IonicBreeze type air purifier design specs

[rob]

Hello,

I am working on making a homebrew air purifier/ionizer like the Ionic
Breeze. I got the mechanics of it worked out (plate and grid layout
etc) and I know you simply need to energize it with a high voltage DC
source.

Has anyone done this before, or know what the exact voltage/current
requirement is?

A saw an add for the ionic breeze that claims it uses very very little
power (less than a watt) but in my experiments my power supply is
consuming at least 20 or 30 watts and the resultant air "flow" isn't
that impressive.

Of course, my plate construction prolly isn't as efficient as a
commercial unit, but i just wanted to get an idea of what to shoot
for...

Thanks a bunch. Cheers...
Rob

 

[Tim Mitchell]

In article <f3gv50538a3vpfij2g9lqpa9h1ohomh37j@4ax.com>, rob
<ngneer314@yahoo.com> writes

Hello,

I am working on making a homebrew air purifier/ionizer like the Ionic
Breeze. I got the mechanics of it worked out (plate and grid layout
etc) and I know you simply need to energize it with a high voltage DC
source.

Has anyone done this before, or know what the exact voltage/current
requirement is?

A saw an add for the ionic breeze that claims it uses very very little
power (less than a watt) but in my experiments my power supply is
consuming at least 20 or 30 watts and the resultant air "flow" isn't
that impressive.

Of course, my plate construction prolly isn't as efficient as a
commercial unit, but i just wanted to get an idea of what to shoot
for...

Have a look at Clive's website here.

http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/ioniser.htm


--
Tim Mitchell

 

[Dennis]

In article <f3gv50538a3vpfij2g9lqpa9h1ohomh37j@4ax.com>,
ngneer314@yahoo.com says...

Hello,

I am working on making a homebrew air purifier/ionizer like the Ionic
Breeze. I got the mechanics of it worked out (plate and grid layout
etc) and I know you simply need to energize it with a high voltage DC
source.

Has anyone done this before, or know what the exact voltage/current
requirement is?

A saw an add for the ionic breeze that claims it uses very very little
power (less than a watt) but in my experiments my power supply is
consuming at least 20 or 30 watts and the resultant air "flow" isn't
that impressive.

Of course, my plate construction prolly isn't as efficient as a
commercial unit, but i just wanted to get an idea of what to shoot
for...

Thanks a bunch. Cheers...
Rob

I built an "ionier" many years ago. It had a fan, collection plate, etc.
The HV was supplied by a multistage, Walton-Cockcroft mutiplier. It
worked, BUT.... My unit spewed out negetive ions,as most of these
devices do. Thses ions attach thenselves to dust in the air, and
then go on to attach themseleves to the closest wall. So the wall also
becomes a literal "dust magnet". The wall slowly starts to become
darker with dirt. Then you end up with this huge area of embedded dirt
on your wall, which is very difficult to remove. I tried moving the unit
farther from the wall, but the dust still got on the wall.Of course, the
unit also
picked up a lot of airbourne stuff.

-Dennis