Re: [drakelist] Electronic air cleaners damage rubber
Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Ozone is quite poisonous, those air-refresheners produce ions. One way to create ozone is with a sparkgap, standing next to a sparking generator you can smell the ozone as well. Ionized air is simply negativly charged molecules where creating ozone combines severeal oxygen atoms. Or someting like that :-) //Greg -- Submissions:drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net --
[drakelist] Electronic air cleaners damage rubber
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
Re: [drakelist] Electronic air cleaners damage rubber
Ron Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Okay, let me see if I can show my ignorance. Negative Ions and Ozone are the same thing? O know that O3 is a very reactive oxygen molecule, and will more or less bleach anything it comes in contact with. My understanding is that Ozone in any amount is not generally good. OTOH hand I am not exactly sure what a negative ion is. The above warnings were given with the Ozone unit which I purchased. 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 -- Submissions:drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net --
Fw: [drakelist] Electronic air cleaners damage rubber
Ozone is not so good for the lungs, either. Good idea to stay out of the room/house while using one to remove odors. Grif, KF4JG - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dennis Monticelli Cc: drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] Electronic air cleaners damage rubber Denny -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/AF2CAt 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
Re: [drakelist] Electronic air cleaners damage rubber
Jason Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Dennis Monticelli 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 Hmmm... dunno about that one. I have a couple Trion console units and one of the Sharper Image models too - had 'em for nearly 10 years and I never had any trouble with anything, rubber or otherwise. The conductivity of the air (high humidity) helps produce more ozone so perhaps a humid southern climate is the cause and effect. The Trion units will far exceed the capability of the sharper image stuff but no ill effects here. Laser printers that get used a lot produce tremendous amounts of ozone but how many secretaries complain about their rubber bands falling apart? hi I have the little wall plugin ozonator that came with the sharper image unit in the shack - none of the rubber bands on stuff in the shack is rotting and i've had it for 4 years. 73 Jason N1SU -- Jason Buchanan - Boxboro, MA Website: http://n1su.com/ -- Submissions:drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net --
