RE: Need Ozone

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Original poster: "Mike Wood by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <mike.wood-at-opennw-dot-com>


Go easy with that ozone!  I know there's a hole in the ozone layer (and
don't we know about it in NZ!) so the impression is we don't have enough,
but that's not true of ground-level ozone.  At ground level ozone is bad for
people, animals, plants and stuff like plastics that are susceptible to
free-radical attack (ozone's very reactive).  It helps form smog and is
implicated in the surge in asthma attacks and respiratory distress and stuff
you see after hot still spells in the city.

OSHA says:
Ozone, a colorless gas with pungent odor, is formed around electrical
sources such as copying machines and ultraviolet generators. (ahem.  for
instance :) ) Ozone is irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.
Respiratory signs and symptoms of exposure to ozone become more severe as
the concentration of ozone increases in the air. 

and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (just the next thing
Google turned up) reckons
High concentrations of ozone can cause shortness of breath, coughing,
wheezing, headaches, nausea, eye and throat irritation, and lung damage. 
Materials damaged by ozone include rubber, nylon, plastics, dyes, and
paints. Also, many food crops are damaged by ground-level ozone each year.


So I guess you should always coil somewhere well-ventilated.  If you're off
making ozone on purpose then I spose that doesn't apply, but you need to
make sure you can expose whatever you're ozonising(?) (like well-water)
without getting too much of a dose yourself.  And keep an eye on any plastic
fittings or supports or anything you're using - they'll tend to get brittle
after a bit.


Cheers anyway

Mike



-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 02 April 2001 10:37
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Need Ozone


Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Long before we had a working coil we were making Ozone. Back when we were in

Grand Rapids we had a tom of OBITs and such (this is just before we learned 
about NST's). The easiest way to make LOTS of ozone is to find an old 
flouresant tube, wrap it loosely with wire (about 1" between turns, any AWG 
will work from 10 to 28) down the length of the tube.

Hook the end of the wire to one leg of the NST, hook the other leg of the 
NST to one of the end terminals of the tube. Instant ozone generator.

Also, if you hook a METAL (yes, some freak invented a plastic version too) 
"Slinky" stretched out, to one side of an NST and suspend a wire down the 
middle you'll get a ton of Ozone and corona.

You're using this to treat well water? I thought you needed copious amounts 
of UV light to do that, not nessecarily O3. /be careful of the HV-Water 
hazard.




Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
The Geek Group
www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
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