Xiaomi high voltage refrigerator lemon

This seems a fairly well designed product with quite a lot of deja-vu in the electronics. I've looked at a number of other fridge ozone units in the past with very similar circuitry.
I'd guess the reason the fan and high voltage module are on separate transistors is to allow fan over-run or cycling of the ozone to regulate the output.
The physical design and construction of this unit is stylish and fairly sensible. It's unusual that the ozone generating plate has the active area facing away from the fan, but I'd guess air turbulence makes up for that. It certainly smells strongly of ozone in use.
Aside from use in fridges and food cupboards, the unit is also good for small rooms and wardrobes for combatting musty smells.
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[@strayling1]

Another small step in Clive's quest to single-handedly restore the ozone layer.

[@strayling1]

@@aidancommenting Ha! Ok, time to look at a balloon with solar panels to power an ozone generator. Use any excess power to run a moisture condenser and hydrogen electrolyser and it'll stay up there indefinitely. Wait - could that actually work?

[@strayling1]

@@aidancommenting Depends on how quickly the hydrogen leaks out from the balloon, how moist the atmosphere is and how efficient the solar panels are for their weight. Probably impractical, but fun to think about :)

[@JoshuaMothis]

Screw the ozone

[@morluche91]

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[@tncorgi92]

@@JoshuaMothis Oxygen's menage a trois

[@lostjohnny9000]

USB-C, Chrome, 2500mAh 18650, ceramic ozone plate, brushless fan, DW01, RGB LEDs, lemon - These are a few of my favorite things.

[@ArtyMars]

Weirdly same somehow 😂

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

"High Voltage Lemon" would make a great band name. *Ladies and gentlemen, a thunderous applause fooooooor........BIG CLIVE AND THE HIGH VOLTAGE LEMONS!!!*

[@freedustin]

That's just what they will be calling Teslas when people see how much maintenance costs after 5 years.

[@marnikbongers3186]

And the user manual is a great album cover.

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

@@freedustin Wouldnt those be "High Current Lemons"?

[@Lachlant1984]

I love it.

[@dash8brj]

I was thinking the exact same thing :)

[@hamaljay]

"When China gives you lemons take them apart and reverse engineer it" I think that's how the adage goes, Mark Twain might have said it.

[@TheBaldr]

Those lemons were created by reverse engineering cherries.

[@Blox117]

when china gives you e-lemons you ask: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYHAHAAIEEEE???????

[@primateinterfacetechnologi6220]

that's like saying that Einstein was the individual who discovered that time is actually money: sounds good to me... peace.

[@morluche91]

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down- with those lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns down your house." -Cave Johnson

[@NoMoreBsPlease]

Comma usage score: 50% Needs improvement...

[@PIXELamPC]

they should make these things with light detection so when you close the fridge it automatically turns on for five minutes or so.

[@MsHojat]

Wow, yeah. Great idea. For that matter they could also be easily built right into fridges too.

[@Koozomec]

🏅🏅for both of you

[@minhducnguyen9276]

@@MsHojat Fridges with built in ozone generators: "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our Power"

[@jej3451]

Then we could switch back to some decent ozone-destroying refrigerants, guilt-free!

[@channelsixtysix066]

Over the years, I've got the impression that Xiaomi products are very well made. This looks to be no exception.

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

Xiaomi make a LOT of electronic stuff, it's unsurprising to see such a small device also made to a high quality.

[@PushyPawn]

A Chinese lemon that is not actually a lemon in more ways than one? That *is* indeed, surprisingly refreshing. 🍋

[@McTroyd]

I see what you did there.

[@DoctorNemmo]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@BRUXXUS]

Such a surreal product design. Trying to imagine who thought of a lemon ozone generator. I like it, though! 🍋

[@KenKopin]

Probably the same folks who designed a tomato kitchen timer.

[@d_inkz]

I've read advice that keeping half a cut lemon in the fridge will help it stay fresh smelling, maybe it's based on that.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

@@d_inkz I agree. My mother used to do that back in the day. She'd also leave one of those juicer tray things with a top like this thing full of lemon juice in the fridge.

[@MladenMijatov]

Actually where I live it's commonly known that putting a lemon cut in half in your fridge removes odors while it's drying. I assumed this product design comes from that. Wasn't aware it's not commonly used everywhere.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

@@MladenMijatov it's a nice idea, I've always stuck an open box of natron in instead. Lemons probably make it smell nice

[@markfergerson2145]

I'm particularly impressed by two things; the use of connectors for the off-board components (better than the iffy soldering I had expected) and the arrangement to prevent busting out the USB connector by over-enthusiastic plugging in. It does indeed look very Japanese in those respects. Kind of reminds me of the evolution in Japanese export products from early post WWII "Japanese junk" to "we want to own this market and will stop at nothing quality-wise". If only this kind of thinking would extend to all Chinese exports, putting to rest the phrase "Chinesium".

