Re: [TCML] Ozone Generation

[Michael Twieg <mdt24@xxxxxxxx>]

Huh, I never knew that about ozone.  I also have a room with persistent
odors, and it sounds like this would be a fun thing to try.

As you suspect, making big arcs like those from a DRSSTC isn't an efficient
way to make corona.  You want to make a soft, large corona.  A DRSSTC might
be able to do this, if you modify its topload to have many identical
breakout points, and run it at a low voltage but high duty cycle.

I did some browsing and found one good looking guide to DIY ozone
generators:
http://www.bigclive.com/oz.htm

Anyone experienced with DRSSTC should be able to throw something like this
together, and scale it up if necessary.  Seems like it would be safer than
running a TC as well, since it should require much less voltage.

-Mike

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Dave Leddon <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have lingering pet odors in a room that I need to eliminate and research
> indicates that ozone might do the trick.  I found hundreds of companies
> that sell or rent ozone generators for this purpose but it occurred to me
> that I might be able to use my large DRSTC to produce ozone in large
> quantities.  For this application I assume that I need lots of little
> sparks rather than big power arcs so I'm looking for suggestions from the
> list.  My idea was to place a large piece of copper window screen on top of
> the toroid extending beyond the radius of the toroid, or to eliminate the
> toroid altogether and just use the screen.  Any ideas?
>
> Dave
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