Some guy in the workshop rewired all the coronas in a IR7105 and put about 4 boxes (2000 sheets) of paper through it to test without the back panel screwed on.
He shared the ozone with everyone in the room ;(
Some guy in the workshop rewired all the coronas in a IR7105 and put about 4 boxes (2000 sheets) of paper through it to test without the back panel screwed on.
He shared the ozone with everyone in the room ;(
If the machine is installed in a well-ventilated room, I usually throw them away. When not, I try to replace them when needed.
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I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!
It depends on where I've worked. Some companies never change them, and others follow the book strictly.
It also depends on the customers. Some customers are more professional AND they take time when they check out the copiers they want to buy. They know what PM parts that is in the machine - and when they are going to be replaced. Some also demand to keep the old parts, to be in control, and to check if they get what they pay for.
Others have regular air quality controls. If the air quality is bad around a machine we can loose money. So then it is important to change and clean the filters at regular intervals. It don't take a lot of time. But is cost some money though.
But most people don't care and don't know how a copier works.
I remember once at a customer.. they had a lot of plants around the copier. And the plants kept getting brown/yellow sports. That was caused by ozone gas. So when we started to change the filters the plants stopped getting the spots.
Okay, I'm an old guy (really old guy, or rog), but I remember buying a ozone producing machine from the Sharper Image that would fill your room with the wonderful emanations of ozone, infusing you with peace and love, all for $49.95- and, at that time, I remember how the smell from the coronas off of a running a Saxon PPC I was the same smell as my expensive ozone producer. So how come this wonderful ozone is good when produced purposely, but bad as a byproduct of a productive piece of office equipment?
That ozone producing machine.. it didn't happen to be one of those electrostatic precipitators, or electrostatic air cleaners if you like. It's a particulate collection device that removes particles from air (or other flowing gases - in industry for example). It uses the force of an induced electrostatic charge. A byproduct is ozone gas. Electrostatic precipitators are highly efficient filtration devices that minimally impede the flow of gases through the device, and can easily remove fine particulate matter such as dust and smoke from the air stream.
I thought they required an ozone filter itself, so it wouldn't pollute the air by itself..
Last edited by Lotec; 12-08-2010 at 07:35 AM. Reason: spelling/gramma..
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