When I bought a new condenser from a FL ac company they thru in a free uv light. I haven’t installed it yet. Skeptical of the benefits and the quality of the light - looks to be a China product.
Maybe I will try the bananna test with it.
I don’t know the details, but wouldn’t sunlight contain those frequencies.
You know, the kind of light you’re exposed to when they finally deign to let you watch your kids play outdoor sports?
I bought several GOOD uv-c lights in early February. Gave two to my kids (they never use them) and two for me. The first one still works. Use it to decon shoes and other items.
Lots of fake ones out there now - so beware.
My best purchase was an ozone gas generator. Then I bought another one, and spare parts.
Leaving items out to dry or in the sun or heat accomplishes the same thing. These tools just help speed up the process.
One DOES have to be careful with both of them. The UVC is used in a closed room with a homemade box lined with tin-foil. The ozone generator is placed in a bin outside or the trunk of the car with groceries.
They are developing/ have developed UV lights that will destroy the virus but is not harmful to people. That is still in the works iirc. Maybe some places have it, but I’m not sure.
The good UVC lights for sale now are something like 300x more powerful than the sun so will damage your eyes and skin.
Both technologies have been used for years on the regular flu bug, which has the same type of protective envelope as a coronavirus.
I read months ago that UVC light was very effective against the virus. I don’t know if I can find the article again, but it said to NOT take the shopping cart inside. Take the one outside in the corral.
On another point, I don’t think this person invented anything, but utilized a discussion on an abandoned patent from 2005.
Shopping cart sanitizing, disinfecting and cleaning system and method of use
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060186358A1/en
The high energy of the UV light that kills bacteria also frost the glass of the light over time reducing its ability transmit light through the glass.
Make sure you look in to the expected life span of the UV light and factor that in to the affordability of the unit.
When I was a kid the rage was a blacklight. You never heard of someone coming down with covid.
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- As a particularly nasty flu season rages across the United States, scientists have found a powerful new disinfectant that makes "light" work of the virus. Researchers say a certain spectrum of ultraviolet light -- called far-UVC -- easily kills airborne flu viruses while posing no risk to people. It could offer a new, inexpensive way to eliminate airborne flu viruses in indoor public spaces such as hospitals, doctors' offices, schools, airports and aircraft, said the team from Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The disinfecting success of initial experiments still need to be confirmed, said lead research David Brenner.
UVC works great to kill viruses. If COVID had actually lived up to the early hype, then it would have been good to get for a couple of key rooms. Leave the room while on. Good to put into your air handling system for bacteria. UVC is much more important to use in hospitals, where there can be some very nasty stuff like staph.
Our county officials bought a light robot to use in the county jail last December. Started using it in early January. We had zero cases of virus in county jail.
Now local school boards are discussing the possibility
We use UV-C to purify water
It works
I have read somewhere that ozone has a bad effect on COPD patients.
He also brought up multiple times using hydroxychloroquine with zinc and people went crazy and guess what it actually does work as a therapeutic so once again proving he’s ahead of the curve
Black light matters.
As long as you have enough intense UVC light, it is effective for surfaces and air particles but many of these gadgets aren’t powerful enough. You really need a xeon powered high wattage light to do an effective job.
Here is one that works:
http://infectioncontrol.tips/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Xenex-1.jpg
1000bulbs.com told me last spring that it does not.
2 doctors at my church told me it does not
it is great for bacteria and other bugs but does not work against viruses
I see articles like this and they all include enclosed canisters for things that are held in place for long periods under UV light
that is not a common need.
That said, UV-C light in specially mde enclosed containers (boxes & bags) sold by the manufacturer to make it safe is fine for home use. I have one and use it to sterilize the N95 masks I bought just when the CV19 epidemic was startng.
