as much info as you can might help us shed some light on what the problem may be.