Well Folks, after 4 long days of learning, meeting, greeting and networking, we survived the HHO Games in Palmetto, FL! (Yaaaayyyy!)
Today was a magical day culminating 3 days of hard work into a perfect ending. We started with a good breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then headed down to the Manatee Technical Institute in Bradenton.
At 10am we started the "round table" panel with Michael Lombardi, Zero Fossil Fuels, Larry Jarbo and Professor Cliff Ricketts. Prof. Ricketts has been researching and working with hydrogen since the 1970s. In fact, all 4 panel speakers have been involved in alternative energy since the '70s and thus were chosen as the most qualified for Q&A from the audience.
Most of it was good, until it started getting way too technical and honestly, out of our scope. But we learned a lot and I took very good notes.
The best part of the day was the final networking we did with the pros that won the awards. It was like we were family after 4 days. There was definitely some bonding that happened here.
Okay, enough with the sappy stuff......I just miss Chelsea like crazy. Can't wait to get home!
The winners:
Most Innovative HHO System:
Mr. Bruce Wycoff - FireWater Fuel Cells
Best Kit:
James Watkins Most Promising New Kit:Green Hybrid Systems of Chicago, IL
Best EFIE (Electronic Fuel Injection Enhancer):
Julio and Effrain from Green Gas Solutions, with their "Aero Box", which I'll be installing on my BMW when I get home.
Best Installation:
Ralph Grugar from Mileage Seekers HHO
and (drum roll....)
THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS.....
JIM TARANTOLA & HIGH PERFORMANCE FUEL CELLS, INC!
Jim and Ozzie and I (with Todd, his installer) all talked at length with Michael Lombardi and Julio from Green Gas Solutions. Our 4 companies will be working together to make some big advancements and with Water4Gas, they will have big backing!
Now I can come home to my beautiful Chelsea and all my friends whom I miss. I want to get to work and make life happen for everyone!
Love,
Ari
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Day 3 of HHO Games
The winner of the HHO Games "Best Innovative HHO System" was announced today at 10am at the Manatee County Fairgrounds. Jim Tarantola of High Performance Fuel Cells gave Joe Shae a giant bear hug when he was announced in front of 50 or so vendors. Jim and his crew have come to the Games from several states to show their innovative hydrogen generators and other applications.
Jim's basic cell design is more complex than most of the cells we've seen, yet still easy enough for the layperson to install or at least understand and operate. In fact, it doesn't need to be maintained nearly as much as any system we've seen.
Jim starts with a series of stainless steel plates placed one after the other, back to back. Between each plate is a high-quality gasket to prevent leaking. At both ends (see the pic) are thick, transparent plastic with heavy duty bolts that hold the cell together. Then he wraps the plates with a protective coating to keep them insulated. This "exposed plate" design is great, as it keeps the electrolyte flowing through the cell and back into a reservoir that also acts as a bubbler. The electrolyte is sucked through a water pump, into the cell where it turns into HHO and then pushed with the remaining water into the bubbler. At the top of the bubbler is another hose that vents the HHO into the engine.
Our system was placed in the trunk as there was no space under the hood. Jim also included a cooling fan that keeps the unit under 100 degrees Fahrenheit and a digital temperature gauge. In the cockpit is a pulse width modulator which can be varied to increase or decrease the frequency and thus the output of the cell. We have it currently set on 75% maximum output.
Sound confusing? This is for consumers who want a professional system. Jim and his crew claim an average of 35-50% increases with no modifications to the ECU. Why? Simple. Using the PWM, they can "dial in" the right amount of HHO production and by simply smelling the exhaust, they can find the "perfect" ratio of HHO to fuel. This keeps the HHO production within the limitations and parameters of the ECU and doesn't throw any codes. The result is an efficient, maintenance-free fuel cell that looks nice enough to show to NASA.
I am in no way telling you to get this product, as we haven't even tested it yet. But our job is to help people learn about this stuff. If we like it over the long-haul back to LA, we'll promote Jim's company on our website along with others we see as professionals who meet our qualifications. If you want to see what those qualifications are, check out Water4Gas.com.
