Not a video (yet). You CAN hotwire the BMW "ioniser"
Added 2020-06-10 23:40:30 +0000 UTCThe video is currently uploading. This was a very complex thing to do, since there are so many safety systems to prevent the ozone generator from jamming on at full power if a single component fails. It took three bypasses to get it to run.
The processor was also not accepting a simple pulsing of the control wire as a valid PWM signal.
I'm guessing that BMW call it an ioniser to avoid triggering the eco-experts who believe that any level of ozone is going to cause death. The same people will happily buy a rock salt lamp ioniser that produces approximately zero actual ions, so calling it an ioniser will make them feel all snugly in their BMW.
It's strangely pleasing knowing that at full tilt this thing can run at over 25W and enrich their air with eye watering and lung rasping levels of ozone if the software is interfered with, or a little inline adaptor inserted in the wiring loom to squeeze as much ozone out as possible.
I'll guess it's so powerful for when it goes into a sanitising routine with the airflow closed to the cabin area. Their claim that it generates hydrogen peroxide from ambient moisture is technically true, as the ozone can impart a spare oxygen atom onto a water molecule (H2O) turning it into the peroxide molecule (H2O2). But it'll also oxidise everything else in it's path too.
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That is one badass wirepoking bear right there.
Michael Thompson
2020-06-13 09:41:14 +0000 UTCI've looked at a few of those in the past. They have the exciting feature of failing dramatically when actually left out in direct sunlight for thermal reasons.
Big Clive
2020-06-12 04:39:37 +0000 UTCI saw that page too but it didn’t have any information about the actual “ionizer” unit itself and only talked about the scented cartridges for the BMW’s.
Zane Revai
2020-06-11 14:35:16 +0000 UTCSo many of the power banks that first started saying that they had a solar panel on top did but… They were really just rejected 🙅🏻♂️ solar panels & they were not connected in any way to the battery 🔋 pack except for, GLUED UNDER A FRAME TO THE TOP! So yes, technically they did have legit solar panels on them but they were rejected units! Heck some even showed up to people with the solar panel pre-cracked for you so then you can use your battery 🔋 stress free & never ever worry about dropping it, because it’s already factory 🏭 broken for you!!!
Zane Revai
2020-06-11 14:31:42 +0000 UTCFor that "fresh as a daisy" feeling.
2020-06-11 03:58:27 +0000 UTCThe ionizer works hand in hand with the ambient air system. https://www.shopbmwusa.com/PRODUCT/5754/BMW-AMBIENT-AIR-AUTHENTIC-SUITE
2020-06-11 03:57:08 +0000 UTCExcuse the completely unrelated comment, but if you're looking for more things to buy from eBay, a search for "solar usb" reveals a lot of apparently new designs of USB power banks with solar panels on the top - many of which claim wildly implausible capacities.
David Glover-Aoki
2020-06-11 03:35:22 +0000 UTCThat's probably when they're being pulse width modulated or the current to them is being regulated. The corona appears from 6V upwards and the current rises with voltage. It's probably a bad idea to run them too hard in terms of the lifespan of the corona plate.
Big Clive
2020-06-11 02:36:22 +0000 UTCThey are common on eBay.
Big Clive
2020-06-11 02:34:53 +0000 UTCHmm … I think I will have less tribble finding a BMW "ionizer" than test tubes fat enough to fab an O3 genny. Wonder if @RickyYngsdal or someone knowledgeable about salvaging BMW parts could give hints on removing those puppies….
2020-06-11 01:53:11 +0000 UTCI was just googling the “Ionizer” part and came across this website that says Maximum Constant Current Consumption = 830mA https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f10-520d-lim/components-connectors/components/components-with-b/b88-ionizer/XWEl5YS
Zane Revai
2020-06-11 01:37:00 +0000 UTCInsanity having that little tiny looking “Ionizer” element in your Luxury Vehicle @25W!!! So that’s average 12V @ 25W is just north of 2Amps, Nice 👍🏻!
Zane Revai
2020-06-11 01:34:31 +0000 UTCMy 5g/hr "pro" wall ozone generator consumes 60w. The fact this tiny one can take up to around half that is kinda scary.
2020-06-11 00:31:40 +0000 UTCCalling it an ioniser is probably to avoid saying what it really is. Ozone gets some eco-hippies in a flap thanks to scaremongering.
Big Clive
2020-06-11 00:13:13 +0000 UTC
