Smoke Damage

[Carl W. Meyer]

I was told by an engineer I worked with that ozone is not toxic and has no
smell.
Although not toxic it is dangerous since if you breathe too much it
oxidizes the protective lining of your respiratory tract making you a
candidate for infection and what you smell is the burning (oxidizing) of
your nasal passages.  I knew a man who did smoke odor removal in large
buildings after perhaps a fire on one floor.  A jumbo ozone generator was
put in the ventilator system to circulate thru the whole building.  I was a
bit concerned when I found that workers were in the building doing clean up
at the same time.  I built a couple of generators using ignition
transformers, stainless steel wire mesh, mica, and a fan for him, but lost
interest in the project when I found out the danger.  On one occasion I had
a sore throat for a few hours after breathing a fairly high concentration
for just a single breath.
It does a good job of smoke removal, tho.

Carl Meyer
Santa Clara, Ca.


> [Original Message]
> From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 6/23/00 1:52:40 PM
> Subject: Re:  Re: Smoke Damage
>
> o-zone  (n).
> 1. A blue gaseous allotrope of oxygen, O3, formed naturally from diatomic 
> oxygen by electric discharge or exposure to ultraviolet radiation. It is
an 
> unstable, powerfully bleaching, poisonous oxidizing agent with a pungent, 
> irritating odor, used to deodorize air, purify water, treat industrial
wastes 
> and as a bleach.
> ---------------AHD
> 
> Or that slightly strange smell you sense when you have been running an 
> electric motor for a while in a closed room. :-) Or the strong pungent
smell 
> when lightning has struck nearby!! :-(
> Jim Bryant (FL)
> 



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