Very retro "Japanese" air purifier.

[@LarixusSnydes]

This looks distinctly like a late 90's/ early noughties design, especially with the oval buttons and the whole bulbous design of the enclosure.

[@RiderBlitz1.0]

Yeah,we had some electronics like that old design

[@zaraak323i]

Judging by the number of screws, I'd say that Sony designed this!

[@josephking6515]

Nah, no propriety screws. 😀

[@andreasu.3546]

@@josephking6515 That would have been Apple.

[@dashcamandy2242]

As a Sony fan, I can confirm the sometimes excessive use of screws.

[@MrTarmonbarry]

@@josephking6515 Sony dont always use them , i have had loads of their products and none have had them . Maybe its a recent thing Just checked a couple of things i have , Bluetooth speaker , ordinary cross heads , rx10 camera and cross head screws again. Sony leave that nonsense to others who think they are stopping people getting inside the products , sony have maybe realised that anyone can get the correct screwdriver bits these days

[@MrTarmonbarry]

@@dashcamandy2242 Must be there for a reason . I would rather have a few more and a solid product rather than a few less and something flimsy . I have a few of their products because of the quality although that has dropped off a bit since they started having things made in China

[@hankscorpio33]

Finally someone else who correctly calls them cells! The confrontations I've had over this.

[@Quick_Fix]

After you showed this generator on your last week's stream, I immediatly ordered one on Ali and it arrived, just in time, yesterday. Thanks for opening it up, so I don't have to. 👍 Oh, and I paid €11.77 for it.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

sweet thanks for the tip !

[@IanDarley]

I couldn't find it, do you have a link by any chance? Edit, never mind, found it on Amazon for £10.99 👍

[@Gunzee]

Bought one from Amazon for £6.75, only now like an idiot I wish I'd ordered more. Arrived really quickly. Expected 2-14 December and it came yesterday (11th November).

[@piconano]

Whenever my fridge gets all stinky, I use my portable mini 6kv spark generator and put it in the fridge for 5 minutes. Then take it out quick and close the door. Let the ozone fight it out with the bacteria. It works like a charm.

[@d.t.4523]

You need to up your game! Throw the smelly stuff away and wash the fridge. 👍

[@piconano]

@@d.t.4523 You need to smarten up and don't see others from the eyes of your experiences. Sometimes things get forgotten in the back, and stink up the fridge. It happens to everyone that has anything in the fridge. You find it, you throw it away and that's that. Without being a drama queen like yourself. 👍

[@birdgirl8390]

oh so that's what it can be used for!

[@RFC-3514]

1:56 - Five screws _and you're not even in yet?_ What a stud!

[@HalogenStarMusic]

These videos are helping lower my stress and anxiety levels, thank you.

[@DenkyManner]

I was fully expecting a kettle sized unit from the thumbnail.

[@gn0st1c]

i have one, bought about 16 years ago, still working great..

[@lostjohnny9000]

My ozone Twinkie was placed in my fruit bowl. After a week I'd eaten all the fruit except for one banana which hadn't appeared to ripen much judging by the yellowness. Imagine my surprise when I tried to peel it and found the banana had turned itself into a delicious smoothie.

[@superwombat42]

I'd love to see a tour of the workshop, tool collection, and recommended packouts for mobile jobs

[@Trebuchet48]

The disassembly with all those screws brought back unpleasant memories of replacing a headlight on a 1985 Honda CRX.

[@blackenedmerlin2076]

So; it runs off 4.5 VDC, 3-AA batteries, 3V min threshold, great emitter... I bought 3 off Ali and they just arrived. Unit #1 gets a USB connector straightaway so it runs forever in the bathroom. Unit #2 gets a massive battery pack so it runs near forever in the fridge. I love that you take these things apart first and show it all off, makes it even faster when I take mine apart.

[@Alexander_l322]

What’s the benefit of using these in the bathroom and fridge?

[@cheyannei5983]

@@Alexander_l322 Ozone is a very strong oxidizer. It reacts with volatile organic chemicals, bacterial and fungal spores, and so on. In one, it keeps food from spoiling so quickly, and from food taking on the 'flavor' of the fridge air. In the other, it keeps the air clean and gets rid of smells.

[@Alexander_l322]

@@cheyannei5983 sounds like a great thing to have! I know what you mean by the fridge taste

[@kaitlyn__L]

I read this and then had to come back to it after ten minutes when I realised (while at the fridge) - where’s the power for your USB coming from in the bathroom? Do you have power outlets in your bathrooms? o.o I have none in my current apartment, and in my prior one there was a shaver slot but that’s not a standard wall connector. It didn’t print maximum current on it but I imagine you could technically get an adapter for low loads if you really wanted.