During the time that Ozzie was working with Jim on the install, I was attending a seminar hosted by Bill and Tom Lang of Gulf Laboratories. The title of this seminar was, "HHO, the history". It was quite fun and it ended with Joe Shae asking me to tell how Water4Gas become the number 1 water-fuel promoter in the world.
Tomorrow is the last day of the HHO Games. We will be attending one final "round table" panel of pro's at the Manatee Technical Institute for a 6-hour seminar and then wrap up the day with a meeting with High Performance Fuel Cells to talk about expansion and getting them up and running.
If you are interested in looking at their stuff, check out www.highperformancefuelcells.com
Ari
Jim's basic cell design is more complex than most of the cells we've seen, yet still easy enough for the layperson to install or at least understand and operate. In fact, it doesn't need to be maintained nearly as much as any system we've seen.
Jim starts with a series of stainless steel plates placed one after the other, back to back. Between each plate is a high-quality gasket to prevent leaking. At both ends (see the pic) are thick, transparent plastic with heavy duty bolts that hold the cell together. Then he wraps the plates with a protective coating to keep them insulated. This "exposed plate" design is great, as it keeps the electrolyte flowing through the cell and back into a reservoir that also acts as a bubbler. The electrolyte is sucked through a water pump, into the cell where it turns into HHO and then pushed with the remaining water into the bubbler. At the top of the bubbler is another hose that vents the HHO into the engine.
Our system was placed in the trunk as there was no space under the hood. Jim also included a cooling fan that keeps the unit under 100 degrees Fahrenheit and a digital temperature gauge. In the cockpit is a pulse width modulator which can be varied to increase or decrease the frequency and thus the output of the cell. We have it currently set on 75% maximum output.
Sound confusing? This is for consumers who want a professional system. Jim and his crew claim an average of 35-50% increases with no modifications to the ECU. Why? Simple. Using the PWM, they can "dial in" the right amount of HHO production and by simply smelling the exhaust, they can find the "perfect" ratio of HHO to fuel. This keeps the HHO production within the limitations and parameters of the ECU and doesn't throw any codes. The result is an efficient, maintenance-free fuel cell that looks nice enough to show to NASA.
I am in no way telling you to get this product, as we haven't even tested it yet. But our job is to help people learn about this stuff. If we like it over the long-haul back to LA, we'll promote Jim's company on our website along with others we see as professionals who meet our qualifications. If you want to see what those qualifications are, check out Water4Gas.com.
During the time that Ozzie was working with Jim on the install, I was attending a seminar hosted by Bill and Tom Lang of Gulf Laboratories. The title of this seminar was, "HHO, the history". It was quite fun and it ended with Joe Shae asking me to tell how Water4Gas become the number 1 water-fuel promoter in the world.
Tomorrow is the last day of the HHO Games. We will be attending one final "round table" panel of pro's at the Manatee Technical Institute for a 6-hour seminar and then wrap up the day with a meeting with High Performance Fuel Cells to talk about expansion and getting them up and running.
If you are interested in looking at their stuff, check out www.highperformancefuelcells.com
Ari
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Day 2 of HHO Games
Wow, today was quite an experience of unity and camaraderie. Many professionals met for two 3-hour seminars: "HHO and Patent Law" and "Controlling the ECU".
The first seminar was boring but needed. There are a lot of people in this industry now that consider themselves professionals and want to expand into a full-fledged business. It's important to understand patents and how they work.
The second seminar was awesome! I learned a lot of tech stuff that I was not clear on regarding the ECU (Electronic Control Unit, or on-board computers) on cars. We all have a lot of work to do, but there are some major movements forwarding the ideal scene which is complete acceptance of HHO from the ECU.
I purchased a unit that I will test on my BMW when I get back home and see if it works like I think it will. Nevertheless, we had a jam-packed day of learning and of course more teaching too. I talked to many more newcomers--even at the hotel and the local restaurant.
Some more good news: The HHO Games was featured in the local newspaper today! Check out the article here:
http://www.bradenton.com/news/story/1025274.html
See you tomorrow!
