No no no, this is not the issue at all. If anything e-cigs might be good for the ozone layer, what I'm asking about is if it's enough to be bad for us.
Vapinginjapan and gnsmith are the only people who know what I'm talking about apparently. I too thought that it took very high levels of electricity, like a lightening strike, to cause this molecular change, however, yesterday I was drilling some cabinet hardware on with a wireless drill, and I noticed this sweet smell, and I realized it was ozone. I went online and confirmed this. Photocopy machines also create a large amounts of ozone, and it has been suggested not to use a photocopy machine in an unventilated area.
There is non-insulated electrical currents passing through where the atoizer meets the battery, as well as the atomizer bridge. I've never read that the electricity had to arc through the air, just that the current had to be exposed to the air - like with photocopy-machines and electric drills.
DCrist, electric motors like in your drill creates ozone through the brushs making contact with the Armature. (arcing) as for photocopy-machines,(my understanding, it's due to high frequencies and magnetic fields produced for image transfer) I really don't know enough to comment any further and what I have commented about photocopying machines came from just talking with some other engineers,
I need to research that further, just for my own knowledge.
I have heard from some colleagues that there's a chemical process or reaction that you can use to create ozone, alas, I would have to research before I could comment.(this is definitely not my field of expertise)
I was sleeping in the back of the class during chemistry.
There is a certain level that you can safely breathe before it becomes a health issue. most people are exposed to small amounts of ozone in their home.
Ozone generators are used in spas, hot tubs, and fish aquariums to sterilize by killing bacteria.(this is one of the reasons why high levels of ozone is a health risk) In the HVAC industry we use electronic air cleaners to clean domestic air by zapping tiny particles with electricity. This process produces ozone due to the electrical arc in the air cleaner.(8,500-10,000 V)
There is a small amounts of ozone produced around high-voltage electrical substation's due to the high voltage and high current, again not enough to be considered a health issue.
Our attys work at such a low voltage and current I don't think it's an issue.
5 V at 1000ma.
Now this could be a wrong due to the fact there has been no research on our e-cigarette's
So with that last sentence said any information in I have stated about health risks is strictly my opinion.