[@shadowflash705]

Those early post-war Japanese companies were pretty much just garage businesses. When they became bigger (and ran MASSIVE industrial espionage networks in the US, USSR, UK etc-etc.) they moved from cloning and producing cheap garbage to developing and producing their own high quality high tech stuff. Then it was Korea. Samsung and LG (then separate companies Lucky and Goldstar) were considered meh when it comes to quality of their products. Now they are top brands. And Xiaomi making home appliances for years, then they expanded to electronics and basically stormed mobile phone market. It's a huge corporation. So quality isn't a big surprise.

[@M4RC90]

As long as people keep buying the cheap stuff they will keep producing the cheap stuff.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@M4RC90 We can hope so, that way we get cool, shady, weird products for cheap!

[@charleslambert3368]

Look at Creality and DJI. They're reputable brands based in Shenzhen. The question is who's next in the chain? India, Brazil, Nigeria?

[@Number1FanProductions]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 we need to consume less for the planets sake so I can contend with less novelties

[@pauljs75]

Modular in a way that almost makes it serviceable (in spite of the one cover being fairly tamper-proof), even though it's not the kind of thing you'd expect to do battery replacements on. It's funny you'll see stuff like this made like that, but not other things like phones or wireless speakers.

[@dragonheatgaming5005]

Nothing is tamper proof with enough violence

[@GtsAntoni1]

@@dragonheatgaming5005 Nothing is too cold with enough heat.

[@shay4578]

I find myself very calm after watching this. Nothing like watching Big Clive take apart an ozone generator to relieve stress after a hard day.

[@nicholasboyarko1680]

That seems rather well planned and executed. I'm tired af working all week, love to lay in bed at night and catch up on your vids. Thanks man!

[@Dubmayer]

"Watch your eyes" - and I think: How silly lovely bigclive is. A second later, I got blinded like by a supernova.

[@ebnertra0004]

You were warned

[@JagerEinheit]

Such a zesty teardown. a bit of sour drue to it being apart, but leaves a clean aftertaste with literal lightning farts!

[@TopEndSpoonie]

Yes, the lemon at last. Waited ages for this one.

[@ThunderBassistJay]

Looks like a well designed and well built device. At low temperatures in the refrigerator, the capacity and the voltage of the lithium cell will be considerably lower.

[@DrakeOola]

no

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

I would expect the battery is exactly as advertised. Because of the environment it is expected to operate in. All energy storage devices are effected by temperature.

[@lobsterbark]

@@snakezdewiggle6084 Why would they pay extra for a low temperature rated cell (if they even make such a thing that isn't super low temp)when they could just buy a bigger cell than they would need otherwise?

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

@@lobsterbark I said nothing about Cost or Buying ! Go read the last line of my post, watch the vid again, then ask Clive about the battery.

[@M0LHA]

What a funky little device, Xiaomi produce some quite cool products. It's a shame very few of them seem to make it to our shores.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

I think my phone is a Xiaomi, it's the best phone I've ever had, far better than an iPhone and about half the price. It's also lasted a lot longer without the battery giving up. So, yeah I'd have to agree with you.

[@robc8593]

Half the stuff coming out of China is branded Xiaomi, its not really Xiaomi its just the Chinese think its a well known brand and trademark protection is non existent in China.

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

@@robc8593 "it's not really xiaomi"

[@lordjaashin]

most of the xiaomi products have absolutely nothing to do with xiaomi phone company. these xiaomis are just copying and banking on xiaomi brand reputation

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@@lordjaashin the funny thing is, my phone is under the Redmi brand name because I assume they thought that would sell better than a really Chinese sounding name here in the UK.

[@user-rf4se4sc9p]

*_Hello Clive! On the page of this Aliexpress product, there is a 'transparent' photo of this device. The cover attachment points and main components are shown there. Thank you for the video!_*

[@rachelberkhahn9612]

A high voltage, oxidizing lemon. The 18650 cell might even qualify for combustible lemon.

[@deltab9768]

Random fact: if you peel an orange, hold the peel a few cm to the side of a candle, and flex the peel until it cracks, it will release flammable oil particles (limonenes?) that will put out bright orange flames and grungy black smoke.

[@funkyironman69]

@@deltab9768 If you cut a grape in half and put it in a microwave so the two ends touch the grape oils catch fire :D

[@morluche91]

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down- with those lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns down your house." -Cave Johnson, 2011 So Cave Johnson's engineers were Chinese?

[@andysim232]

@@morluche91 "yes sir Mr Johnson!"

