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The production of the electrolyzer is wrong. It should be 667 g/s of hydrogen and 333 g/s of oxygen because the formula of water is H2O, so the water has 2 atoms of hydrogen and only one of oxygen. Hydrogen molecules is H2 and oxygen is O2 then the electrolyzer needs two molecules of water to produce one of oxygen but so it produces two of hydrogen. Making the math, the production of hydrogen must be double of oxygen.

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I think, for the sake of balancing its the way it is. 

If the ratio would be 2:1, we would have to much hydrogen-generators, and no need for anything else.

And we would need way more electroylzer to sustain a steady O2-flow. Which results in even more hydrogen...

Its a game...

Oxygen has a mass of 16u vs hydrogen 1u. For each 2 molecules of water 2x(1x2 +16) = 36 you get 2 molecules of hydrogen 2x2x1=4 and 1 molecule of oxygen 2x16=32. So the ratio is supposed to be 32 to 4 (or 8 to 1 for short). That`s what we are getting iirc.

Edit:  "u" is the atomic mass unit 1/12 of the C-12 isotope of carbon.

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