[@TheSimon253]

@@kaitlyn__L don't know where you or they live. But in Sweden (and I asumme the rest of the EU) this is common in modern bathrooms. I have three outlets (one for the washing machine) in my bathroom. All standard 230 volt.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

I've just ordered three of these as they look so well made and seem ideal for a room ozoniser. The 3V low battery warning will also ensure my Eneloops don't get over-discharged. I've ordered 7 ozone generators in the last 2 weeks now Clive! All of them that you've torn down. (Shipping delay from China helps feed my desire for more gadgets.) I've spent so much (relatively) that I can't afford to buy much food this month but at least the food I do buy should last for ever. ;)

[@ian-c.01]

Thanks for not flipping one of the photo's of the circuit board, I find it easier to follow when I can flip the board in my head for some reason, especially when the tracks are very clearly visible through the board.

[@JayH7745]

Thanks for the review Clive. I ordered two of these units for myself last night. Supposed to be here July 30th.

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

"Not a typical Chinese design", translation "It actually works".

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

It's cheap but it's not nasty.

[@joeswheat]

Dumb comment.

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

@@joeswheat yours definitely is, yes

[@cardboardboxification]

China doing its best to fill landfills around the world, with cheap China products

[@kimsleep4111]

I bought the EXACT same unit about 15YEARS AGO. It lived in our frig, randomly turning itself off and on...quite good unit. I could actually never figure out the operation, but it was cool. Somehow it got lost in a move.

[@romancharak3675]

Good design never goes out of fashion.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

By now there are more purifiers on the Isle of Man than in the whole UK !!

[@frankowalker4662]

There are more purifiers than people on the Isle of Man. LOL.

[@casemodder89]

@@frankowalker4662 *in clives home !

[@johnathanltablet]

@@casemodder89 "There are more purifiers than people *in Clive's home*" Thanks for the correction I couldn't really get what he meant at first

[@TopEndSpoonie]

"Is this holding a charge", proceeds too touch across plates, "Nope". Hahahha. Also, noticed that there were different sizes of screws as well. The parts list for this would be huge.

[@llloyd4]

Almost makes me wonder if the factory owner also owns a screw factory. *LOL!*

[@MrTarmonbarry]

@@llloyd4 If he does we are all screwed ))

[@SpiritualInsanity01]

I have one of these and it was advertised as a fridge ozone air purifier rather than a room air purifier. I doubt the small amount of ozone it gives off would make much of a difference in a room, but it makes a major difference in the fridge, as the timed interval blasts of ozone it gives off neutralises the gasses from fruits and vegetables that causes them to ripen and subsequently go off faster. One of these in the fridge can literally increase the shelf life of your fridge produce threefold.

[@dcallan812]

Nice all the screws are the same. It was not designed to be a cheap item. It took some getting into but was worth the effort.

[@Echristoffe]

Clive I found it. It can be found in Japan under those reference ASH-2338 or AY-8338 both seems to be produced for Asahi (アサヒ) in 2011. But it seems to be mainly for Asian overseas market (south east). We can still find it on Amazon and Rakuten. I will buy one for my pet litter place … thanks for the information about build quality (I may also dismount mine to check it)

[@katelyn6989]

The amount of ozone in the air in Clive's house must be off the charts

[@bigclivedotcom]

No. It's well within safe limits.

[@josephking6515]

@@bigclivedotcom Is that safe limit in the Oh Zone? 🤦‍♂️

[@jacob1121]

@@Okurka. That's what the ozone is for.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@bigclivedotcom so it’s off the dial; just in the other direction :D since you said detectors are not very sensitive…

[@joshfriesen9401]

Japanese companies can make the best stuff and Clive is the best at taking the stuff they make to bits! 😂

[@davidlee4576]

Thanks Big Clive! Tinned the tip, fixed 7 more wires in my truck and the money light is off!!!

[@Zenodilodon]

That is a pretty decent design. It has relatively efficient functionality and a plastic shell that looks stronger than a 1990s happy meal toy.

[@stephtronix1811]

Just got mine and I gave it a diode for voltage drop on 5V USB from a little USB power bank, great unit!

[@gregbell2710]

So many bits! Can't imagine putting all that back together

[@SinKillerJ]

Cause of death: Glorious ping to the face.