[@d.t.4523]

It appears logical, to have a good battery for use in a cold area. The odd coloration of the emitter plate may be a means to protect it in an acidic environment. Cool setup in that one. Good luck with it. 👍

[@McTroyd]

So glad you got your hands on one of these. I bought the same one and immediately bought the other two colors -- loved it. (Note the white one has a pink top.) Good to know how it comes apart should the battery need replacing. Having run these for a couple months, their estimated battery life is low. I've got an entire month out of one in "green" mode in my fridge before it signaled low battery. This is consistent across all three units. Glad to see it's as well-built as it looks. Thanks! 👍

[@ejbeekeeper4360]

Does it do it's job? I've never heard of such a device.

[@McTroyd]

@@ejbeekeeper4360 For us it does. If you routinely keep leftovers in the fridge, or fresh veggies, or such then I find it a huge help. I had never heard of them either, until Clive showed off others. He has lots of them in his videos.

[@theofficialczex1708]

I appreciate the "modular" circuitry. Really nice to see connectors.

[@marcmc241]

About Xiaomi products: Xiaomi has lots of products, and has an order of more to less control by them: 1. Products made by Xiaomi 100% like routers and smartphones 2. Products made by other companies sold with the xiaomi/mijia brand. Like mi bands (huami) or scooters (ninebot). Xiaomi usually has a lot of investment and control of these companies. 3. Brands that only sell products on youpin (xiaomi's electronic marketplace in china). Maybe they have quality controls from Xiaomi, but their products are not Xiaomi. The resellers in shops like Aliexpress always call these products 'Xiaomi' because probably it helps to sell more. You can find in this category lots and lots of brands/products, even some western companies like philips sell in youpin. In this case I think it's a product from the 3rd category, and maybe this is the reason you have seen it with the Xiaomi name in the product title.

[@PushyPawn]

What *are* you talking about? Seriously. It looks like English but it makes no sense. You're not a native English speaker are you? Also, who cares about Xiaomi. This company is a tool of the CCP and PLA and is on the US DoD Blacklist for a *reason* .

[@shadowflash705]

@@PushyPawn no one cares about you red scare bullshit. They are making inexpensive high quality home stuff. If you're planning to use foreign SOHO equipment to launch rockets or in military equipment - you're an idiot. But most countries don't. Also it will be funny how it will be when 15-30 years later India will decide to stop licking boots of american banksters, will become fullyindependent and start playing own game. I guess we'll hear the same old song from the 50s with small changes in lyrics. They will become "totalitarian", "authoritarian", whatever.

[@shadowflash705]

@@PushyPawn no one cares about your red scare bullshit. They are making inexpensive high quality home stuff. If you're planning to use foreign SOHO equipment to launch rockets or in military equipment - you're an idiot. But most countries don't. Also it will be funny how it will be when 15-30 years later India will decide to stop licking boots of american banksters, will become fully independent and start playing own game. I guess we'll hear the same old song from the 50s with small changes in lyrics. They will become "totalitarian", "authoritarian", whatever.

[@ferrumignis]

@@PushyPawn What he wrote is perfectly clear and readable, there's really no need to be such an asshole. Since the US is apparently friends with the Taliban after gifting them control of a country and a huge stash of weapons and equipment, I think we can safely discount any credibility they may once have had.

[@chazdomingo475]

@@PushyPawn Go back to watching the TV grandpa.

[@Fly0High]

The thing about an ozone generator in the fridge is that it should degrade de fridge's rubber seal quicker. Otherwise, neat design.

[@asteroidrules]

I'm curious about what it would do if you left it in a fridge for a full charge without opening, would it be able to convert all the oxygen in the fridge to ozone? In which case it would be rather dangerous to open that, and would likely eat away the seals very quickly.

[@mikemotorbike4283]

only neoprene is damaged

[@skylined5534]

I don't think fridges have had rubber seals for years. They're that squidgy plastic stuff.

[@Fly0High]

@@skylined5534 Rubber and plastic are pretty much the same. All organics that degrade with ozone exposure.

[@amorphuc]

Thanks Big Clive. I got a few of the triangle ones and I'm happy with them. Not overly powerful O3 smell but seems to do the trick.

[@James.Mayonnaise]

Whats the use case for these, like whats the point?

[@cortburris9526]

@@James.Mayonnaise I assume to kill bacteria/mold spores in the refrigerator using ozone. i'm not sure how well it would work though.

[@James.Mayonnaise]

@@cortburris9526 thanks

[@muqarrab8736]

Great video as always. I really appreciate the detail you go in the circuits to explain them. Can you please make a tutorial on how you reverse engineer the circuits so easily. I have tried doing that but they always become a mess on paper while I connect everything to each other.

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

One of the keys is to guess standard circuit modules beforehand -- if you can't guess that a particular section is a bridge rectifier, you'll likely draw the four diodes all awkwardly and even fail to identify it as a bridge after you've drawn it.