Ari
The first seminar was boring but needed. There are a lot of people in this industry now that consider themselves professionals and want to expand into a full-fledged business. It's important to understand patents and how they work.
The second seminar was awesome! I learned a lot of tech stuff that I was not clear on regarding the ECU (Electronic Control Unit, or on-board computers) on cars. We all have a lot of work to do, but there are some major movements forwarding the ideal scene which is complete acceptance of HHO from the ECU.
I purchased a unit that I will test on my BMW when I get back home and see if it works like I think it will. Nevertheless, we had a jam-packed day of learning and of course more teaching too. I talked to many more newcomers--even at the hotel and the local restaurant.
Some more good news: The HHO Games was featured in the local newspaper today! Check out the article here:
http://www.bradenton.com/news/story/1025274.html
See you tomorrow!
Ari
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Day 1 of HHO Games
Whew, what a day!
We got up at 6am and made it down to the Manatee Fairgrounds by 7:30am. Although we were not the first to arrive, we got a great spot to park our Jetta under a huge outside tent that is permanently set up for trade shows, swap meets, etc. There were over 2300 people there and probably close to 50 vendors. It was like a giant "Mecca" event, with 10 times the energy.
While we were setting up for our presentation, many vendors were already busy demonstrating their hydrogen generators and fuel-saving products to hundreds of visitors.
At 10am Sean Thau was introduced by Joe Shae and did a great job selling the dream of the industry and our mission to lead the water-fuel movement and help other businesses grow. I talked for a few minutes then brought up Ozzie who continued to explain our role.
We spent the afternoon meeting many vendors and talking tech with tons of people. Ozzie and I talked to so many vendors and water-fuel / hydrogen gurus that my head is still spinning! We even saw a seminar from a famous YouTuber who has over 150 videos that show people how hydrogen on demand works!
The best part was gathering identities and seeing all the new tech stuff that we had not seen before. There is still a lot to digest but we found some great things that we are excited to follow up on.
After the show we went out for pizza and met up with about 10 others and talked for hours about the new inventions and the way of the future for our vital industry.
Tomorrow is another day and more to come!
We got up at 6am and made it down to the Manatee Fairgrounds by 7:30am. Although we were not the first to arrive, we got a great spot to park our Jetta under a huge outside tent that is permanently set up for trade shows, swap meets, etc. There were over 2300 people there and probably close to 50 vendors. It was like a giant "Mecca" event, with 10 times the energy.
While we were setting up for our presentation, many vendors were already busy demonstrating their hydrogen generators and fuel-saving products to hundreds of visitors.
At 10am Sean Thau was introduced by Joe Shae and did a great job selling the dream of the industry and our mission to lead the water-fuel movement and help other businesses grow. I talked for a few minutes then brought up Ozzie who continued to explain our role.
We spent the afternoon meeting many vendors and talking tech with tons of people. Ozzie and I talked to so many vendors and water-fuel / hydrogen gurus that my head is still spinning! We even saw a seminar from a famous YouTuber who has over 150 videos that show people how hydrogen on demand works!
The best part was gathering identities and seeing all the new tech stuff that we had not seen before. There is still a lot to digest but we found some great things that we are excited to follow up on.
After the show we went out for pizza and met up with about 10 others and talked for hours about the new inventions and the way of the future for our vital industry.
Tomorrow is another day and more to come!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Clearwater, FL
Well folks, sorry for the delay.
Our drive from Kenner, Louisiana to Clearwater was less than exciting. We got the bright idea to drive straight through from New Orleans to C.W. without stopping for rest. Needless to say, we were tired by the time we got here at 11am on Friday. After driving all through the night and getting a speeding ticket for going 33 mph in a school zone by the local Sheriff in some crappy little town in nowhereland, we had a nice late breakfast with Sean Thau, our Marketing Director in Tampa.
Sean is awesome! He put us up in his nice condo which we are very thankful for. He showed us the town and even took Ozzie to the local health food store so we could replenish our malnurished, road-worn bodies.
After a day of working on the website, I was beat and wanted to rest. Sean took me to downtown C.W. and showed me the big church buildings, the beautiful bridges and ocean and then we ate dinner at the Columbian Restaurant, which has great food and scenery.