[@phydeux]

That would be great on a headstone. 🤣

[@twotone3070]

That made me laugh.

[@peter.stimpel]

"This product was built by the association to support screw manufacturers" ... At the time that product was designed, right to repair was not a movement, right?

[@richardbrobeck2384]

The Screw Workers union !

[@josephking6515]

@@richardbrobeck2384 I wonder if they use any protection? 🤷‍♂️

[@philmerrifield1163]

Looking at your insulated screw drivers in your videos, I thought for a very long time that I was possibly the only one that chopped the insulation back on the end to fit in recessed screw holes. Very interesting construction, they definitely don't want it falling apart. Love your content mate, always a pleasure when I get the ding saying you've uploaded a new video and its usually around the early hours when I'm most active 😁

[@deriksteven]

Looks like a good product. I’d like a mains version as well.

[@MrTarmonbarry]

I gave Clive the challenge of converting it . Should be possible to do it , just need the know how

[@extrastuff9463]

@@MrTarmonbarry Shouldn't be too hard when reusing the internal guts? Finding a DC power supply from some dead appliance that outputs something between what 3 fully charged NiMH cells and 3 full alkaline cells produce on the - and + should do the job. Drill a hole to put the jack matching the DC barrel plug fits into, hook the wiring up maybe even go fancy and add a switch so you can choose to use the batteries or the external DC power supply. Integrating the power supply might be a bit more fiddly but there is plenty of space in there. At least I'm assuming it should be that simple, the device ran fine on NiMH apparently and also on alkaline. So I'm guessing it doesn't rely on the power source being current limited (NiMH chemistry tends to be able to deliver much more current than alkaline).

[@markjewell2821]

Happy Thursday from Sioux Falls South Dakota!

[@pshq]

I have a 10+ years old device like this in my fridge, still working. I had to open it lately because it touched the back of the fridge, water landed on the needles and it started arching. Mine has an additional decorative ring part around the battery holder and the buttons are a bit different style, made as a rubber membrane with long sticks pressing the buttons on the PCB. Everything else is the same, including the way it goes apart. Maybe it has more screws though... xD EDIT I love this device, it keeps everything fresh and reduces bad smell so efectively i don't have to use any tricks to get rid of the "fridge smell". EDIT2 The PCB was different too, mine has a through-hole design micro controller.

[@BedsitBob]

"Has it got a charge?" "No, it hasn't." Hands up anyone, who was disappointed there was no charge.

[@nigelworwood8530]

That's it you have convinced me ... I am getting one! ... A for the engineering and B cos wot it does

[@Trunt87]

I have one of those, about 10 years ago and it works fine for me

[@MrFrazierNation]

When Clive says it gets a bit freaky, you know you're in for a ride

[@gvii]

Oh good, for a minute there I wasn't sure it was actually a Chinese gadget. But then I saw the "Mystery Chip"(TM) and immediately my fears were relieved. Lol...

[@cheyannei5983]

Often, the mystery chips are bootlegs or recycled, so I don't mind not labeling. But sometimes I wish they would include a schematic of the chip on the PCB mask, if it would fit.

[@d.t.4523]

We are happy to know that every inch of your home is wall ozoned! 👍

[@fuzzytincan]

I have the German version of this called the Genius Air Plus. It is Powered by four AA batteries

[@casemodder89]

If it's the same circuit it would work like a charm with rechargeable eneloop batteries at around 4,8-5V

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

The collector of Y2 can only drop to the C-E saturation voltage of Y1, which might be in the region of 0.8V depending on the amount of current flowing.

[@timexplorer9708]

I have a very similar one of these. Bought in Japan 5 years ago - body and internals seem identical, but different soft touch buttons. No brand, but made in China

[@Nf6xNet]

You have inspired me to order one of these screwy ozone generators. Particularly since I think I probably goofed a week ago and ordered a dodgy ionizer instead of a dodgy ozone generator.

[@Nf6xNet]

Argh! The dodgy eBay seller where I ordered this screwy generator notified me that their supplier sent them the wrong stuff, so they can't ship it, and I should cancel my order. Poo balls! I'm hesitant to give AliExpress my credit card number, so I'm searching for another questionable source now. I'll try this one on Amazon which Craig Gibson helpfully linked to elswhere in the comments: www.amazon.com/dp/B01M71SPP5

[@TonimusMaximus]

Thanks, Clive. Just ordered two.

[@rasmis]

What were they called? I can't find them on eBay.

