Ionic Breeze Quadra Repair

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Marc

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Has anyone repaired one of these POS? Sharper Image does not sell any
parts for their junk. The internal wire broke when the unit was
attemted to be cleaned internally (accumulates a lot of dust inside). I
am trying to find out what that wire is: platinum, tungsten, or some
other alloy that can easily be bought from some local commercial outfit
or somehow ordered. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Marc
 
"Marc" <mlipovitch@cox.net> wrote in message
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Has anyone repaired one of these POS? Sharper Image does not sell any
parts for their junk. The internal wire broke when the unit was
attemted to be cleaned internally (accumulates a lot of dust inside). I
am trying to find out what that wire is: platinum, tungsten, or some
other alloy that can easily be bought from some local commercial outfit
or somehow ordered. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Marc
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It's probably just a steel piano wire. If all else fails perhaps you could
buy a new identical one then return the broken one in it's box.
 
Make sure to switch the part of the case with the S/N...
not like I've ever _done_ anything like that before...;)

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"Marc" <mlipovitch@cox.net> wrote in message
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Has anyone repaired one of these POS? Sharper Image does not sell any
parts for their junk. The internal wire broke when the unit was
attemted to be cleaned internally (accumulates a lot of dust inside). I
am trying to find out what that wire is: platinum, tungsten, or some
other alloy that can easily be bought from some local commercial outfit
or somehow ordered. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Marc


It's probably just a steel piano wire. If all else fails perhaps you could
buy a new identical one then return the broken one in it's box.
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Hi.

Unfortunately, I also bought a couple of these wildly
overpriced pieces of flimsy Chinese garbage. The secret
ingredient in this Sharper Image product is Profit. Even the
owner's manual is cheap inadequate junk.

Having said that, I have a couple of -real- electronic air
cleaners made by the no-BS company Trion. For the
uninitated, Trion made the air cleaners used in our nuclear
(pronounced as it is spelled, Mr. Bush, "NOO-KLEE-AR")
submarines. Unlike Sharper Image, their product support was
excellent. The ionization wire they used sure looked like
piano wire to me, a substance that I know very well. Unlike
Sharper Image, being a "real" serious manufacturer, Trion
was never so good at blowing their own horn.

My suggestion is simply take the old wire over to a piano
tuner and ask him/her to sell you a length of the same
stuff: the tuner should be able to match the diameter. The
only positive things that I can say about Sharper Image's
"thing" is that the use of a plastic bead to clean the wire
is brilliant. What's also brilliant is the amazing
advertising spin that emenates from that company --
carefully crafted to be enticing hype and just legal at the
same time.

I know that Consumer Reports has tested these "things"
twice, and found them worthless at air cleaning each time. I
must differ. The units do, indeed, trap dust particles on
their rods, which clean up easily. You get a few hours of
down time as their inaccessible cavities air-dry (stingy,
stingy plastic saving). Dust is also trapped on all their
hard-to-clean plastic surfaces like the grilles. In
addition, most of the charged dust particles happen to
settle out on surfaces all over my room: that's what keeps
my air clean: dust all over everything else. One can get the
same dust coating from a cheap air ionizer. The product
emits ozone that stinks up my room at any but the lowest
setting. Ozone, of course, is well known as an respiratory
irritant: Sharper Image, however, calls their emission,
"healthful."

My Ionic Breezes also have jewels labeled "cleaning
indicator." These have never come on. Other people have
posted about these lights: they don't seem to work for
anyone. I know that it is time to wash the rods when the
units emit a menacing resonant buzz.

Trion is now a division of Fedders. Although you won't find
these nifty no-nonesense air cleaners on their web site, you
can still buy their US-made console air cleaning machine at
a decent price (Sears no longer sells them under their own
name). It is the size of a medium-sized floor-standing
loudspeaker. I can vouch for the fine performance of this
machine. Two or three grades of consumable "gas and odor"
filters are made for them, too. These filters not only
absorb household odors, they also absorb the ozone emitted
by the machine itself. If you have one, you know how well
they work! These things really get dirt out of the air and
don't drop it all over your house. I recently called the
Trion part of Fedders, and I reached an excellent support
person. I was very pleased, indeed.

Needless to say, SI has seen the last of my dollars. Good
luck with your wires.

RS

"Amelia M. Samples" <amelias@mail.jopprugroup.com> wrote in
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Make sure to switch the part of the case with the S/N...
not like I've ever _done_ anything like that before...;)

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Marc" <mlipovitch@cox.net> wrote in message
news:B1Lyb.50761$kl6.38346@fed1read03...
Has anyone repaired one of these POS? Sharper Image
does not sell any
parts for their junk. The internal wire broke when
the unit was
attemted to be cleaned internally (accumulates a lot
of dust inside). I
am trying to find out what that wire is: platinum,
tungsten, or some
other alloy that can easily be bought from some local
commercial outfit
or somehow ordered. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Marc


It's probably just a steel piano wire. If all else fails
perhaps you could
buy a new identical one then return the broken one in
it's box.
Click to expand...
 
"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:wKNyb.379925$HS4.3128009@attbi_s01...
"Marc" <mlipovitch@cox.net> wrote in message
news:B1Lyb.50761$kl6.38346@fed1read03...
Has anyone repaired one of these POS? Sharper Image does not
sell any
parts for their junk. The internal wire broke when the unit
was
attemted to be cleaned internally (accumulates a lot of dust
inside). I
am trying to find out what that wire is: platinum, tungsten,
or some
other alloy that can easily be bought from some local
commercial outfit
or somehow ordered. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Marc


It's probably just a steel piano wire. If all else fails
perhaps you could
buy a new identical one then return the broken one in it's box.
Click to expand...
Piano wire may be available at your local hobby shop. It's used
in model airplane construction.

Bob
 
Thanks, I'll go and buy a piece and try to repair this thing....

Bob wrote:
"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Marc" <mlipovitch@cox.net> wrote in message
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Has anyone repaired one of these POS? Sharper Image does not

sell any

parts for their junk. The internal wire broke when the unit

was

attemted to be cleaned internally (accumulates a lot of dust

inside). I

am trying to find out what that wire is: platinum, tungsten,

or some

other alloy that can easily be bought from some local

commercial outfit

or somehow ordered. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Marc


It's probably just a steel piano wire. If all else fails

perhaps you could

buy a new identical one then return the broken one in it's box.


Piano wire may be available at your local hobby shop. It's used
in model airplane construction.

Bob
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