Originally posted by: Baked
Small ionizer.
It's higher than that in air, actually, especially at relatively low concentrations (equilibrium point and all, and there's a little that will produce small amounts of ozone in the average computer room). And anyway, that seems like a lot of trouble to do something that can be done cheaper, less dangerously, and more effectively without a poisonous, reactive gas.Ozone only has a halflife of 15 minutes. So if you are concerned about any potential health problems from too much exposure, only run it when you're not in the room.
Originally posted by: svi
It's higher than that in air, actually, especially at relatively low concentrations (equilibrium point and all, and there's a little that will produce small amounts of ozone in the average computer room). And anyway, that seems like a lot of trouble to do something that can be done cheaper, less dangerously, and more effectively without a poisonous, reactive gas.
Dear god... have you ever gone outside after a thunderstorm? One lightning strike is more powerful than 500 ionic breezes running for a year.
Originally posted by: svi
However, even if you were talking about ozone generators:
1. In terms of total ozone, yes. In terms of the amount of ozone that gets put in your lungs, absolutely not, because:
1a. The average lightning strike doesn't occur five feet from you.
1b. The average lightning strike doesn't occur in an enclosed space.
1c. The average lightning strike's ozone is dispersed over MUCH more volume than a small room has.
You are right about that ionizers are more than an order of magnitude better than "acceptable", but regarding thunderstorms, the government's regulations on what constitutes acceptable deal with 24/7 ozone inhalation. Twice the 24/7 limit for a few minutes is considered perfectly acceptable.But ozone levels are many times higher outdoors during a storm than what the FDA regulates as acceptable. And all ionizers when operating correctly, are many times lower that this same figure. So yes, much greater volume, but also much greater ozone concentrations are encountered during a lightning storm than the worse case scenario indoors.