Re: Ozone Generator -vs- Cat Urine Spray? [shazlikd]

Hi shazlikd, you wrote:

is a small Ozone Generator (with thorough
cleaning) money well spent? Thanks.

An ozone generator is not that difficult to make. Generators use a
source of high voltage, two electrode~dielectrics of large surface areas
and a supply of dry atmosphere bearing the O2 to be made into 03
(ozone).

Indoor growers of clandestine marijuana gardens have used ozone
generators to remove the tell-tale odors of their illicit activities.
I found, in a search engine, these two items of simplified instruction
written for (and by) weak minds doped on ganja:

http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/mj011.htm
http://www.seedbankupdate.com/ozone.html

The following references for the instructions on building ozone
generators are from a textbook written by Louis F. Fieser, Sheldon Emery
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Harvard University ©1941:

L.I. Smith, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) Vol 47, 1844
(1925); L.I. Smith and Ullyot, ibid., Vol. 55, 4327 (1933); see also
Gross and Philips, J. Assoc. Official Agr. Chem., Vol. 21, 326 (1938).

Church, Whitmore and Mcgraw, JACS, Vol. 56, 176 (1934).

I have seen surplus neon sign high voltage transformer for about ten
dollars at www.allelectronics.com but do not know if they are sold out.

Anyone building an ozone generator should first understand the
principles of high voltage and safe procedure. Online sources for
information on safe handling of high voltage electricity are abundant
and provided by hobby HV experimenters and educators. Use search engine
terms: high voltage, tesla coil, flyback transformer, ion generator,
plasma bulb, Van de Graff, electrostatic.

Safety tips are interesting. For example, present day HV experimenters
still use the old "One Hand in the Pocket" technique when handling high
voltage. It is noteworthy to know that wood, ordinarily an insulator is
a good conductor of high voltage. Fire will conduct high voltage, etc.

Rusty Oxhide

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