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

You have a knack for finding these cool, "spicy", ionizer products Big Clive! It wouldn't surprise me if, one day you pulled out a big pink gorilla ionizer! :-) Thanks Big Clive! 👍

[@BlueXonar]

I'm not going to lie to you, Clive. Until 2:51 in the video I thought the purpose of this contraption was to sterilize a lemon by placing it inside the device. And I was wondering why a lemon would need such a sterilization treatment.

[@mrbyamile6973]

Clive worried about breaking or bending the spudger and I'm cringing worried about his hands getting cut open.

[@evensgrey]

Strangely, getting his hands cut open never seems to deter him. He had a lengthy series of videos a year or two back with a bandaged finger that was healing up from being split open. This is the same man who tells stories about all the times he got electrocuted because of badly designed or implemented industrial wiring and never seems to have been deterred from taking jobs where he worked on such things. Then there's all the weird and wonderful things he had to deal with for the Glasgow Christmas lights back when he worked on them.

[@josealcazar2922]

@@evensgrey trust me. Coming from someone who loves to take apart old broken Chinese crap and doing other stuff with the parts the first time or two you slice your hand open with a screwdriver or cut yourself on shards of sharp plastic bits it'll hurt but after a while it's just something you expect is gonna happen and don't care about it anymore

[@Dutch3DMaster]

@@josealcazar2922 And you probably know the experience of being in the process, using some of your tools and putting some of them away and then seeing red spots on them everywhere, and you are like "Hold on, did I hurt myself?" and it turns out you were so busy and endorphines were flowing so bad you didn't immediately realised you knicked yourself, you check your fingers and upon finding the damaged piece of skin THEN it suddenly hurts :D :P.

[@UserUser-ww2nj]

After watching one of Clives other videos with the one shaped a bit like an electric kettle i bought one . The difference is amazing with food staying fresh so much longer than i expected it to , thanks BigClive. i forgot to mention that i gave one to a friend 4 more are on the way from china for friends of the friend 😀😀

[@vinterbjork4128]

Very interesting video and thanks for the heads up on the lights turning back on.

[@sparkplug1018]

Its built with logical circuitry, this means that probably in about 6 months we will see Clive tearing one apart that has been stripped bare of any logical design and built down to the absolute bottom of the barrel cost.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

"it does have the potential for enhancement" I love that sentence. Maybe you could hard wire it directly into your fridge!

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@LabRat Knatz and don't forget Bluetooth connectivity and an app!

[@CyberlightFG]

@@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953 And it has to break after 2,5 years to make you buy the newest model.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@@CyberlightFG you mean an "upgrade". It sounds like they're doing you a favour if they say it like that

[@Yliannyx]

When life gives you lemons, take them apart!

[@manitoba-op4jx]

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!

[@snfn7847]

@@manitoba-op4jx or put them in the freezer for a while then launch them back into life with a spud cannon

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

👍👍👍

[@DevinGates]

@@manitoba-op4jx Burning people! He says what we're all thinking!

[@alexanderthomas2660]

Bring out the spudger!

[@keithlambell1970]

A nicely made device. And so much less tedious with just one switch!

[@devttyUSB0]

That thing has quite elaborate circuitry. Looks real decent and hackable! Wouldn't it put out way too much ozone for a fridge? Quite small space for such an output.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It is a bit fierce for a fridge.

[@Quick_Fix]

So it must be dormitory grade, I guess.

[@jurivlk5433]

Maybe for US-size fridges with three doors and 8000 L or so capacity! They store a lot of hamburgers in them!

[@jurivlk5433]

US fridges are bigger than our European houses!

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

@@bigclivedotcom Would think that it would deteriorate plastic, attack foods, maybe even eat holes in refrigerant lines.

[@jurivlk5433]

I love the tiny fan! Looks so cute! Lovely!💓💕💗

[@shinigamilee5915]

The Chinese really love the word practical. It's on just about every product.

[@saxon215]

It's on practically every product

[@CyberlightFG]

How could you sell it otherwise?

[@Erik_Swiger]

Oh, damn. I thought this was going to be a real lemon with multiple strips of copper and zinc connected in series to light an NE-2 lamp or something like that. And that for some reason, it was in the refrigerator. lol

[@crackedemerald4930]

It lasts longer lol

[@manitoba-op4jx]

I’d gladly buy units like that just for the neon

[@zebraloverbridget]

I thought it was a portable "fridge" that only fit one lemon 🤣

[@HiddenWindshield]

Why isn't the green version a "Lime Sterilizer"?

[@JessHull]

because lemons are green too.

[@thebrowns5337]

What would the white version be? Sprite?

[@fumthings]

@@thebrowns5337 egg shell?

