Comment on Can I put a cold oxygen plasma generator in my fridge?
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks agoThat’s what I thought they were at first too but aparently there is a difference. A cold oxygen plasma generator does produce ozone but aparently it also does other stuff. I’m not sure on the exact science but it isn’t just an ozone generator.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ozone isn’t something you generally want to pump out into the air around you as it damages the lungs when inhaled. Machines that generate ozone in rooms usually have to have systems the absorb the ozone created. Sometimes thats with filter charged media, sometimes with magnetic fields.
Since neither of us know exactly what this machine of yours does. Can you describe the plumbing? As in, is it possible the ozone is created in an isolated chamber and the feedwater the ice is made out of is exposed to it, then the ozone recovered? To me, that sounds like a fairly safe way for this to operate.
If so, then it likely cannot be used with your food because the ozone would have to be in contact with the food (or food containers) in your fridge, and when you open the door to retrieve an item, you’d be exhausting all of that ozone into your living space, which would be very bad for your lungs.
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
This is the exact part.
Inside the ice machine it pulls in air from near the ice making sheet, runs it across the bulb, and spits the air back out above the water distribution bar above the ice making sheet. Similar devices from other manufacturers will pull the air from all the way down in the ice bin to circulate it inside the bin as well.
As far as it being an enclosed space, ice machines are fairly sealed but are frequently opened to access the ice in the bin. They’re less sealed than your average refrigerator.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pretty cool device. Thanks for linking to the manufacturer’s page. Lots of good info there.
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s the exact reason I snagged it as soon as I saw it in the scrap pile with no idea what I would ever use it for. Aparently they work really well but I’ve never had the opporitunity to work on a machine with one installed.
Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is it unsafe to eat ozone, perhaps? Like if you had something really porous like a cake in there and all the air spaces became ozone, that couldn’t be safe to eat.