I'm surprised that the "air cleaners" did not come with a warning to effect that Ozone generators will damage and/or attack rubber and that such unit should be used with care and not for extended periods of time.
The "cleaners" will also attack the condenser coils in air conditioning units when the ozone produced combines with the moisture on the coils.
The above warnings were given with the Ozone unit which I purchased.
I have a rather large unit which I use very sparingly to remove certain cooking aromas and originally purchased to remove the aroma of the "wildfires of '98" from my house in Florida.
Just remember that too much of anything, well most everything, is not good.
73,
Jay/AF2C
At 11:56 AM 1/2/06 -0800, you wrote:
FYI. There have been reports that the so-called electronic air cleaners that emit "negative ions" damage rubber products in short order. For example a pinch roller on a 6 mo old VCR that aged 20 years or a one-month-old drive belt that was crumbling. Other reports are of rapidly failing rubber seals windows and disintegrating carpet pads. What was in common with all these reports were various models of negative-ion air cleaners that had been recently installed. It seems that the ions penetrate every crevice and will attack rubber.
Denny AE6C
