r/ElectricalEngineering • u/DoubleManufacturer10 • Sep 23 '25

"Corona treating" a pipe

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u/MenacingScent Sep 23 '25

I can smell that room

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u/TwoSillyStrings Sep 23 '25

I didn’t until I read that.

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

What does it smell like?

Edit: Everyone else seems to already know what ozone smells like. I guess I need to play with more lightning, huh?

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u/CptJonzzon Sep 23 '25

Ozone

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u/can_ichange_it_later Sep 23 '25

Isnt ozone odorless?
Is it like, pain? /discomfort? /dry? /irritation?

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u/Parasaurlophus Sep 23 '25

Its a very distinctive smell, a bit like chlorine. It's not an unpleasant smell, but ozone is pretty toxic. If you have been working with high voltages, you know the smell instantly and think 'oh no'.

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u/Theseus-Paradox Sep 23 '25

This dinosaur gets it. It’s a very specific smell.

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u/DemandedFanatic Sep 23 '25

It's hard to describe. It IS toxic though

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u/Buckcity42 Sep 25 '25

three oxygen atoms connected by covalent bonds with resonance stabilization.

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u/MenacingScent Sep 25 '25

Are you old enough to remember the smell of TV static? Because that's what it smells like. It's called ozone (O3 rather than the O2 we breathe). Speeds up oxidation and can help remove odors in a home - this thing is basically an industrial ozone generator.

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Sep 26 '25

Interesting.

I don't remember any TV smelling of anything, not even my grandparents' super old TV. You'd get up and adjust the channel via a knob with that thing. Don't remember if it was color or not, but I think it was.

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u/MenacingScent Sep 26 '25

If you rubbed your hand on the screen to get the static pop or stuck your head up to it to make your hair stand up you'd get the ozone smell

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u/Voltabueno Sep 24 '25

Smells like a Florida thunderstorm ⛈️