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Post# 178185   12/26/2006 at 08:27 (6,302 days old) by bingwsguy (Binghamton NY)   |   | |
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I have seen several older washer/dryer Ads stating that they had ultra violet lights. Did they really give a "line dried" scent and kill germs too? If so, why don't we see them today? |
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Post# 178201 , Reply# 1   12/26/2006 at 10:15 (6,302 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 178340 , Reply# 2   12/26/2006 at 18:48 (6,302 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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UV light is germicidal. This is not to say however that there are not drawbacks to it as well.........
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Post# 178341 , Reply# 3   12/26/2006 at 18:50 (6,302 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 178426 , Reply# 5   12/27/2006 at 00:17 (6,301 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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I don't have a washer with a mercury bulb, but several of my dryers have them. If you leave the door of the 58 Filtrator open for a while, you can smell the ozone in the small laundry room. I have one of these EcoQuest machines that won't reset and operate with a new filter change - $179 service overhaul by EcoQuest. No thanks, I'll open the blinds and a couple of windows. |
Post# 178495 , Reply# 6   12/27/2006 at 09:07 (6,301 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Don't think the germicidal lamp was ever supposed to do anything as the machine washed.The light would not shine on anything other than the surface of the water. The germ killing was to be in effect as the machine was on the spin mode. It does shine down on the clothes on spin. White are a purple blue, and jeans are purple. I think the lamps are more effective in the dryer, as the clothes are exposed to the uv rays the entire time they are being dried. My 56WP dryer has the germicidal lamp in it also. So does the 58 Maytag dryer, however the lamp in the Maytag is mounted behind the drum, so the clothes are never exposed to the germicidal lamp. |
Post# 178496 , Reply# 7   12/27/2006 at 09:21 (6,301 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Don't have any pixs that show the effect on spin. It hard to photogragh. Here is one on the rinse cycle that shows the purple-blue however. Note how the jeans look purple-blue behind the Surgilator, where they are just above the water line. And plain blue toward the front, where the jeans are under water. |
Post# 178497 , Reply# 8   12/27/2006 at 09:31 (6,301 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 178504 , Reply# 9   12/27/2006 at 10:40 (6,301 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 178510 , Reply# 11   12/27/2006 at 11:32 (6,301 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 178677 , Reply# 13   12/27/2006 at 23:59 (6,300 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 178678 , Reply# 14   12/28/2006 at 00:00 (6,300 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 178731 , Reply# 15   12/28/2006 at 08:52 (6,300 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 178735 , Reply# 17   12/28/2006 at 09:20 (6,300 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 178741 , Reply# 18   12/28/2006 at 10:01 (6,300 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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I could picture you both crawling on the dirty restroom floor, lol!! I can recall doing that at the airport one time myself, just so I could avoid paying the dime charge of the pay toilet! I have a uv lamp system in my office at work. I can see the blue uv light shine though the grillwork. The unit says "Biozone" on it, and it has three levels. I just turned it on, for the first time since last winter. We are in the cold season here, so may as well turn it on. I can smell the ozone in here, and it is on the low setting. To tell the truth, I had forgot it was even in here until just now. |
Post# 178753 , Reply# 19   12/28/2006 at 10:36 (6,300 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 178775 , Reply# 20   12/28/2006 at 12:13 (6,300 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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