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Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission by femto on Saturday October 03, 2020 @08:50PM (#24675825)
If DIYing, choose your UV wavelength wisely. UVC (around 254nm wavelength) is germicidal and doesn't produce ozone (it actually dissociates ozone). "Vacuum UV" (in the range 185nm) converts oxygen in the air to ozone, which is highly toxic.

[1] http://www.uvresources.com/blog/the-ultraviolet-germicidal-i...

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Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission by dehrmann on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:50AM (#24676992)
Also the whole skin cancer thing.
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Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission by kjeetgill on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:46AM (#24677168)
The point of the parents' posts is that you have these issues with ozone even if you just irradiated the air ducts without direct contact to UVC.
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Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission by swebs on Sunday October 04, 2020 @10:24AM (#24679252)
Hopefully the UV light is blocked from escaping the device.
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