Dear Clifford, Any time there is electrical arcing there is some ozone released. It is that peculiar smell accompanying the sound and the flash. The amount released by the electrostatic filter will be pretty small but if you are really really dirty perhaps enough to increase the usual background levels to hazardous. There will often be a little released when a light switch sparks, the compressor of the fridge kicks on and other things. I don't know what it is about my television but I am occasionally aware of the smell of ozone when it has been running. These new electronic switches probably don't often create sparking as there are no mechanical parts or gaps in the switching mechanism, things like those touch switches.
There are a lot of things in our background environment which can be harmful, things like radon gas and carbon monoxide, things for which we do have a certain tolerance. Some will be able to tolerate more than will others. Everyone can tell a story about someone who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 80 years and died in a plane crash aged a hundred and certainly there are many out there with that history. Similarly, there are many who fear everything. The fact though that someone did tolerate high exposure to a substance for a lifetime and survived does not reassure me. Your filter may be harming you minimally with it's occasional arcing, on the other hand keeping animal dander and paper dust out of your lungs may well more than offset any ozone harm. ----- Original Message ----- From: clifford To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:14 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] ozone Dear List Members: Ozone is used quite extensively in bottled water to be sure no bacteria is introduced in to natural spring water which is free of little bugs from the outset. I am told that the amount introduced is such that it dissipates quickly but dealing a death blow to any microbes which may have been introduced during the bottling process. I have an electronic air filter at my office, and when there is a lot of arcing, when a larger piece of lent or what have you is sucked in, then it sounds like a bug whacker. When that happens, I am told that a bit of ozone is generated. A smell is also created for a brief time. I hope the levels are so low as to not be harmful. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5227 (20100624) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
