A while back I tried making up an ozonator doing this, but instead of breaking the glass of the outer bulb, I drilled a hole on the sides near both ends of the outer bulb. Figured I would use an aquarium pump to push air through. Results were a lot of ozone (smell) as the lamp was firing up, then seems like hardly any after that. Very disappointing. This wasn't a new lamp so that might have had something to do with it?
Note that the outer glass gets VERY hot. As for the warnings about avoiding eye contact with UV, you will be very very miserable if you sunburn your eyes with UV. Been there, done that, and not again. Ron KC7ZWA Alvin Rose wrote: > > Marshall > what amount of ozone level do you think this unit would put out. > I have one ready to experiment with but didn.t realize the uv > output would be high. > A.rose > > At 01:10 PM 4/3/00 -0400, you wrote: > >I cannot emphasize enough the danger to the eyes if a mercury vapor bulb > >is viewed > >for only a second or two without the outer uv filter (bulb). > > > >I remember reading about the outer bulb breaking on a bulb in a large > >ampitheater, and the hundreds of people who ended up having to get medical > >attention for their eyes afterward, even though they were 100 or more feet > >away > >from it. > > > >Marshall > > > >Todd Horton wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 01:30:43 EDT, you wrote: > > > > > > >>Joe G, > > > >> > > > >>It was suggested by a friend that one could use the filament and > > fixture for > > > >>a mercury gas type pole light as a cheap ozonator. Any thoughts from > > > >>the > > > >>techies? > > > >> > > > >>Jules > > > >From my save folder.............. > > > > > > Go get a mercury vapor yard light. I think you can get a complete > > > fixture, > > > ballast, bulb and all for about 20 bucks at most of the home > > > improvement > > > stores. Break the OUTER envelope of the bulb, but do not damage the > > > smaller, > > > inner bulb. The small bulb is the actual Mercury vapor lamp. Fire > > > 'er up, and > > > you'll have a copious source of UV radiation, guaranteed to blister > > > your > > > eyeballs in a few seconds, (seriously!) or sunburn your skin in just a > > > few > > > minutes. Enclose the lamp in a light-tight box, and arrange for a > > > small fan to > > > blow air through the box. Voila`! Instant Ozone! (Also erases Eproms > > > very > > > well.) > > > > > > -- > > > Ralph W5JGV > > > > > > ICQ 8514638 > > > ralph.hartw...@worldnet.att.net > > > http://home.att.net/~ralph.hartwell > > > Home of the Rife Biomedical Research Web Ring > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
