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You had me intrigued, I scoped out that Big Blue. Its just UVC light? Is there anything else to it?I use ozone on outgoing exhaust and it works wonders. Gotta make sure it's sealed within the duct and cannot enter back into the room as ozone concentrated like that is not good for any living thing but it does kill odor way better than many carbon filter options.
I'm using a Big Blue Generator bought used off ebay and has worked great. No more dead skunk aroma coming from my house
I use ozone on outgoing exhaust and it works wonders. Gotta make sure it's sealed within the duct and cannot enter back into the room as ozone concentrated like that is not good for any living thing but it does kill odor way better than many carbon filter options.
I'm using a Big Blue Generator bought used off ebay and has worked great. No more dead skunk aroma coming from my house
You had me intrigued, I scoped out that Big Blue. Its just UVC light? Is there anything else to it?
$325 seems a bit steep for a 6", dang! Got me wondering if I could build one for under $60. 15 minutes later I think I got it. Closer to $100 for similar (more?) UVC exposure compared to Big Blue 6", not including tube. Looks like they just rolled a piece of SS sheet and stuffed lights in it. Project for next run! lol
The Big Blue 6" has (4) 17" UVC bulbs in it. 68" inches of UVC
My SmokinJoe UVC 6" would have (2) 21" twin tube UVC bulbs. 84" total UVC
To be fair, and know actual effectiveness, we need to know the actual UVC wattage output (strength) of these bulbs. I cant find that information yet.
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Nice! The bulbs above did say they were 235nm, but I can keep looking for something closer to 185. As I'm looking a lot of these are saying the glass filters out 185nm, also terming them "ozone-free". Definitely not what we need. Search continuesIt's a bit different from a regular UV germ killer lamp but could be DIY'ed very ez
UV germ killer lamps operate at around 300NM and the UV you want that will compress the air around it into ozone operates at around 185nm.
They operate off a small magnetic ballast and have an ignitor at the bulb plug that has a small light bulb wired in.
The main thing to know you're getting ozone from the bulb is by smell..It will have a bleach like, swimming pool type aroma.
What I did was buy used off ebay and got an 8" but I only needed the 6". These things are fairly basic and last a long time so buying used is a great way to save cash. I only paid $120 for mine and I think it retails new around $350.
When mine got here I took it apart, removing one of the ballasts and a bulb with it's ignitor to make second 4" gen for portable use and the 8" with only two lamps is for the g/room.
The 4" DIY I made is just a 4" x 24" stove pipe duct with the bulb mounted inside and the ballast and power cord mounted on the outside. It's kinda crude but works great either plugged into duct or just sitting in a space like my car to deodorize it
Nice! The bulbs above did say they were 235nm, but I can keep looking for something closer to 185. As I'm looking a lot of these are saying the glass filters out 185nm, also terming them "ozone-free". Definitely not what we need. Search continues
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