[@HiddenWindshield]

@@JessHull Lemons also don't generate ozone, yet, here we are. 😋

[@JessHull]

@@HiddenWindshield Thats not true. Natural lemons and lemon trees (and trees in general) do produce Ozone.

[@garethgilpin6514]

"Keeps salad and that fresh" As if a bachelor has salad in his fridge

[@mikemotorbike4283]

but his date sees it if there is some thing organic in there

[@alexkindl861]

Seems a well thought out device, with all the hallmarks of a device built to specifications, not price. Seems good.

[@McTroyd]

It's more expensive than Clive's usual fare -- one unit was ~$33 USD shipped when I bought it. Mine has been worth every penny though, and I'm glad to spend money on a quality product.

[@SianaGearz]

It is my understanding that Xiaomi runs a successful retail chain, Xiaomi Youpin, and they offer partner brand products there, which are not Xiaomi products per se, but are co-marketed by them and tend to have a very IKEA-like styling to them, which is somewhat consistent among the brands, maybe not so much in the specific details, but the overall school of design. They try to limit the products to one per category, so there's only one brand of shavers or vacuum cleaners, and only a handful of models for each brand with clear differentiation, such as to give you vaguely what you need, but not burden you with actually having to make a choice, and it's supposed to be a hassle- and worry-free experience, that nothing they offer is going to be outright garbage. How well does Li-Ion perform in a fridge, which can get down to maybe 5°C? Is NiMH better or worse in this use? Maybe NiCd is more ideal? Then again i'm not sure how legal that would be still... How well does one expect this assembly to stand up to a humid environment?

[@NinoJoel]

I would not be worried about the lithium cell since the circuit draws next to nothing so the weaker output of the cold cell will not be a problem. As for moisture..... I'd guess it will not care as long as it does not condensate on the PCB. Then again there should not be moisture in a fridge anyway

[@SianaGearz]

@@NinoJoel Mhm how can there not be moisture in a fridge? Ice condensates on the back wall of a fridge, just a barely visible layer and is occasionally evaporated off by the defrost logic of the fridge, which occasionally kicks the back wall into heater mode once every couple days i think. You lock some room-temperature air with normal humidity in the fridge, the temperature in the fridge is usually well below the dew point, so it will condensate on everything.

[@NinoJoel]

@@SianaGearz yes but there is not much moisture in a fridge. It will condesate due to a large heat difference. Since the Ozon generator will stay inside for the most time it does not have a temperature difference to the fridge that is large enough to condesate anything.

[@bigclivedotcom]

The air in a fridge is very dry because the moisture gets condensed out onto the evaporator cooling panels. That's why they have moisture or ice on them.

[@Isalys555]

Lol it will never implant in France with this name, "youpin' is a very racist slang word used by french nazi collaborationists during WW2 for naming Jewish people.

[@hthite]

Xiaomi has invested in a group of companies that are part of its tech ecosystem and it uses its phones to get a foot into the consumers' doors. They don't use the Mi or Xiaomi logo, and sell on their own leveraging Xiaomi's distribution prowess or customer recall. They integrate with Mi's apps.

[@daveroche6522]

2:15 "Am I going to bend my spudger? Am I going to snap my spudger?" - the 12-year old boy I used to be is still sniggering inside at that one. Thanx again, Big C.

[@hadireg]

Nice little lemon to keep in a fridge 😉👍👍

[@LesLaboratory]

Awesome! Everything is better with High voltage! It strikes me that these things could easily and inexpensively be re-purposed to do real interesting things!

[@stephenjones9153]

Homemade Tazer,s maybe 🤔 😇

[@thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154]

I like it its a lemon the anti orange I already have a lemon shaped plastic container in my fridge it easily pops open to reveal a real lemon cut in half I might get one of these to keep it company

[@marcellucassen8033]

When I read 'High Voltage Lemon' I thought BigClive is back at it again ... you know what I'm talking about, however it turned out to be a bit more than 240 volts 😀

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

Each time I watch that, I smell Lemons, not Ozone !? Thanks Clive. Think I'll be getting one of these. ;)

[@matneu27]

A nice idea, ozone kills bacteria and is also widely used in water treatment. The downside is that the "free" ozone reacts quickly with metals and etched them depending on the concentration. So I wonder how it reacts with aluminum foils or the wiring in the fridge chamber. Also older fridges have not foamed in evaporators or ice cabinets.

[@matthewpiper171]

Your voice is so soothing half reason i watch this, plus... high voltage lemon, high quality bait

[@The_Story_Channel]

I recently purchased this after watching your video. It works well but today I decided to upgrade the battery, I have a battery spot welder so its an easy procedure to do. I used a Sanyo NCR18650GA 3500mAh 10A Battery which is a very good battery, it will be interesting to know how much of an increase in runtime the new cell will give.

[@tbavister]

Given the physical design, I wonder if people will assume it is a motorized juicer and be disappointed: "Honey, you bought a lemon!"