This morning we got up early and made breakfast, after I went for a nice 4 mile run. We then loaded up the Jetta and took a trip downtown for our Demo. What a beautiful demo it was! Probably the best one yet.
Sean Thau is a great public speaker and host. He put on a wonderful introduction and treated the guests so well, I felt like we were at a trade show! After a couple of hours of presentation, we had lunch at the local deli and wound up staying there until almost 6pm meeting with Bill Lang, Joe Shea and other leaders who will be helping us. Tomorrow we will be working more on the website and preparing for the HHO Games on Tuesday.
This is about to get awesome!!!!!
Our drive from Kenner, Louisiana to Clearwater was less than exciting. We got the bright idea to drive straight through from New Orleans to C.W. without stopping for rest. Needless to say, we were tired by the time we got here at 11am on Friday. After driving all through the night and getting a speeding ticket for going 33 mph in a school zone by the local Sheriff in some crappy little town in nowhereland, we had a nice late breakfast with Sean Thau, our Marketing Director in Tampa.
Sean is awesome! He put us up in his nice condo which we are very thankful for. He showed us the town and even took Ozzie to the local health food store so we could replenish our malnurished, road-worn bodies.
After a day of working on the website, I was beat and wanted to rest. Sean took me to downtown C.W. and showed me the big church buildings, the beautiful bridges and ocean and then we ate dinner at the Columbian Restaurant, which has great food and scenery.
This morning we got up early and made breakfast, after I went for a nice 4 mile run. We then loaded up the Jetta and took a trip downtown for our Demo. What a beautiful demo it was! Probably the best one yet.
Sean Thau is a great public speaker and host. He put on a wonderful introduction and treated the guests so well, I felt like we were at a trade show! After a couple of hours of presentation, we had lunch at the local deli and wound up staying there until almost 6pm meeting with Bill Lang, Joe Shea and other leaders who will be helping us. Tomorrow we will be working more on the website and preparing for the HHO Games on Tuesday.
This is about to get awesome!!!!!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Louisiana: "Noo-Aw-Lins"
Blues, soul food, southern hospitality, a beautiful skyline: New Orleans! And here I thought the whole city was wiped off the map from Katrina only to find out that it's very much alive and kicking southern butt!
Our drive from Arlington, TX to New Orleans took about 10 hours plus stops. We left TX at 8:00am and arrived just in the nick of time at Jerry LaBella's auto shop for our 7:30pm presentations.
Jerry and Keith had seats set up and an audience waiting, a table with gadgets for folks to look at, and a whole bunch of yummy sandwiches from a local deli for all to eat. Jerry offered us cold beers, which we respectfully declined as we had 13 more hours of driving to do before we are done for the "day".
The laid-back do-it-yourself crowd was very receptive with lots of questions about marketing and of course technical issues. After the presentation and talk about the new Membership, we looked at the cars and hung around for about an hour.
A specail note: my beautiful fiance', Chelsea is back home running the office and working like mad on the website and coordinating our trip with Shannon and Sean. I want to thank them all for being so awesome! Also Crena for running our phones and pushing the crusade and Vanessa for helping our members in this critical time. We have such a great team!
Okay, enough mushy stuff! Chelsea's brother's girlfriend, Misty is from "Noo-Aw-Lins" and invited her cousin, Jerry down. Jerry and I spoke and he'll be getting involved too. I got to learn from Jerry about the craziness that ensued after Katrina and how he defended his house from would-be looters. Sounds like quite an adventure! He wanted to show Ozzie and I the city, but we had to hit the road en route to Clearwater, FL.
We are now driving along a very, very dark highway as I type this. It's after midnight and we're somewhere in Mississippi. Never been here before! Too bad I can't see anything. Oh well, this is business, not pleasure, right? Wrong! I love my "job"...... --Ari
Our drive from Arlington, TX to New Orleans took about 10 hours plus stops. We left TX at 8:00am and arrived just in the nick of time at Jerry LaBella's auto shop for our 7:30pm presentations.
