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Pretty counterintuitive that in order to make UV less dangerous for humans, you can make it more ionizing. Anyway, I'd expect problems with degradation/yellowing of plastics, bleaching of everything in range, and massive issues with indoor ozone and some other forms of air pollution
I'm a little confused about the ozone because I know multiple people that have literal ozone makers in their home.
people are fucking morons, i guess they got sold on altmed hype on this one (mostly)
So then it's perfect in homes where we are using bulbs that output deadly UV rays!
Right, but only a little bit in occupied spaces is safe. Takes a lot to oxidize stable compounds.
Can you elaborate a little more? I used to have an ozone generator but, and it's been a long time, it seemed that at useful levels it would be dangerous but what are "small quantities"? I have however found them useful to be used at high power for a short time to clear a car or house of smoke of pet odor (unoccupied of course).
I use the pool ones to keep water tanks sterile with an ORP meter for control and that seems to work well but it is extremely corrosive. It breaks down really fast though so I don't think it's causing any harm... Is it?
Thanks for reply but yeah we are in agreement. That's why I quit using it like 2 decades ago. If it can destroy organic matter that obviously includes ours.
I was just curious on the quantity thing. A general air blown ozone generator will not hurt if at low power. It obviously won't provide any benefits either. But for water it's useful so was curious if you knew something i didn't.
On topic - a powerful UV lamp (not something you'd want to hit your eyes) in your central AC is still very useful. Airborne stuff, mold spores, etc. at a minimum it keeps the coils clean.
I run the ozone machine for a half hour or an hour here and there, when nobody is around, and in spaces that are well ventilated afterward. What sort of radicals?