Excellent. I appreciate all of the input. In the past, I've used UV sterylizers
in my marine aquaria, but never really had a need for indoor air purification.
Now I do, so I'm examining my options. First a few points/questions...
* very high voltages are required to create O3, correct?
* UV light between certain nanometers creates O3?
* This ozone light could also be harmful to people, as well as eliminating
airborne pathogens?
A side note, I think that the ozone light brags about its safety, and, in fact,
states that it doesn't actually create O3.
Thanks,
Luke
Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes ozone is a sterilizer and
it is also unhealthy to breathe. High voltage arcs produce ozone and also
produce nitrogen oxides which are not healthy. Mercury arc lamps produce enough
UV to make ozone for sure. So does a laser printer. Usually arc lamps have an
outer envelope to keep air away from the actual bulb. UV lamps bright enough
to make O3 are dangerous to the eyes. What else about ozone....let's see,
ozone disolved in hot deionized water is hell on wheels for anything organic.
Works like gang busters as a cleaner for semiconductor wafers. Environmentally
freindly! Liquid ozone is something like nitroglycerine, watch out for that one
when using cryogenic pumps with oxygen plasmas. Warm them slowly with a
nitrogen purge....don't let that ball of frozen ozone melt and drip or we'll
see you in the next world. I suppose liquid ozone would beat liquid oxygen for
starting a barbeque...lol Don't try this at
home kids.
Fun with ozone....
Joe
Jeromie Reeves wrote:
UV light (when powerful enough) can sterilize many things. There are a
number of water plants that use UV for
sterilizing. I dunno about the "Ozone Lights" doing much good on the O3
side (namely, is O3 a sterilizing agent?).
I think there are better ways to make O3 such as direct electrical arc
(jacobs ladder). Some ion machines also
produce O3.
Luke Hansen wrote:
Hello all,
I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything
about the effects of these "Ozone Lights." I guess
that they don't actually create O3, but they do kill
airborne pathogens. Most of the online literature that
I've found goes back to one study that showed this
light effective in killing E. Coli bacteria in
clinical trials. Anyone have experiences with this, or
anything similiar?
Thanks,
Luke
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