can you make water explode
well maybe not water per se but with a
simple technique we can turn one of the
most abundant materials on earth into a
highly explosive gas in this project
we’re building a generator that uses
electricity to convert this into this
[Music]
for this project we’re gonna need some
stainless steel I’m at a local
fabrication company and not only do they
have plenty of scrap metal to choose
from they’re even willing to help me cut
it to custom sizes a job that would have
taken me hours with a pair of tin snips
and a hacksaw only takes a matter of
minutes with their equipment this is 20
gauge stainless steel and this hydraulic
punch is being used to cut precise holes
in the tops and bottoms of the plates
when finished I have 12 plates measuring
3 inches by 6 inches four plates at one
and a half by six inches and three 1
inch connector bands that are six inches
four and a half inches and three and a
quarter inches a belt sander is perfect
for smoothing down the jagged edges
around the hole and now it’s time to
head home and get to work we’ll need
these 4-inch ABS clean-out fittings 3/8
inch poly tubing as well as some scrap
for inch and two-inch acrylic tubing I
founded a plastics company when I peel
the protective layer from the plates it
reveals a beautiful and attractive
surface but that’s not what we want for
this project instead we’ll need to hunt
down some sandpaper this is 100 grit and
I’ll place two plates in a diamond shape
and sand them from top to bottom then
rotate 90 degrees and repeat these scuff
marks will increase the surface area on
the plates and increase the efficiency
of the generator ok I finished off both
sides of the plates and you can see the
crisscross pattern etched into the metal
the 1 and 1/2 inch plates are sanded as
well but the three connector bands are
not alright it’s time to cut this
acrylic tubing to size so I’m using a
chop saw to trim the edge smooth then
I’ll measure 7 inches and cut nice and
slowly so that I don’t chip the plastic
as the blade cuts the friction also
helps heat the plastic leaving a fairly
clear edge after I’ve cut 5 inches of
the 2 inch tubing it’s time to make some
connections with some gentle persuasion
I’ve managed to fit the large acrylic
tube into the clean-out adapter but
before we push them together let’s add a
liberal amount of clear silicone
caulking all around the outer Bay
this will also go on the inside being
very careful not to get any silicone on
the threads now we can use a rubber
hammer to tap the tubing all the way
into place and clean up the excess
silicone paper towel works well and in a
few minutes it’s all cleaned up now we
can flip this over and repeat the
process of attaching caulking this part
and this part tapping into place and
cleaning up the excess while I’m in the
mood for cleaning I’ll use my adhesive
remover to assist in cleaning off the
UPC stickers then give everything one
final wipe down I’m gonna seal the
bottom with a four-inch ABS clean out
plug and some AVS cement the gooey black
cement is applied to the threads of both
parts then I’ll use this piece of scrap
wood from my solar scorcher frame
project to help screw it in tight the
excess is removed and we can let it stay
here to cure while that’s drying let’s
get to work on making the bubbler I want
to attach this quarter into ninety
degree elbow to the cap so when the
stickers are removed I’ll grab my 1/2
inch drill bit and a tap
the hole is drilled in the center then
tapped at 18 thread just before adding
pipe tape to the elbow adapter and
screwing into place when that’s tight
and I repeated the exact same process
with the other cap I’m happy to see they
fit snug on the acrylic tubing it looks
unfinished though so I’m gonna use these
top pieces from two trap adapters to
slide onto the tubing first and now when
I add the cap they screw together giving
this piece a clean professional look
okay now it’s time to work on the
generator plates similar to the bubbler
caps I’m drilling a 1/2 inch hole into
the top of the 4-inch clean-out plug
when that’s tapped the 18 thread we can
add pipe tape to a 3/8 inch swivel elbow
and screw that into place you can see
that this swivels 360 degrees and that’s
mostly for convenience using a 5/16
drill bit all make holes on either side
of the cap and these will be for
attaching the generator plates I cut
this hole a little close to the edge
but no problem my belt sander easily
rounded the edges and now it’s a perfect
fit next I’ll mark the two smaller bands
at about two and three-quarter inch and
use my bench vise and a rubber hammer to
bend them to 90-degree angles the
six-inch piece has marked at one in
three quarter inches and four and a
quarter inches then bent into a u-shape
