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 Being Retired now, I thought that it was time for a new name to this Blog |
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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be too long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island 2. BangkokThailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. Los Angeles, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
Ionizer Air Filters/Cleaners I have a bad habit of playing games on my tablet. Why is it bad? Because I've lost the ability to write meaningful stories and poems. I'm beginning to structure my day bay better to devote an hour to reading at least one chapter in book. Right now I just started The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. It was published in 1974, I read it while on an FBM Patrol once. The sad thing is, I remember very little of it, which tells me I read it pretty fast. I know it's been 51 years since being published, but I feel I should remember more of it. In playing games on my tablet though, I see a lot of ads. One of the most recent ones is about an Ionic Air Purifier by Lab Charge. The big claim is that you can smell the freshness in the air. I don't know about that, but I'll let that go. Y'see, Nuclear Submarines have used this same technology since the beginning of time. Well, since the late 50's to early 60's let's say. It was called an Electrostatics Precipitator and it was my division's responsibility to clean them. The Precipitator contained had 2 sections, an Ionizer, and a Collector, or Collector Plates. The ionizer operated at 16,000 Volts! The Collector operated at about 8000 Volts. The Precipitator sat in a vent duct so air would flow over it. As the air flowed past the thin wires of the ionizer, it would give particles a negative static charge (smoke, dust, and fumes (hydraulic oil, Amine, etc) from the air stream). This is how the Ionic Air Purifier by Lab Charge (and other manufacturers operate) that you can buy works. But here's the difference. In a Submarine, the air then flows across a Collector plate that is Positively Charged. The ions created by the Ionizer at attracted to those positive plates, purifying and cleaning the air. (It was a HUGE Pain In The 'You Know What' to clean too!). The 'new' Ionic Air Purifiers do not have any type of Collector. If you pay attention to the ad on the tablet, or read the company's literature about it, it will tell you that "Ionizing the air causes the particles to become too heavy to float, and they fall to the floor" (or any horizontal surface). So yes, you are purifying the air in your house, and in the process, you are creating dust. Oh yeah, if that dust gets disturbed in some way, it can become airborne, and may end up being ionized again! This doesn't sound like a solution to me. It removes dust, dirt, and odors from the air, and creates dust in your house. I'm sorry, my house has enough dust in it already....  |
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