[@mickeybob28]

@@rasmis www.ebay.com/itm/184496063374?hash=item2af4d2838e:g:BrcAAOSwZo5fjosu

[@neilpinner5750]

Hi clive,Looks like theres room in that to install a usb socket a and a charge circuit, or even an internal cell. But I think the batteries in the base add to stability.

[@gryzman]

I do wonder if you could fit a slow turning fan in there pushing ionised air out. I got one of these ionisers and I do like it. It's producing ton of ions. Should get a second one.

[@mikemondano3624]

Retro? I bought mine last year. And taking it apart proved a real puzzle to me.

[@bikkiikun]

These "ion" thingies have been all the rage in Japan for years, now. Although bigger units and integration into air conditioning are the norm.

[@theholyduck90]

We have a toshiba mini-split heatpump for heating and cooling in the house and it has a plasma air-ionizer feature that i have never turned on. but maybe i should?

[@Sembazuru]

I'm considering if I should integrate ozone and/or ion into my forced air home climate system. Particularly for the ionizing, I'm wondering if I should put it before the air filter or after the air filter. I'm thinking before, but have a feeling that I would go through air filters even faster than I do know (I have multiple cats so there is a sizeable pet fur and dander load on my air filtration system). I also don't know how the metal ducting will effect the resulting ionized dust. I would suspect that I would get extra dirt build-up right in the region of the ionizer instead of mostly the ionized dust getting trapped easier (through electrostatic attraction) in the filter. What sort of professional should I look for? Are there any existing scientific papers on this topic? (I'm not sure that I would trust professionals or white papers from the companies that make the ionizers as they might be a tad bit biased...) ;-) If it makes a difference, I'm in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US.

[@bobnope457]

Here in Germany this is sold as the „newgen medicals Luftverbesserer“. You can find it on Amazon.

[@deaneatsgreens]

THANK YOU. Been searching everywhere to find it on the german amazon.

[@bobnope457]

@@deaneatsgreens You’re welcome :)

[@BajanAlan]

Clive the latest Buzz word is Threaded Fastner !

[@phils4634]

Bought the exact likeness of that 9 years ago from DX. A bit heavy on the batteries, but it still works just fine as a fridge air freshener!

[@ChiEKKUsama]

Enjoying these ozone and air ionozer/purifier videos. We definitely have a bad impression of ozone in America, which doesn't appear to be well deserved. Incidentally, I'm restoring a camper van that sat out in a field for several years; it's giving me a lot of ideas for how to sterilize it.

[@kevinfarley6981]

"Has it got a charge?" Touches electrode... "No, it's not." And if the bleeder resistor was missing or open? Too funny. Love your videos. Cheers.

[@SabreMc]

This design looks a lot like Oreck designs, maybe the factory got their hands on the design documents and tooling from them after that company was bought out by a Chinese one?

[@Bu11etSp0ng3]

My thoughts exactly! They even use the Ioncare name.

[@ryangreenley4818]

Just came here to mention that. Oreck XJ-100

[@Ed19601]

"It was originally designed quite well" epic!

[@marcinwaach7639]

Fridge ioniser works nicely, hence better on normal batteries.

[@Uncle-Duncan-Shack]

It's very nicely made, I enjoyed this video.

[@haroldfinz4863]

the defining moment for me, at 4:45 -- "has it got charge? no it's not" -- applying the touch test -- 15 seconds before BigC talks about the "high DC voltage" and the "corona discharge." (( Creds to TopEnd Spoonie who, I note, called this a month ago, but I choose to hit Comment not Cancel. ))

[@dashcamandy2242]

Big Clive: _orders another ionizer/ozone generator/air freshener_ Manufacturer: MORE SCREWS! We can't have him taking this apart on KZbin!

[@shillpolice7981]

From a kid that tinkered. YOU ROCK... BIG LIKE

[@phydeux]

1950's: Made in Japan = crap 2020's: Made in Japan = on par with German engineering.

[@tomservo5007]

in the 80s , the good stuff was coming out of japan

[@DigiLab360]

I remember when “Japanese Junk” was a thing long before “Chinesium” became popular. Both those countries do manufacturing better and at a larger scale than the US today.

[@DirtyRobot]

That was a UK thing to try to protect UK car manufacturers from the cheap imports. Thanks to the unions in the 70's though they left the doors wide open. I remember Made in HK being the low quality stuff.

[@phydeux]

@@DirtyRobot That attitude also existed here in the US. Sounds like the UK trades simply decided to co-opt it to their purposes.