Jerry and Keith had seats set up and an audience waiting, a table with gadgets for folks to look at, and a whole bunch of yummy sandwiches from a local deli for all to eat. Jerry offered us cold beers, which we respectfully declined as we had 13 more hours of driving to do before we are done for the "day".
The laid-back do-it-yourself crowd was very receptive with lots of questions about marketing and of course technical issues. After the presentation and talk about the new Membership, we looked at the cars and hung around for about an hour.
A specail note: my beautiful fiance', Chelsea is back home running the office and working like mad on the website and coordinating our trip with Shannon and Sean. I want to thank them all for being so awesome! Also Crena for running our phones and pushing the crusade and Vanessa for helping our members in this critical time. We have such a great team!
Okay, enough mushy stuff! Chelsea's brother's girlfriend, Misty is from "Noo-Aw-Lins" and invited her cousin, Jerry down. Jerry and I spoke and he'll be getting involved too. I got to learn from Jerry about the craziness that ensued after Katrina and how he defended his house from would-be looters. Sounds like quite an adventure! He wanted to show Ozzie and I the city, but we had to hit the road en route to Clearwater, FL.
We are now driving along a very, very dark highway as I type this. It's after midnight and we're somewhere in Mississippi. Never been here before! Too bad I can't see anything. Oh well, this is business, not pleasure, right? Wrong! I love my "job"...... --Ari
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The Texas event
Hey, Y'all!
I'm starting to get a Texas southern drawl.
Today we worked more on our new website and hashed out quite a lot of things that were coming up. At 7:30 pm we had a great event in Grand Prairie, TX. This is a city in the Dallas county area. The event was hosted by James & Peggy Furgeson of GreenEarthHelpPlace.com. James was awesome and really is a great story teller. Being in Texas, they do everything BIGGER. Everyone stayed late and we met lots of good people.
Well, it's late and we got to get up soon to leave to Kenner, Louisiana at 6am. A lot of people are interested in the new program and showing a genuine sinercerity in our mission. We'll use all the help we can get.
I'm starting to get a Texas southern drawl.
Today we worked more on our new website and hashed out quite a lot of things that were coming up. At 7:30 pm we had a great event in Grand Prairie, TX. This is a city in the Dallas county area. The event was hosted by James & Peggy Furgeson of GreenEarthHelpPlace.com. James was awesome and really is a great story teller. Being in Texas, they do everything BIGGER. Everyone stayed late and we met lots of good people.
Well, it's late and we got to get up soon to leave to Kenner, Louisiana at 6am. A lot of people are interested in the new program and showing a genuine sinercerity in our mission. We'll use all the help we can get.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Albuquerque, NM
November 3rd, 2008:
While the media is going nuts over the election, we were driving our Jetta across the peaceful deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. The terrain went from prickly-pear-studded red-rock to thick forest to barren desert in only 300 miles.We arrived in Albuquerque, NM at 5pm Mountain Time and checked in to our hotel.
I had been singing this one song in my head the whole week and since we had a couple of hours before the show, I decided to venture out to get the CD. The artist is Jason Mraz. The song: "I'm Yours". I wound up getting two CDs as I liked his music so much.
Anyway, the event went very nicely. We met at a local restaurant called, "Wings & Things", which is owned by Matt--brother of the local Water4Gas manufacturer / installer, Mike. There were over 20 people there and more came as we all mingled.
The good thing about having several cars to look at, is that I don't have to do all the talking! Other Water4Gasians proudly showed their hybrids and told of the results. Maybe it's the fresh desert air, but these New Mexico people are getting great results! One guy doubled his mileage on a 2003 F-250 Turbo Diesel with one large electrolyzer! Another guy doubled his mileage on a 1990 suped-up Mustang GT!
After two hours of talking and networking, Ozzie and I headed back to the hotel. En route, we found a news crew on the side of the road doing a story on......the elections. We waited until they were done then showed them the Jetta. Let's just say that Chris Ramirez from KOAT 7 New Mexico is going to be seeing more of us soon! If anyone in NM wants to show him what hydrogen can do, let me know and we'll set something up.
Well, gotta do more work on the website to prep for the big weekend. I'll post some pics tonight too.