a five sixteenths coarse thread nylon
bolt is cut into two pieces four inches
long I’ll get some nylon washers ready
and add two stainless steel Jam nuts to
the end of each bolt the bolts are
fitted with two of the connector straps
and one of the smaller plates then a
plastic washer is added on each bolt
these washers are 3/4 inches in diameter
and about point zero six inches thick
another one and a half inch plate is
added and secured with a nut on each
bolt and now the big plates can go on
I’m stacking these in the order of plate
washers plate nuts and repeating until
I’ve got a total of eight plates in
place this is the center of the
generator and the other connector strap
is added at the top and secured with
another nut I’ll add one more nut to the
bottom to compensate for the gap and
then get back to my routine of adding
plate washers plate nuts until I run out
of big plates the two smaller plates are
added last and now all we need to do is
trim down the bolt ends to about half an
inch so we can snap the bottom connector
into place add a nut and tighten the
other bolt also gets a finishing nut and
then is trimmed down and now we just
need to turn the generator around and
move these screws so that we can tighten
the inner ones the generator plates are
done and looking very nice so let’s
connect them up to the four inch plug to
do that all out a nut to the 5/16 inch
by two inch stainless steel bolt and
push them through the hole in the right
connector strap this quarter inch washer
is stainless steel on one side and
rubber on the other and I’ll push that
down the bolt with the rubber side up
that’s all repeated on the left side and
now the cap is placed over the bolts two
more washers are added this time with
rubber side down and
cured with another nut using an allen
wrench the nut is tightened securely and
then a few more nuts and metal washers
are added to the post for convenience
this piece is finished I’m really happy
with it and when I Drive fitted into the
casing and screw it into position I’m
starting to get excited we’re gonna need
a way to secure the bubbler to the side
so using some leftovers from the 2-inch
pipe all very carefully cut to 3/4 inch
thick circles then use a wood 2×4 to
hold the piece flat while I trim off the
top what I’ve done is created a clip for
our bubbler and you can see it clips
easily onto the tube and holds it firmly
in place the other circle is cut and a
belt sander used to match the pieces as
closely as possible I’ve got some
leftover acrylic rod from my fire piston
project and I’ll cut off two pieces
about one and a half inches long I’ll
use some acrylic glue to secure the
clips to the connector rods and after
two minutes they’re firm but we’ll still
take over two days to fully cure while
those are setting I’ll use scissors to
cut my poly tube at 20 inches and
another piece at 2 inches the 2 inch
piece connects to a one-way check valve
and gets inserted into the swivel elbow
this will prevent anything from flowing
back into the generator the 20 inch tube
goes on the other end of the valve and
then connects to one of the bubbler
elbows it looks like we’re ready to
attach the clips to the body so let’s
use the bubbler body as a form for
spacing the clips and with the generator
on its side find wire balances that
looks good there so acrylic glue is
added to the clips and replaced on the
body when it sets I’ll use a little more
glue in the gaps and remove the bubbler
to let it cure in the meantime we can
ready 6 cups of distilled water and some
flakes of potassium hydroxide 4
teaspoons of flakes will act as a
catalyst to help the electricity flow so
when they’re stirred in we can open the
generator body and attach a coffee
filter to filter the fluid into the
super clean casing the filter is removed
and thread tape is added to the cap then
the generator plates are slowly inserted
into the solution
screwed and watertight to finish up we
can remove the top cap from the bubbler
add some water and screw it back
together the remainder of the poly tube
is attached to the bubbler elbow and
there it is a sexy-looking hydroxy
generator this system produces an
extremely powerful oxy-hydrogen gas
running on two car batteries
it’ll make about 5 liters per minute and
when the gas is used it simply turns
back into water the amount of water
already in this system is enough to
produce thousands and thousands of
litres of fuel some people say that this
is the fuel of the future whether or not
that’s true the amount of power in the
gas is humbling
well there’s how to build a simple water
fuel converter if you like this project
perhaps you’ll like some of my others
check them out at the king of random
calm
[Music]
