🚛💨 The First Prototype: A Glorious Failure with a Glimmer of Hope
Every great innovation starts with a bold idea, a few miscalculations, and a whole lot of trial and error. At Saarthi GreenTech, our journey was no different.
When we built our first-ever hydrogen system prototype, we had zero idea about power draw, heat dissipation, or real-world durability. All we knew was:
✅ Water + Electricity = Hydrogen Gas.
✅ Hydrogen + Diesel = More Efficiency (Hopefully).
✅ 40 Days of Hard Work = A Game-Changing Innovation (…or so we thought).
With HDPE blocks, steel plates, and a hand-assembled bubbler, our first system was ready for testing on a truck. What could possibly go wrong?
The Big Test: Excitement, Heat & a Sweating Driver
With high hopes, we mounted the system, connected it to the truck’s battery, filled it with water, and started the engine.
🚛💨 The truck moved.
💨 The bubbler started showing gas production—it was working!
For 5-7 kilometers, the system seemed to be functioning as expected. We saw signs that our concept might actually work!
And then… the reality check began.
🔥 Electrodes Were HOT!
We knew electrolysis would generate heat, but we completely underestimated how much. The steel plates inside were burning hot, and we realized we had no heat management in place.
💦 Leaks Everywhere!
While HDPE itself held up well, the seals around the chamber weren’t airtight. Soon, we had a hydrogen-wet mess instead of a high-efficiency fuel-saving system.
😓 The Driver Was Roasting!
As the truck kept running, the heat from the system turned the cabin into a sauna. By the time it returned, the driver was drenched in sweat and glaring at us like we’d invented a torture device instead of a fuel-saving system.
🔋 Battery? What Battery?
When the truck reached back and was switched off, we were about to celebrate—until we tried restarting the engine.
💀 The battery was completely drained.
Without a proper power management system, our HHO production had sucked the battery dry.
⏳ Final System Lifespan:
🛠️ Build time: 40 days
🚚 Operational time: 7 km
💀 Total time before failure: One truck ride + one dead battery
Prototype Was a Failure, But the Concept Worked!
We were poorer by a lot of money, but surprisingly richer in knowledge.
Despite the heat issues, leaks, and battery failure, we saw proof that hydrogen was being produced and entering the air intake, showing potential for fuel efficiency gains.
Instead of feeling defeated, we were energized to fix these problems and build the next version.
Little did we know, Version 2.0 would bring even more chaos (and some unexpected flames). 🔥😂
👉 Stay tuned for Part 2, where we try again—this time with better design, more confidence, and still no clue about heat dissipation.
🚀 Innovation isn’t easy. It just takes a few burnt electrodes, a sweating driver, and an empty bank account to get it right.