[@Thefilotei]

I'm contemplating on getting one of these now. Great video keep up the good work Clive!

[@McTroyd]

I (eventually) bought all three colors. They are amazing. Relatively expensive (mine were on the order of ~$33 USD per unit shipped), but you've seen the build quality. I'd rather buy this than some cheap trinket that ends up in a landfill after a couple months.

[@epap1375]

@@McTroyd Have you noticed the food staying fresh longer? Or is it mostly a deodorizer?

[@McTroyd]

@@epap1375 Definitely staying fresh longer. In some cases, like veggies, it lasts a lot longer (from weeks to months). This has other repercussions though -- the fridge is still a dehumidifier, and things will dry out. Need to watch out for that.

[@danilodistefanis5990]

For how long do you run them? I don’t want to turn my fridge into an ozone chamber xD I have a very small fridge (almost mini fridge size)

[@McTroyd]

@@danilodistefanis5990 We have a full size fridge, so I'll just run them until the battery dies, and give the fridge a rest while the unit recharges. (It only runs for 5 minutes or so every hour, so that causes it to last days.) In your case, this unit probably emits too much to run all the time in your fridge. If you're looking at getting one, maybe run it for a few hours on low when you first get it, and just run it again whenever you notice your food spoiling quickly, or the fridge smells musty.

[@richardhalliday6469]

Xiaomi Mi are one of better asian manufacturers of electronic devices, well designed and well made. I have quite a few Xiaomi devices, phone, action cam ......even a Xiaomi ballpoint pen - all work well - a little more expensive but you do get what you pay for.

[@JimNichols]

Ooooohhhh that popped off... lol Great video sir Clive and as always entertaining whilst educational.

[@rpavlik1]

Nice build quality. The ubiquitous A2SHB mosfet technically corresponds to a part number of Si2302 - I wonder if that A006/Si2300 is related somehow either originally from the same vendor, maybe a predecessor, very interesting.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

Looks like a lemon juicer. I like it. Ozone is our Frienemy.

[@U014B]

0:15 A yellow lemon is just a lemon, and a green lemon is a lime, but what's a white lemon? An egg?

[@thebrowns5337]

7up? Sprite?

[@DrGreenGiant]

Interesting that they put a back EMF diode across the ozone module but not across the fan

[@ChristophPech]

Probably because the fan is a brushless motor with an integrated inverter which already has flyback diodes included.

[@Blox117]

rest of the lemon: "you charge me right round baby, right round. Like a motor baby, right round round round"

[@cidercreekranch]

I suspect you have sufficient ozone generating capacity to the fill the ozone hole in the atmosphere when and if it reopens.

[@nhcs2k]

I like it. But the best thing I had in my fridge for years was a plastic polar bear from Tchibo, that had a light sensor and could say two different phrases to remind you to close the door as fast as possible. You could also record your own words, but the build in sayings were the best. Things like "Close the door, it's getting to warm for me!" with a pitiful voice (in german). Unfortunately it broke after years. 😭

[@AurumUsagi]

I do miss Tchibo. We used to have a lot of these in the UK before they pulled out in 2009. Problem was that the concept of having what is essentially the middle aisle of a Lidl or Aldi in a coffee shop was rather unusual to Brits, and as much as they did sell some good products, the rather bizarre concept of a variety store within a coffee shop couldn't sustain itself here.

[@dimitripapadopoulos575]

Arthur, the lemon is in play. 🍋

[@memejeff]

thats quite an intriguing little ozone maker, I honestly could use one myself. My minifridges plug fell out for over a month and it now smells like I am storing a cadaver in there

[@thebrowns5337]

And are you? I won't tell.

[@ProtonOne11]

Use some low concentration bleach to wash out the inside, will make it smell chlorine fresh again for a while.

[@memejeff]

@@thebrowns5337 hahah nah m8, not in this one ;)

[@memejeff]

@@ProtonOne11 thank you, I was planning on using bleach but I have to do bit by bit. I havent even removed all the old food yet. Everytime I open it then I run out gagging, it has to stay cool to make it even slightly tolerable. Chlorine isnt a problem since I mess with a lot of chlorine gas :), the main issue is just procrastination

[@5Komma5]

Ozone in the fridge is a must. Get one today! I would have never believed it if I had not tried it myself. I have a fish market close by which always gives me a "Bio" lemon as a gift. Most stayed in the fridge until they started to rot. Now they dry out. It even works through plastic containers. Ozone in the fridge is like the "protective atmosphere" they use to pack ground meat.

[@davidwarford3087]

It's also toxic, opening your fridge may be bad for your health.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Ozone occurs in natural outdoor air. It's only bad when it is at very high concentrations.

