RE: do it yourself caps --- an ozone health risk!

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

Wow!  I have exactly the same smell-memory from my childhood Lionel
train set.  I remember the smell vividly, but I suspect it has nothing
to with ozone.  More likely some less than robust insulation burning up!

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: "alfred erpel" <alfred@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Dave,
>
>          I will jump in anecdotally here.  I had a Lionell train set
45 some
> years ago.  And when I shorted the transformer, it would make deep
purple
> sparks and create a distinctive smell.  I liked the smell.  I shorted
the
> transformer often.  The sparks were very short because of the low
voltage as
> I wiped the frayed copper wire over the terminals.  I can't say if I
have
> suffered ill effects from that.  Others could maybe.  Also, I have
that
> "smell" in my memory.  I haven't smelled it since, but I can identify
it
> anytime.  Little did I know back then that huffing ozone was bad for
you.
>
>          I think there may be a corollation between the deep purple
and ozone
> creation because I've been around a lot of white sparks since and not
> smelled that smell.
>
> Regards,
>
> Al Erpel  USA, PA, 18901