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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by ericd on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:16AM (#21832138)
Making the air smell like ozone means it’s probably doing something unhelpful/actively harmful in addition to filtering. Did it have an ionizer or similar?
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:09AM (#21832388)
No, it’s a Blue Air so doesn’t include an ionizer, it just when HEPA filter.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by ericd on Thursday December 19, 2019 @03:10AM (#21832959)
Huh weird, seems highly rated, too. If it was loud in addition to the ozone smell and there was definitely no ionizer, I wonder if the motor was faulty.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday December 19, 2019 @09:23AM (#21835112)
It could have been fake. I bought it in a Chinese mall after all. 6000 kuai also. But I doubt it, I think it could have just been the stale air in the apartment getting to me, you can’t open the windows when you are using it of course.

A real HVAC with air filtering will circulate air from the outside, so is quite different.

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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by kaybe on Thursday December 19, 2019 @03:50AM (#21833164)
Where is the ozone coming from then? Something doesn't seem right.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday December 19, 2019 @09:23AM (#21835119)
It was just a smell to me. I don’t think there was any ozone in there.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by dTal on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:56AM (#21843189)
Arcing from poor quality brushes in a DC motor.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by coldtea on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:29AM (#21833608)
A filter alone doesn't ionize the air though...
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