Tomorrow we're off to Arlington, Texas! Yeeee haaw! - Ari
While the media is going nuts over the election, we were driving our Jetta across the peaceful deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. The terrain went from prickly-pear-studded red-rock to thick forest to barren desert in only 300 miles.We arrived in Albuquerque, NM at 5pm Mountain Time and checked in to our hotel.
I had been singing this one song in my head the whole week and since we had a couple of hours before the show, I decided to venture out to get the CD. The artist is Jason Mraz. The song: "I'm Yours". I wound up getting two CDs as I liked his music so much.
Anyway, the event went very nicely. We met at a local restaurant called, "Wings & Things", which is owned by Matt--brother of the local Water4Gas manufacturer / installer, Mike. There were over 20 people there and more came as we all mingled.
The good thing about having several cars to look at, is that I don't have to do all the talking! Other Water4Gasians proudly showed their hybrids and told of the results. Maybe it's the fresh desert air, but these New Mexico people are getting great results! One guy doubled his mileage on a 2003 F-250 Turbo Diesel with one large electrolyzer! Another guy doubled his mileage on a 1990 suped-up Mustang GT!
After two hours of talking and networking, Ozzie and I headed back to the hotel. En route, we found a news crew on the side of the road doing a story on......the elections. We waited until they were done then showed them the Jetta. Let's just say that Chris Ramirez from KOAT 7 New Mexico is going to be seeing more of us soon! If anyone in NM wants to show him what hydrogen can do, let me know and we'll set something up.
Well, gotta do more work on the website to prep for the big weekend. I'll post some pics tonight too.
Tomorrow we're off to Arlington, Texas! Yeeee haaw! - Ari
Saturday, November 1, 2008
No rest for the wicked....
Saturday, November 1st, 2008. 5:45pm
I am sitting at a big, round table in an "adobe palace" in Phoenix, AZ as I type today's blog. Ozzie's friend, who he knew from the old "sell-an-e-book-and-give-away-a-kit" days put us up in his house for the night. Very nice.
Okay, today was interesting. Not exactly as planned, but productive nonetheless. We started the day with some good, strong coffee and then headed down to a large office / warehouse where EDC (Energy Development Center) is engineering many "free energy" device. Of note was a 1975 prototype car that was built by a business partner of Ozzie's friend. This car got 72 miles per gallon AVERAGE on diesel in 1975!
After the tour, we headed down to Indian School Rd to set up for our 1pm event. We had some time to kill, as the radio show guy seems to have vanished into thin air. So we had lunch and then were greeted back at the park by 8-10 early-comers!
The demo was great. We had more people here than at Reno and everyone stayed for hours! We were there until almost 4pm and met many new faces. We got another 25 names for our pre-registration and have a meeting tomorrow with Slav and Mike of EDC to go over more expansion.
That's it for now. I'm tired, but excited! I'm going to work a bit on the website with Ozzie and then maybe take a couple of ours off.
See ya, Ari
I am sitting at a big, round table in an "adobe palace" in Phoenix, AZ as I type today's blog. Ozzie's friend, who he knew from the old "sell-an-e-book-and-give-away-a-kit" days put us up in his house for the night. Very nice.
Okay, today was interesting. Not exactly as planned, but productive nonetheless. We started the day with some good, strong coffee and then headed down to a large office / warehouse where EDC (Energy Development Center) is engineering many "free energy" device. Of note was a 1975 prototype car that was built by a business partner of Ozzie's friend. This car got 72 miles per gallon AVERAGE on diesel in 1975!
After the tour, we headed down to Indian School Rd to set up for our 1pm event. We had some time to kill, as the radio show guy seems to have vanished into thin air. So we had lunch and then were greeted back at the park by 8-10 early-comers!
The demo was great. We had more people here than at Reno and everyone stayed for hours! We were there until almost 4pm and met many new faces. We got another 25 names for our pre-registration and have a meeting tomorrow with Slav and Mike of EDC to go over more expansion.
That's it for now. I'm tired, but excited! I'm going to work a bit on the website with Ozzie and then maybe take a couple of ours off.
See ya, Ari
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