Eye On The Winter Games...

Jan. 3, 2009 - We're up and running, open for business again, ending a much-deserved rest amid long, welcome visit from relatives over the holidays. Three vendors have verbally committed to the Winter Games so far - most of them past prize-winners - and our talks on the Los Angeles Summer HHO Games are also moving ahead. We'll give you an update on that soon.

Dec. 17 - We got a call from Dave Patel of the Howard Johnson's Express Inn, who was concerned because the rate he offered for the Nov. 11-14 HHO Games is not available during the Winter season. However, he is offering a much reduced $59 rate, a third off his usual Winter rate of $89 and the later Winter rate of $109. We apologize for not updating the site more quickly. One visitor let us know he is staying at the Super * nearby, which charged him $89.

Dec. 17 - We got really good results from a 2,600-mile roundtrip drive to upstate New York and back from here in Bradenton, Fla. We used 20% alcohol and 80% distilled water at the suggestion of HHO2HHo developer Eddie Lopez to avoid the deep-freeze in the Northeast, and added a few flakes of KOH to the mix when we got to South Carolina, where the weather warmed up unexpectedly and substantially. Curiously, the mileage fell thereafter, apparently because we had not added enough KOH. But with the alcohol/distilled water mix, we got the highest mileage ever on my 2002 Saturn SC-1, 34.5MPG and 382 miles on a 12.1-gallon tank, even with minimal HHO production. The tailpipe emissions smelled almost sweet, so it appeared the HHO was doing its job of reducing emissions while we got high mileage. The check engine light stayed off for 382 miles, or until we passed Washington; it went on as soon as we refilled the tank. Before we put Eddie's kit on last June, we registered 18.9mpg on his handheld dynanometer. We are using the EFIE from GreenGas Solutions LLC of Orlando.

Dec. 17 - During the trip, I stopped in Cheraw, S.C., which is a prosperous town about 60 miles west of 1-95, to meet with a trusted advisor on HHO issues, Ken Woodham. Ken has tested at least five different vendors' HHO kits, and is very careful about what he recommends for customers of his South Carolina Hybrids. He led us to a new handheld computer reporgrammer available for $350 from www.HHODEPOT.com. This device reportedly reprograms automobile computers through the ODB port like a handheld scanner reads trouble codes. We are anxious to hear from people who havbe tested it! We're also thankful to Ken for meeting with us on short notice, and for introducing us to some of the best Mexican food we've ever had!

Dec. 17 - We are issuing a call for seminar leaders at the HHO HOW-TO seminars on Mon., Feb. 9, 2009, at the Manatee Technical Institute. What we would like most is instructors who will build a kit from readily available parts duirng their seminars, while answering questions and providing instructions for later use. Patent attorney Jim Coleman is the first to sign up, for a 9AM session on Feb. 9.

Dec. 2 - Just got off the phone this minute with Dr. Mary Cantrell, Director of the Manatee Technical Institute, and she has confirmed for us the dates and facilities for the 2009 HHO Games & Exposition in Bradenton, Fla., to be held on the college grounds and in both the former Criminal Justice Academy and Leatherman Auditorium Feb. 7-9, with setup on Friday afternoon, Feb. 6. The site is located at 5603 34th St W. in Bradenton, a large, quiet town on the sunny Gulf Coast just across the Green Bridge from Palmetto, where the Veteran's Day event was held. The theme of this event is "HHO How-To", and it will focus not just on Vendors but on showing individuals how to create and/or perfect their own HHO Kits and computer solutions. It is intended to be somewhat smaller and more intimate than the first show. Vendors will have less competition and inventors will get more exposure.

-- From the HHO Archives