[@phydeux]

@@DigiLab360 Larger scale, sure. That's easy when you have slave labor available and no compunction about it. US products are far better across the board because we have have actual STANDARDS. You won't find cardboard in your pork roll, melamine in your baby's formula, or sticks and insects in bulk shipments of saccharin (something I've seen personally).

[@paulstaf]

I have had mine in my truck for a couple days now. There isn't any real smell of ozone. I have it set on the high setting. I guess it is keeping my truck smelling fresher than before. :D

[@cassieabhram7089]

Got two of these ...worked well for years ...batteries last for months...

[@MrJef06]

So many bits that you'd rather count in bytes! :D

[@5Komma5]

That specific unit appears to be popular in the UK. Can't find it on ebay Germany and all the listings on ebay UK ship from the UK. I could use a little unit with some power behind it.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Aliexpress has them.

[@antibrevity]

Very interesting. I'm curious about whether the ozone generator will indeed be depleted by 3V, as NiMH cells will run right down to 3V and would be around 3.6V in normal operation. The innards could be used to build a smaller device based on a li-ion cell, as well. Simply use a TP4056-like module to protect and charge the battery. The existing 3V voltage monitor would still be relevant and would indicate a good time to recharge as TP4056's often don't cut off until 2.5V, which is a bit low for typical li-ions.

[@QunitsClips]

As a French speaker a thumbnail that reads "So Many Bits" really gets my attention. Interesting.

[@ericoppel5698]

Looks like a good investment for prolonging the life of food during the pandemic, thus allowing less frequent trips to the shops and less opportunity of exposure to the coronavirus. I'm wondering how do the batteries perform at the temperatures inside a refrigerator though?

[@patrickbauer1671]

The 2 i ordered after watching this just arrived today. Nearly the same but mine have a wedge in the back . Air can get in and is pushed out at the top together with the ozon smell. I was curious about the smell of ozon and for me its a chemical-chlory odor. A company here in germany sells lots of ozon emiters under the NewGen brand. This things are so cute, they look like retro robots for me.

[@MrDbone75]

Good Friday morning to you sir from Wellington Somerset

[@Abrankod]

Clive sounding out the spelling of microcontroller sounds like an old Speak'NSpell

[@stevetobias4890]

Very cool, I need to get one or three

[@richardbrobeck2384]

I say they well engineered this product and it would be easy enough to add a protection diode for reverse voltage.

[@Mister_Brown]

you'd either lose runtime or have to put the diode across the supply and have it short circuit the whole mess. polarity protection diodes in series make a lot of sense on 12v devices or devices that are mains powered. the battery compartment ledges that make only the positive end possibly conduct against the non spring end are more efficient and can't discharge incorrectly installed but not tested batteries

[@5Komma5]

you make the video and they show up 😁 bought one to compare to my usb type-c X1 Mini Ozon. You are influencing the world market! Edit: "Refrigerator Ozone Air Purifier Fresh Deodorizer Fridge" now works for ebay.de as well

[@MEADVICE]

I was expecting something bigger. My first thought was Clive got massive hands

[@bee4pcgoldrule.007]

Battery powered for travel in Cars, Hotels? Thift stores here in libville have quite a varity of electronic air cleaners

[@Purple431]

Japan makes the best of the best of air purifiers.

[@teemofie]

Damn you Clive and your clickbait thumbnails, Those bright yellow words get me every time! ;-)

[@JLneonhug]

This video reminds me of AVE when he opened up the panasonic toaster (at £400++) Always a joy to find these little gems in the world. Where it is designed by probably some old school engineer and pushed it to production. I've recently serviced a Smartrike for the little one and found so many screws and simply able to take it apart and put it back together WITHOUT breaking any plastics. Its simply amazing feeling when you find products like that, serviceable and push comes to shove can make replacement parts for it. I tend to find that you get better luck finding these items by going for lesser known brands but seems to last the test of time and generally reputable... Another brand I am fond of is Inkbird, they primarily do thermometers or things to do with temp. I've taken a couple of their things apart and seems well designed (for the price you pay). Anyway, great video once again, keep at it!

[@mme725]

Question for you Clive. I have a small bedroom and the upper floor of my house really does not have open windows or vents (long story). If I wanted to get the mold fighting and other handy ozone effects, is there any recommended small ozone device I could have running in the background? Or some sort of "run for X hours a day" or some sort of scheduled ozone usage. Like in your video, it doesn't take much, but without open windows I want to make sure I'm at "normal" levels at least.

[@Silverfoxwolfen]

Oh, so does this mean you can still get hold of it? I could do with something to address a bit of a mould problem in the conservatory I've got.