well maybe not water per se but with a
simple technique we can turn one of the
most abundant materials on earth into a
highly explosive gas in this project
we’re building a generator that uses
electricity to convert this into this
[Music]
for this project we’re gonna need some
stainless steel I’m at a local
fabrication company and not only do they
have plenty of scrap metal to choose
from they’re even willing to help me cut
it to custom sizes a job that would have
taken me hours with a pair of tin snips
and a hacksaw only takes a matter of
minutes with their equipment this is 20
gauge stainless steel and this hydraulic
punch is being used to cut precise holes
in the tops and bottoms of the plates
when finished I have 12 plates measuring
3 inches by 6 inches four plates at one
and a half by six inches and three 1
inch connector bands that are six inches
four and a half inches and three and a
quarter inches a belt sander is perfect
for smoothing down the jagged edges
around the hole and now it’s time to
head home and get to work we’ll need
these 4-inch ABS clean-out fittings 3/8
inch poly tubing as well as some scrap
for inch and two-inch acrylic tubing I
founded a plastics company when I peel
the protective layer from the plates it
reveals a beautiful and attractive
surface but that’s not what we want for
this project instead we’ll need to hunt
down some sandpaper this is 100 grit and
I’ll place two plates in a diamond shape
and sand them from top to bottom then
rotate 90 degrees and repeat these scuff
marks will increase the surface area on
the plates and increase the efficiency
of the generator ok I finished off both
sides of the plates and you can see the
crisscross pattern etched into the metal
the 1 and 1/2 inch plates are sanded as
well but the three connector bands are
not alright it’s time to cut this
acrylic tubing to size so I’m using a
chop saw to trim the edge smooth then
I’ll measure 7 inches and cut nice and
slowly so that I don’t chip the plastic
as the blade cuts the friction also
helps heat the plastic leaving a fairly
clear edge after I’ve cut 5 inches of
the 2 inch tubing it’s time to make some
connections with some gentle persuasion
I’ve managed to fit the large acrylic
tube into the clean-out adapter but
before we push them together let’s add a
liberal amount of clear silicone
caulking all around the outer Bay
this will also go on the inside being
very careful not to get any silicone on
the threads now we can use a rubber
hammer to tap the tubing all the way
into place and clean up the excess
silicone paper towel works well and in a
few minutes it’s all cleaned up now we
can flip this over and repeat the
process of attaching caulking this part
and this part tapping into place and
cleaning up the excess while I’m in the
mood for cleaning I’ll use my adhesive
remover to assist in cleaning off the
UPC stickers then give everything one
final wipe down I’m gonna seal the
bottom with a four-inch ABS clean out
plug and some AVS cement the gooey black
cement is applied to the threads of both
parts then I’ll use this piece of scrap
wood from my solar scorcher frame
project to help screw it in tight the
excess is removed and we can let it stay
here to cure while that’s drying let’s
get to work on making the bubbler I want
to attach this quarter into ninety
degree elbow to the cap so when the
stickers are removed I’ll grab my 1/2
inch drill bit and a tap
the hole is drilled in the center then
tapped at 18 thread just before adding
pipe tape to the elbow adapter and
screwing into place when that’s tight
and I repeated the exact same process
with the other cap I’m happy to see they
fit snug on the acrylic tubing it looks
unfinished though so I’m gonna use these
top pieces from two trap adapters to
slide onto the tubing first and now when
I add the cap they screw together giving
this piece a clean professional look
okay now it’s time to work on the
generator plates similar to the bubbler
caps I’m drilling a 1/2 inch hole into
the top of the 4-inch clean-out plug
when that’s tapped the 18 thread we can
add pipe tape to a 3/8 inch swivel elbow
and screw that into place you can see
that this swivels 360 degrees and that’s
mostly for convenience using a 5/16
drill bit all make holes on either side
of the cap and these will be for
attaching the generator plates I cut
this hole a little close to the edge
but no problem my belt sander easily
rounded the edges and now it’s a perfect
fit next I’ll mark the two smaller bands
at about two and three-quarter inch and
use my bench vise and a rubber hammer to
bend them to 90-degree angles the
six-inch piece has marked at one in
three quarter inches and four and a
quarter inches then bent into a u-shape
a five sixteenths coarse thread nylon