[@sheeplehunter9651]

@@bigclivedotcom You are ignorant to the facts. Just because something is natural in our air doesn't mean it isn't toxic. Carbon Monoxide and different Nitric Oxides occur at ground level ( the Troposphere) at much higher rates than ozone and are very toxic, but not as toxic as ozone. Ozone is the main component of smog and is dangerous to health and the environment, it is very toxic. The vast majority of ground-level ozone, not to be confused with the upper atmosphere's protective ozone layer, is created by reactions between environmental pollutants, light, and heat. It is only produced "naturally" at ground level when lightning strikes, and that only makes up a small portion of tropospheric ozone. Your statement that "It's only bad when it is at very high concentrations," doesn't provide any proof that you even know what constitutes a high concentration, because the safe limit recommended is as low as between 0.070 parts per million (EPA recommendation) and 0.10 parts per million (OSHA recommendation) for no longer than 8 hours. According to the EPA, "Adverse health effects from ozone are more likely to occur when ozone levels exceed the EPA standard, but are possible when ozone levels are below the standard, especially in sensitive populations." That means at most one part of the air per 10 million parts is considered the most anyone should be exposed to over an 8 hour period and as I previously mentioned, people can experience health problems at lower levels if they have any form of asthma, if they are children due to weaker longs than adults, or if they are elderly. I wouldn't consider only one part per 10 million to be a "very high concentration" relative to most things, so your answer is an ignorant dismissal of legitimate problems. Most products that have been tested usually produce much higher levels than what is found to be safe, and it's even more dangerous when used in enclosed spaces like a fridge. Also, Chinese products aren't going to care at all about being in compliance with OSHA or EPA guidelines. The EPA also has shown that ozone can eliminate odors, but the catch is that zero studies have been able to do so without exceeding toxic levels, and they also found that they are not effective at preventing things like mold/bacteria and or eliminating air contaminants at safe levels. As a result of reviewing research available to this date, EPA, as well as researchers from universities like UCLA, strongly discourage the in home use of any type of ozone generator.

[@daviddillon172]

Nice to have plugs for the components.

[@AndrewFremantle]

Can you make a video discussing Ozone Generators vs Ionizers? I get the impression they often have similar circuitry, but their purposes seem different. In what applications would you want an ionizer, vs an ozone generator?

[@jurio3117]

Bump

[@ferrumignis]

@@jurio3117 Ozone is used for sterilising and removing smells, ionizers are used for air cleaning (dust/particle removal). Ozone is toxic and will damage the tissue in respiratory systems with quite low concentrations, so definitely not something you want to have produced within a living space.

[@jurivlk5433]

What is the difference between water and H2O?

[@jurivlk5433]

You hillbilly, it's the same thing!!!

[@mishaz4820]

Ionizers ionize air which makes ozone. Ozone generators generate ozone by ionizing air.

[@kimsleep4111]

The Spudger Manufacturers of Scotland are prod of you!

[@ronnierush9379]

Great Video: And I bet its not the first time you've brought a lemon :-)

[@davida369]

Just wanted to thank Big Clive, found and repaired a £280 ecoair dehumidifier, probably would not have been able to without watching Big Clive's videos. Thx Big Clive.

[@drkastenbrot]

Im waiting for a module that replaces/taps into the fridge bulb for an easy retrofit.

[@NiHaoMike64]

Should be easy to do with a supercap.

[@drkastenbrot]

@@NiHaoMike64 definitely not, it would be way more compact and economical to just have a powerful little generator only on with the light. a supercap would need to be huge and require excessive circuitry due to the voltage constraint. big supercaps are never found in consumer electronics for a reason, they rarely ever make any sense to use.

[@bigclivedotcom]

You can get 120/220V ioniser modules that could be wired across the door switch so they ran in series with the lamp when the door was closed.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

"To be honest , it's not like I've got a shortage of ozone-producing devices" 😄

[@RaDeus87]

I've thought of another use for this product: calorie control. Because I'd stop going to the fridge if I got a face full of ozone every time I opened it 😷

[@MarkTillotson]

And if you were asthmatic that could even be life-threatening - ozone is very nasty above safe levels.

[@RaDeus87]

@@MarkTillotson I'm asthmatic, mostly exertion, cold and allergic, hadn't thought about ozone having an impact. I'll keep that in mind in the future.

[@littleloner1159]

I've been occasionally watching these for over a year now And I just realized that I have no idea what they are used for. I think you mentioned something about that before, but can't really remember. If they are actually useful, could you do a review video where you share your infinite knowledge and experience about these things?

[@Schmrau]

Bravo for the nice connectorization

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Are you saying "using brute force" or "Brit force"? I found it charming to consider the possibility, as the contrast in common sayings between the US and the UK seem to reflect a long standing determination to have a disagreement in terms. : )

[@bigclivedotcom]

Brute force.

