Are auto water engines safe?
On One Hand: Oxy-Hydrogen is Explosive”Water” engines work by using electricity to split the water molecule into its component hydrogen and oxygen molecules, which mix together outside the cell to form oxy-hydrogen (HHO) gas. The engine burns the highly explosive oxy-hydrogen and uses it as fuel. Common sense tells you that mixing the universe’s most powerful fuel with its most potent oxidizer–oxygen–in gaseous form is a recipe for a bomb.On the Other: It’s Siphoned OffAlthough a high-capacity HHO (hydrogen-hydrogen-oxygen, or H2O) system does produce a dangerous and incredibly explosive mixture of gases, the fact is that those gases are siphoned off by engine vacuum almost as soon as the water cell creates them. With the tiny amount of oxy-hydrogen gas actually in the lines at any given point, any explosion would be more likely to resemble an M-80 than a stick of dynamite.Bottom LineWhile oxy-hydrogen producing water cells aren’t quite as safe as, say, a golden retriever, the risk i