Big MOFO industrial steriliser unit
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I found this on eBay and couldn't resist bidding for it. Unsurprisingly, I was the only bidder, and the shipping was much more than the cost of the unit.
It's an industrial grade ozone sanitising unit, which I think is designed to maintain sterility in food processing factories or storage areas. The unit has a heavy stainless steel case with a time switch for setting the operational times. While trying to find this exact model online, I found a picture of a wall mounted version in a large coldroom. But this variant has a handle and stout rubber feet for portable use.
Unlike the common Chinese units I've looked at, this unit does not use a high frequency power supply. Instead it uses a boiler ignition transformer for the high voltage, and as a result the ozone output is much lower due to the low operating frequency of 50 or 60Hz. That also means there's less to go wrong, making it more reliable for heavy industrial use.
Being a specialist product, it is well built, but still has a handmade feel to it. I have a smaller, but very similar unit that I bought many decades ago, that has a similar construction. I thought I'd made a video about it, but although it is featured on a page on my old website, I haven't made a video about it (yet!).
For those people who will instantly go to the comments as soon as I say the word "ozone" to lecture me on how dangerous it is (according to an article they read in a fashion magazine), I have to state that ozone IS dangerous to breath at high levels, but an important part of natural air at low levels. This machine would be sized to achieve a slightly elevated level in a room of known size when there was low or no occupancy.
Using equipment like this can increase the shelf life of food and potentially limit the presence of bad bacteria in processing areas.
I think this is the company that made this unit:-
https://www.biozone.co.za/
And they seem to have evolved the design over time, with smaller versions now using UVC tubes for a simpler and more compact unit.
Despite being huge, this unit will be joining my collection of interesting ozone equipment.
Note that my house does not smell of ozone! If I use any device like that it is usually a small trace level generator, well within safe limits.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
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It's an industrial grade ozone sanitising unit, which I think is designed to maintain sterility in food processing factories or storage areas. The unit has a heavy stainless steel case with a time switch for setting the operational times. While trying to find this exact model online, I found a picture of a wall mounted version in a large coldroom. But this variant has a handle and stout rubber feet for portable use.
Unlike the common Chinese units I've looked at, this unit does not use a high frequency power supply. Instead it uses a boiler ignition transformer for the high voltage, and as a result the ozone output is much lower due to the low operating frequency of 50 or 60Hz. That also means there's less to go wrong, making it more reliable for heavy industrial use.
Being a specialist product, it is well built, but still has a handmade feel to it. I have a smaller, but very similar unit that I bought many decades ago, that has a similar construction. I thought I'd made a video about it, but although it is featured on a page on my old website, I haven't made a video about it (yet!).
For those people who will instantly go to the comments as soon as I say the word "ozone" to lecture me on how dangerous it is (according to an article they read in a fashion magazine), I have to state that ozone IS dangerous to breath at high levels, but an important part of natural air at low levels. This machine would be sized to achieve a slightly elevated level in a room of known size when there was low or no occupancy.
Using equipment like this can increase the shelf life of food and potentially limit the presence of bad bacteria in processing areas.
I think this is the company that made this unit:-
https://www.biozone.co.za/
And they seem to have evolved the design over time, with smaller versions now using UVC tubes for a simpler and more compact unit.
Despite being huge, this unit will be joining my collection of interesting ozone equipment.
Note that my house does not smell of ozone! If I use any device like that it is usually a small trace level generator, well within safe limits.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
#ElectronicsCreators
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