bolt is cut into two pieces four inches
long I’ll get some nylon washers ready
and add two stainless steel Jam nuts to
the end of each bolt the bolts are
fitted with two of the connector straps
and one of the smaller plates then a
plastic washer is added on each bolt
these washers are 3/4 inches in diameter
and about point zero six inches thick
another one and a half inch plate is
added and secured with a nut on each
bolt and now the big plates can go on
I’m stacking these in the order of plate
washers plate nuts and repeating until
I’ve got a total of eight plates in
place this is the center of the
generator and the other connector strap
is added at the top and secured with
another nut I’ll add one more nut to the
bottom to compensate for the gap and
then get back to my routine of adding
plate washers plate nuts until I run out
of big plates the two smaller plates are
added last and now all we need to do is
trim down the bolt ends to about half an
inch so we can snap the bottom connector
into place add a nut and tighten the
other bolt also gets a finishing nut and
then is trimmed down and now we just
need to turn the generator around and
move these screws so that we can tighten
the inner ones the generator plates are
done and looking very nice so let’s
connect them up to the four inch plug to
do that all out a nut to the 5/16 inch
by two inch stainless steel bolt and
push them through the hole in the right
connector strap this quarter inch washer
is stainless steel on one side and
rubber on the other and I’ll push that
down the bolt with the rubber side up
that’s all repeated on the left side and
now the cap is placed over the bolts two
more washers are added this time with
rubber side down and
cured with another nut using an allen
wrench the nut is tightened securely and
then a few more nuts and metal washers
are added to the post for convenience
this piece is finished I’m really happy
with it and when I Drive fitted into the
casing and screw it into position I’m
starting to get excited we’re gonna need
a way to secure the bubbler to the side
so using some leftovers from the 2-inch
pipe all very carefully cut to 3/4 inch
thick circles then use a wood 2×4 to
hold the piece flat while I trim off the
top what I’ve done is created a clip for
our bubbler and you can see it clips
easily onto the tube and holds it firmly
in place the other circle is cut and a
belt sander used to match the pieces as
closely as possible I’ve got some
leftover acrylic rod from my fire piston
project and I’ll cut off two pieces
about one and a half inches long I’ll
use some acrylic glue to secure the
clips to the connector rods and after
two minutes they’re firm but we’ll still
take over two days to fully cure while
those are setting I’ll use scissors to
cut my poly tube at 20 inches and
another piece at 2 inches the 2 inch
piece connects to a one-way check valve
and gets inserted into the swivel elbow
this will prevent anything from flowing
back into the generator the 20 inch tube
goes on the other end of the valve and
then connects to one of the bubbler
elbows it looks like we’re ready to
attach the clips to the body so let’s
use the bubbler body as a form for
spacing the clips and with the generator
on its side find wire balances that
looks good there so acrylic glue is
added to the clips and replaced on the
body when it sets I’ll use a little more
glue in the gaps and remove the bubbler
to let it cure in the meantime we can
ready 6 cups of distilled water and some
flakes of potassium hydroxide 4
teaspoons of flakes will act as a
catalyst to help the electricity flow so
when they’re stirred in we can open the
generator body and attach a coffee
filter to filter the fluid into the
super clean casing the filter is removed
and thread tape is added to the cap then
the generator plates are slowly inserted
into the solution
screwed and watertight to finish up we
can remove the top cap from the bubbler
add some water and screw it back
together the remainder of the poly tube
is attached to the bubbler elbow and
there it is a sexy-looking hydroxy
generator this system produces an
extremely powerful oxy-hydrogen gas
running on two car batteries
it’ll make about 5 liters per minute and
when the gas is used it simply turns
back into water the amount of water
already in this system is enough to
produce thousands and thousands of
litres of fuel some people say that this
is the fuel of the future whether or not
that’s true the amount of power in the
gas is humbling
well there’s how to build a simple water
fuel converter if you like this project
perhaps you’ll like some of my others
check them out at the king of random
calm
[Music]
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