RE: Tesla's enjoyment of ozone.

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Original poster: "Dave Hartwick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ddhartwick-at-earthlink-dot-net>

When I was  kid--like 10 years old, I played around with arc lamps. The only
protection I used was sunglasses. Once, I awoke in the middle of the night
with my eyes absolutely inflamed. It was frightening, to say the least.

Henceforth, I exerted maximum respect for potentially damaging exposure to
dangerous regions of the light spectrum. I use a piece of welding glass in
front of my airblast spark gap, for example.

To this day, I experience odd visual anomalies and wonder if they are a
result of those early, poorly protected experiments.
Dave H





Original poster: "JRW by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jwhitmor-at-muscanet-dot-com>


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Subject: RE: Tesla's enjoyment of ozone.


> Original poster: "harvey norris by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <harvich-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>
> Never heard of this critter before, but its
> real and does produce ozone. Anyone got an idea what
> gas might give this blue color?  Xenon maybe?

Put it back in the housing! Most "ozone" bulbs
generate with short-wave UV light, that is bad for
your eyes. The glow is probably from Mercury Vapor.