[@Alexander_l322]

How about a dehumidifier?

[@PvPbomber009]

I aclually had the same design unit. It was marketed as a car air ionizer in EU..

[@PvPbomber009]

Then I took out the HV power supply and pranked my friends with it. 😁 I don't remember if I added some caps or it had some internal capacitance, but when the battery was disconnected, it still had a good zap left

[@EricWillis77]

👍👍👍 That’s worth at least three thumbs up ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@ncot_tech]

Cool! Clive's doing a teardown of a PS5! 😂

[@TheMatsushitaMan]

That's "Monozukuri" for you- if it works and isn't broken, don't change or fix it.

[@Scrawlerism]

lol I was gonna be like “oh come on, how could you tell it was Japanese” but those screws are giving me flashbacks of taking apart my GameCube. Curiousss

[@captainchaos3667]

Is it something about the air on the Isle of Man?

[@tncorgi92]

It's an island so I imagine humidity can be an issue. But I bet the pollutants are low.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's very clean, but humidity tends to be high.

[@LtKernelPanic]

I bet that could be modded to run off USB. Three alkaline AA batteries would be about 5V when new and if you wanted to be safe you could always use a resistor to drop the voltage a bit.

[@robinbrowne5419]

In the future, at the robot repair shop. "Hmmm... Why did you bring me this big box of parts?" "It's Grandpa. He was trying to fix himself." 8 : o ]

[@phonotical]

The chip is no longer but its still out there? I'm guessing maybe it's a stock of old unsold units?

[@williamsquires3070]

Question of the day: can we improve this circuit with a tiny 6 kV Xenon-tube trigger transformer? 🤔

[@pdken3081]

I have a remarkably similar unit by Limburg Germany branded a Genius-Air PLUS, model no GH2187. Same white and grey plastic, similar sloping top, similar curved side panels, similar 4 pin electrode unit but 4 AA batteries which slide up into a cavity. Small LCD indicating temperature. So could the design be German?

[@esecallum]

I have this one. i was not happy with the timers so i short circuited the timer circuit by bypassing it with a switch IF REQUIRED FOR LONGER THAN THE 20 TO 30 MINS and i also added 1 pound power bank it to avoid spending money on batteries

[@bigclivedotcom]

Technically speaking you could add a USB cable and diode to drop the voltage slightly for continuous use.

[@esecallum]

@@bigclivedotcom i found 4.5 or 5 volts made hardly any difference. most batteries are 1.65 when new so 3x1.65= nearly equals 5 anyway. The adding of the timer bypass switch allowed me to take control of it as i found the initial 20mins on and then 1mins on every hour inadequate.

[@pw3090]

Please could you explain how you did this. I think that would be a very useful adaptation. Cheers Peter

[@esecallum]

@@pw3090 just put a wire with a switch in series and connect to either + or -ve of ozone module. the other end is connected to ground. it simply bypasses the on/off and timer circuit

[@pw3090]

@@esecallum Thanks, that's very helpful.

[@Opel_Guy]

Just a heads up Clive if you see this. I spotted a dodgy advert on KZbin today using a still from one of your videos (over/under voltage detector). You aren't credited on it as they have cropped the photo leaving out the BigCliveDotCom. It's on one of these 'Do this to cut electric bill' using a magical mystery device nonsense. You would probably love one!

[@bigclivedotcom]

Yeah that happens a lot.

[@hotflashfoto]

So, where do WE buy one?

[@joeennis2571]

I like it Sandy Munro would have had it down to 4 screws at the very most

[@gutsngorrrr]

So my question is, if these devices are so good a stopping food going off in fridges, why aren't the manufacturers not incorporating them in to the fridge. I would have thought that would be a really good selling point.

[@cheyannei5983]

At least in the States, the FDA cracked down on any device that makes ozone intentionally or not after the a bunch of the units were discovered to be making harmful levels of ozone--for any size room--and were being sold as targeting small rooms. Additionally, sunlight reacts with diesel and car exhaust (from what I understand, moreso diesel, but there are more cars) to create ozone at the ground level. Without a strong breeze to blow it away, it's possible for the quantity of ozone to reach a harmful level quite quickly, and the EPA regulates and issues advisories to this effect. It's particularly dangerous as you can't just "go outside" to escape it, it's already outside. So, making any quantity of ozone--even a ridiculously small quantity--gets you regulated and requires FDA approval.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Probably because the flat earthers have given the word ozone a bad rap.