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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — Maine's state fire marshal says a man burned down his parents' house and killed three pets while trying to exterminate ants in his basement with matches.
Investigators say 21-year-old Devon Doucette was trying to incinerate the ants with wooden matches when one of them ignited combustible materials. The fire quickly spread to the rest of the house.
[...] Authorities say the fire killed two cats and one dog. They say charges are not likely.
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Man Accidentally Burns Down Parents' House, Killing Cats, Dog, in Attempt to Exterminate Ants
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @02:06AM (5 children)
Ozone is also a common way to keep hot tub and pool water clean -- the water runs past a UV bulb that generates some ozone. Often not quite enough to keep the water clear indefinitely, but cuts way down on Chlorine usage.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday April 02 2017, @03:23AM (3 children)
Thanks, I didn't know that, either. According to one article about the topic,
Corona discharge generators produce a much higher concentration and quantity of ozone as compared to the ultraviolet ozone generators.
-- http://www.poolspanews.com/facilities/maintenance/shedding-light-on-uv-and-ozone_o [poolspanews.com]
It goes on to say that micro-organisms are damaged by the ultraviolet light itself.
Ultraviolet light and ozone can also be used to treat drinking water.
http://srjcstaff.santarosa.edu/~chaverin/pda-pdfs/CHANGING%20ORDER/UVDisinfectionWaterApr10.pdf [santarosa.edu]
UV is used in the water systems of Vancouver, Rotterdam and New York City.
http://www.trojanuv.com/applications/drinkingwater [trojanuv.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @06:57PM (2 children)
Sounds like a UV LED in the toilet bowl could do the job of a chlorine tablet in the water tank without having to worry about chlorine degrading all the other parts in the tank.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2017, @12:18AM
Interesting idea. How would you attach it so that it could be easily removed for the toilet brush (and occasional plunger)? Or maybe it is always removed when the toilet is being used and is only inserted in "clean" water in the bowl? For example, it could hang down from the lid and be lifted out when the lid is raised.
My GF loves the chlorine tablets in the tank and I hate to replace the shrunken and warped rubber flapper valves that result. Luckily she saw the light after I showed her the last shriveled mass that caused the leaky toilet tank...
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday April 04 2017, @09:53AM
A "germicidal toilet seat" using a UV tube was patented in the 1980s.
https://www.google.com/patents/US4819276 [google.com]
Boeing was looking into UV lights for lavatories on aircraft.
http://www.boeing.com/features/2016/03/self-clean-lavatory-03-16.page [boeing.com]
Someone's selling an LED lamp with a motion sensor.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-Motion-Activated-UV-Sterilization-Toilet-Bowl-Light-Bathroom-Germicidal-Lamp-/332155183517 [ebay.com]
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday April 02 2017, @12:43PM
$50 will get you a couple watt "EPROM size" UV lamp for your tropical fish tank aquarium mounted in your box filter. There are also specifically ozone generating machines for $250 or so. The Chinese being who they are, I suspect some fraction of "UV aquarium lights" are just blue LEDs that do nothing.
I've been thinking about it on and off. To some extent don't fix whats not broken and my fish are happy so I'm happy.