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Delarage

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17. Cool

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 01:14 PM

May 2020

They should make one (maybe already have) for air returns in HVAC systems. Maybe filters can do enough, but the tighter the filter fibers, the less air gets through. Maybe UV would work better for viruses and save the filters for larger particulates.

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Amazon built a roving robot covered in UV light bulbs that could kill the coronavirus in warehouses [View all] ancianita May 2020 OP

If Trump and/or Pence get C19, maybe Bezos woul offer to drive it up their butts ;) nt woodsprite May 2020 #1

I OBJECT! Hugin May 2020 #2

K & R Budi May 2020 #3

Furbys! Our daughter's came 'alive' in the middle of the night when she was little, woodsprite May 2020 #6

... Hugin May 2020 #10

What a clever idea. Hugin May 2020 #4

Well, it's certainly cheaper than safe staffing levels and paid sick leave. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #5

My guess it's also cheapercuz current staff can now safely work, get product out, without sickness. ancianita May 2020 #7

Virus on surfaces isn't the issue. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #8

So what's to sanitize, then? ancianita May 2020 #9

UV is effective against many bacteria. n/t Hugin May 2020 #11

Virus on surfaces is a huge issue Recursion May 2020 #12

+1 Hugin May 2020 #13

As I understand it, it is not a primary mode of widespread transmission for COVID-19. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #14

It's part of the issue. lagomorph777 May 2020 #19

They have more advanced ones in hospitals that get under the bed and around the furniture. GriffenRamsey May 2020 #15

tRump is buying these up fast for the White House. yonder May 2020 #16

UV causes a real tan, but I think it would bleach out orange paint. lagomorph777 May 2020 #20

Cool Delarage May 2020 #17

I have a bunch of UV lamps inside my HVAC. lagomorph777 May 2020 #21

I've heard that airlines use them in their planes' air circulation systems. Don't know if it's true. ancianita May 2020 #22

Does it also inject Clorox straight into your veins? Initech May 2020 #18