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Q ~ What do I do with a sludge buildup?

A. It is a good idea to remove the ER HyZor once a year to empty out the sludge.  
Pour out the sludge through a coffee filter so that the electrolyte solution can be reused.
Wash the chamber by swishing it with water several times. Be careful not to spill lye on anything.

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Q ~ Where can I find Lye?

You can first try grocery stores and hardware stores, because pure lye has traditionally been sold as sold as drain cleaner. It is great for this because it has NO environmental consequences when poured down the drains. Lye is produced by burning wood, so the environment naturally gets a big boost of Lye every time there is a forest fire. A good brand is Red Devil.
Note: DON’T use Draino, it has additives that cause foaming that will short out your electrolyzer.
If you can’t find lye on your local grocery or hardware store shelves, the next place to look is a local pharmacy. They have access to ALL types of chemicals (though the price is usually inflated) and will be able to order it in for you.
Finally, understand that Lye is used in a LOT of chemical processes and it would literally cripple the economy (similar to suddenly removing gasoline) to remove it entirely. If you search online, you can find wholesale suppliers; and you can usually buy smaller quantities from sources that supply Bio-Fuel and Candle making products.
Here is an example link: Lye and KOH
Since about 2005, Lye has been disappearing from grocery and hardware shelves. It seems that Lye is used to make certain street drugs and, in the ‘war against drugs’ the police are requesting that stores NOT carry it, to make it harder to access for ‘drug labs’.
Taking Lye off grocery shelves doesn’t affect drug labs, because they need LOTS more Lye than that, and buy it from bulk distributors. I still buy my Lye from my local hardware store (even though they have removed it from the shelves) because I have them special order about 30 Kilograms at a time; so much for ‘war on drugs’ argument.
Note: Legal drugs kill far more people than ‘illegal’ drugs. A lot of the legal drugs are just as addictive and have far more side effects. Legal drugs generally treat symptoms, not cure the actual disease (because keeping you sick is more profitable). Vested Interest (in this case Big Pharma) is behind the ‘war on drugs’ because they want a monopoly. They regularly try to get vitamins and minerals classified as ‘drugs’ and they violently suppress any actual cures for disease.
Personally I think this is just another ploy by the Vested Interest (in this case Government tax revenues) to prevent people like you from having access to this (pretty much ideal) catalyst for your electrolyzers. They KNOW that, properly applied, BG technology will reduce fuel consumption at least 25% and that means a revenue loss of billions of dollars per year.
 

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Q ~ What kind of water should be used in the ER HyZor?

A. Distilled water will reduce maintenance requirements.
De-ionized water can be used in a pinch but NOT recommended.
Do NOT use tap water.   Tap water is full of impurities.
Water turns into Brown’s Gas (a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen), which leaves all the impurities, that are in the water, to form sludge in the ER HyZor. The sludge will inhibit the efficient formation of Brown’s Gas.

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Q ~ Is it essential to use sodium hydroxide (lye)?

A. Yes.  
If lye is not added as a catalyst the ER HyZor won’t produce gas because pure water has far too high an electrical resistance.
Electrolyzers use a catalyst to lower electrical resistance.
  We’ve tested many catalysts and discovered (for our electrolyzer design) the most practical catalyst is lye.
It has the best balance of user safety, low cost, ready availability, high efficiency, environmental friendly and electrolyzer component compatibility.  
By definition a catalyst is not consumed in the chemical reaction, so the first ‘charge’ lasts the life of the electrolyzer.
Put it in only once, and then always add pure water when the electrolyzer liquid level is low.

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Q ~ I’ve heard that Brown’s Gas (BG) explodes.

A. All fuels explode.  The key is to have it explode inside the engine at a time and manner whereby the energy of the explosion is most efficently converted into mechanical motion.
You are producing the hydrogen on demand; it is never stored anywhere.
Hydrogen is the lightest known gas and has the fastest dissipation rate in air. The BG produced by a ER HyZor cannot form a combustible mixture in a ventilated area.  
Brown’s Gas is entirely non-toxic (made from water).

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Q ~ Why do I require the EFIE or Carburetor Enhancer?

A. When you use any fuel saving technique or device (from any company), you get more power from the fuel, so the fuel flow from the regular fuel system needs to be reduced to maintain power and to optimize your fuel gains.
The EFIE is an interface technology that allow fuel savers to work on vehicles that have oxygen sensor feedback.
Without the EFIE vehicles, that have oxygen sensors, will usually lose mileage when applying fuel saving techniques; because the vehicle’s computer adds fuel to compensate for the increased level of oxygen in the exhaust.
The EFIE device is a circuit that is installed into the oxygen sensor signal wire and helps the vehicle’s computer automatically cut back the fuel consumption as combustion efficiency is increased.
The Carburetor Enhancer is a simple carburetor custom tuning technique. It gives you greater control over the air:fuel ratio. Start with the easy and inexpensive basic version.