Hi Kathryn, What about a hepa filter 'High Efficiency Particulate Air' vacuum cleaner as well as a more general household hepa filter; Honeywell makes a bunch of these, though I don't know their real - as opposed to advertised - quality. Industrial strength filters are available for applications such as laminar flow hoods with Guarantees of less than one percent of particles under a micron or so size at very low pressure drop across the filter; if I remember correctly, five to ten microns is considered the worst for us mammals w/lungs. Another thought; though common household bleach (Blech!) has a bad rep in many applications, it is about the most effective household disinfectant that dissipates in a reasonable amount of time. Ammonia? Hhmmm, De gustibus non disputandum. "After it dries, a week or so"? Hhmm again. Cut down on spore dispersal, suck em up while they're a wee bit damp and bound to their companion particles. After all, the trick is not just to kill nasty little life-forms, but to rid your environment of nasty little dead particles left over from god-knows-what nasty little things whether they grew on-site or arrived otherwise.
In Almost ALL microwave ovens there is a resistor across the terminals of the high voltage capacitor, called a "bleeder resistor" and put there solely to 'bleed off" the high voltage. There's no sure thing about this, but a competent small appliance repair shop or TV tech. should be able to verify it's there or not, and still functioning or not. Alternatively, the knowledgeable adventurous can take a screwdriver with a good uncracked plastic handle and a piece of insulated electrical wire w/alligator clips on the ends, clip one alligator to the metal blade of the screwdriver, other end to the metal chassis of the microwave oven innards (that's just to reduce the possibility of becoming a bleeder resistor yourself) and touch the metal blade of the screwdriver between both the terminals of the capacitor. If you're not sure what a capacitor looks like, forget the whole crazy idea, it's not worth getting zapped! Other safety hints, stand on dry cardboard, a couple of thicknesses, wear rubber gloves and -soled shoes, one hand behind your back, don't lean on the counter or sink, etc., etc. "thimk! Snile!!" Some other options; ionic air filters or static precipitators, not just the negative ion generators, which are nice but hardly up to whole room air cleaning, whatever they say; however any of these address the problem of non-biological toxic particles. Almost any surface finish like paint or varnish can be a prob, you probably know most of this stuff already. To get a look at what else may help, check out what commercial mushroom growers go through to prevent contamination. After all, they provide ideal environments for not only their own preferred portobellos but any other wild species of fungal or mycobacterial spore that drifts in to set up it's version of reproduction in paradise. On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 15:45 -0500, Clayton Family wrote: > Dear List, > > I am trying to rid my house of airborne toxins. These may have > accumulated in the inner working of the microwave as they did in the > fridge. One way to detoxify these things (according to Dr Croft, a > pathologist) is to spray them down liberally with ammonia solution and > let it dry thoroughly (days, a week or even 2). So it seems to me that > this would be inherently hazardous where a MW oven is concerned what > with the HV storage capacitor or whatever. I can't think of any good > way to do it. > > It may well be healthier to just get a new one. Simpler for certain, > but where is the fun in that? Maybe there is a cheap one at Menards or > something. > > Thanks, Kathryn > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