[@aurthorthing7403]

Neato Clive, have you seen the I-Vation ozone machine? It is super powerful. Filled my house in 30 minutes.

[@ScarfmonsterWR]

"Bid goodbye to tediousness and free hands" Tediousness I can do without, I'm not sure about hands though.

[@thebrowns5337]

Yeah, but you only need two hands, not free!

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

free is a verb here, I think

[@thebrowns5337]

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 woooosh

[@TheYear-dm9op]

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 Ooooh!

[@frankowalker4662]

When I first saw it on your live stream, I thought it was a lemon juicer. LOL.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

I've gotten lots of lemons from ebay. Non of them generated ozone.

[@mysock351C]

It makes some interesting noises. Really odd as the noise gating obscures it until Clive talks, and then all these weird hissy sounds are in the background. Edit: Even worse when he opens it and runs it again. Ah the joys of high frequency electronics.

[@romanstaszewski5329]

You manage to find the funkiest, sketchiest, budget electronics online or that Poundland store you mentioned before, guess that is some Dollarama(Canada) equivalent in GB. Gotta look up that lemon online, I think it would be pretty good at leaving in my car to kill all sorts of funky smells.

[@LoftechUK]

Clive does it actually work 💯 %. Askin for a friend 😂

[@bigclivedotcom]

They do keep food fresher for longer by inhibiting surface mold and bacteria.

[@janusz0]

When I was a microbiologist, I looked at Ozone for surface sterilisation. It works, but remember this warning: "If you can smell Ozone, it's doing you harm".

[@Sashko_Dee]

I bet you could totally use the chrome cover to juice grapefruits. The question is how long would it take for the acid to strip the chrome paint from the plastic. And I guess more importantly if the health benefits of drinking paint laden grapefruit juice outweigh that of drinking soda streamed grain alcohol.

[@djbassaus]

Does the ozone harm the plastic in the fridge over time?

[@tncorgi92]

I wonder about Tupperware also. And any seals or gaskets in the fridge's interior.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It will very slowly oxidise the surfaces of some materials, but not silicone, aluminium, stainless and glass.

[@Mrbobinge]

Danish wifey says No to this sort of sterilizer (kills smells from fridge). She's afraid it will kill off the flavour of her very stinky Danish cheeses.

[@BertGrink]

As a Dane, I have to take exception to your description of Danish cheese! Our cheeses are *NOT* stinky, they are _AROMATIC!_

[@Mrbobinge]

​@@BertGrink AEROMASTIK, might be closer to the mark. Odour you can chew.

[@fazergazer]

If I break my lemon it’ll save you having to break yours…(top flies off dramatically)…there we go. Love these vids

[@patricklyons7683]

*fly's

[@jimsvideos7201]

Careful please, I doubt the NHS covers bent spudgers.

[@ArtyMars]

The way I read the title made me think the lemon itself was going to be a refrigerator 😂

[@reps]

Xiaomi high voltage refrigerator lemon be like: we got the moves ♫

[@Gunzee]

I thought the metal 'leaves' at the top would open up.

[@MrShwaggins]

It will be capacitor harvesting season soon

[@IvyMike.]

Just been watching some of your backlog before coming here for my dose of Clive.

[@lucasimark7992]

You stop procrastinating and go back to counting electrons! I’m waiting for a new video ;) Jokes aside, great to see you here! Cheers mate!

[@SimonCoates]

Why am I reading your comment in your accent? 🤔😂

[@MrShwaggins]

Make a lemon styled tesla coil. I wanna see lightning flying off that lemon!

[@kimsleep4111]

I can hardly wait until Ralphiem comes over for a visit, and dumps this into his Gin And Tonic!

[@Bianchi77]

Nice video, thanks :)

[@apparentlynot1stLeonchubbs]

This would be dandy if you grow any fragrant flowers in your bedroom closet 😇

[@bigclivedotcom]

Ozone has always been used by that industry.

[@chengambj]

Hi BigClive, would you consider making a diy "Jacob's Ladder" using a high voltage module hooked to couple of copper rods. I have tried a couple of times myself but I always seem to blow the ht modules. Keep up the good work 👌

[@bigclivedotcom]

It won't work with the pulsed high voltage sparkers. It will have to be a continuous high voltage. A neon transformer is often used.

[@chengambj]

@@bigclivedotcom Ah that's where I've got it wrong. Thanks for the heads up.

[@Jedda73]

High Voltage Jacob's ladder with Gabriel electrode. (quieter from 2.02) kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6eQZ4ydl6mir6s

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Nice ornament for in a Christmas tree ;-)

[@_Piers_]

Xiaomi has seemingly hundreds of sub-brands that operate at least somewhat separately. The Chinese sellers know we generally won't have heard of these brands so make sure Xiaomi is in the title :)