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 -----
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/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
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