Date:         Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:20:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
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Yeah the ozone fix is the way to go... when Brady and I were sharing
an 10'x12' room we built at the back of the shop to save rent for a
year.. it would sometimes get pretty bad ha.. so we made an ozone
generator with a glass jar, and two pieces of tinfoil. You wrap the
jar on the outside with one piece of foil, then line the inside with
the other. Then you connect one piece to one end of a high voltage
power supply(in our case a large neon sign transformer) and the other
piece to the other side of the power supply. Then use a really long
cord and plug it in from far away(that transformer could easily kill a
person) and then wait for a few hours... then wait another day or so
for FULL breakdown of the ozone.

When we walked in, we couldn't smell anything, all distinct odors were
gone completely. It worked to an amazing degree. The safer route would
be to rent an ozone generator like they use in hotels... but you don't
get the excitement, danger, or creepy purple plasma-like arcing that
you do with the homemade version ha.

Jim Akiba



On 7/26/07, Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Auto detailers will use an air cleaner
> that produces Ozone.  The free oxygen
> oxidizes (go figure) the nasty smelly
> hydrocarbons in the air.
>
> Don't breathe ozone, though.  Bad for
> the lungs.
>
> I have used a "Living Air" air cleaner
> with good results in cars before.
>
>
> tabe johnson/87 westy
>