My turn to be scammed on eBay
Added 2022-10-11 00:25:00 +0000 UTCThis "ozone generator" is a nozone generator. But weirdly the case has clearly been designed with mountings for classic ozone modules, complete with ventilation.
But what's in it is absolutely not an ozone generator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu2VZcPO5_Y
The schematic does yield one interesting power supply oddity. A fudged half wave cap dropper type thing.
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Thanks! I'm a human rights lawyer, but I've always been designing in my spare time. In this picture Dall-E did most of the heavy lifting.
Rasmus
2022-10-12 06:52:42 +0000 UTCIf that happens I may well turn it into an ozone generator.
Big Clive
2022-10-12 00:23:45 +0000 UTCThey seem to have lots in stock. Maybe it's a rogue product being dumped on eBay.
Big Clive
2022-10-12 00:23:12 +0000 UTCYou could have a glittering career as a kids storybook writer and illustrator.
Big Clive
2022-10-12 00:18:48 +0000 UTCYeah, I've seen the cap and zener in series arrangement with a diode catching the positive going voltage capped cycles. This is probably the first time I've seen this odd configuration.
Big Clive
2022-10-12 00:17:26 +0000 UTCsometimes you'll get a refund without having to return the item, and if you do.. that perhaps looks like a nice case to build your own ozone generator into?
David Reader
2022-10-11 23:58:12 +0000 UTCIt seems to be an insect attracter. Maybe the polarity is wrong?
mj
2022-10-11 15:28:54 +0000 UTCThat sticker looks like a typical Amazon FBA product label. There's nothing showing up for the code now, on either Amazon UK or US, but that's normal for FBA products that go out of stock. (Local charity shop gets loads of tat with these stickers on, dumped as unsold and "disposed of" when the fees kick in after a year; few codes work.) It's likely it was put in the wrong box by a cheap Chinese amazon seller then bought, and resold on ebay by somebody who believed the box they found it in.
Rob O'Donnell
2022-10-11 14:17:46 +0000 UTCGreat pic, but for the tag can I suggest Legless Clive?
Ymir the Frost Giant
2022-10-11 13:22:03 +0000 UTCHeh.
Curtis Hoffmann
2022-10-11 11:59:43 +0000 UTCI can tell when I get into a room with a ultrasonic device. My bering aids goes nuts. And I have to turn them off.
Charles Bruckner
2022-10-11 11:40:05 +0000 UTCI think the spider should be called Tiny Clive and go with you on adventures. With the help of an AI I've made some fan art: https://imgur.com/8qiSmbV
Rasmus
2022-10-11 08:18:53 +0000 UTCOMG, I thought I was the only one! 😂
Lostngone
2022-10-11 07:13:49 +0000 UTCHalf-wave droppers are inefficient (this example is fudged / broken as you say) but have the advantage of 0V being at or near mains Neutral which makes them nicer to develop on. Also any "outside world" differential measurements don't have a large common-mode component.
Mike Page
2022-10-11 06:47:04 +0000 UTCI definitely heard a sort of squealing noise... oh wait - I had Dave open on another tab.
Ymir the Frost Giant
2022-10-11 06:27:49 +0000 UTCI thought that your remark about not hearing ultrasonic sound was dry British humour, but I see that you addressed that in the description. XD
Michael Dunn
2022-10-11 05:07:26 +0000 UTCThe ultra-sonic spider repeller had a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate its capabilities, but BigClive squashed it.
Curtis Hoffmann
2022-10-11 04:26:37 +0000 UTCKaren would like to speak to the manager about this!
Russell Levine
2022-10-11 03:33:28 +0000 UTCI usually get a graduated set of Ebay seller responses, starting with - "We will offer you half your money back and you can give it to someone who will find it useful?" - Mister Meaargee.
Rob Googe
2022-10-11 03:32:16 +0000 UTC
