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Posted by laima on September 16, 2006, at 7:24:35
Does anyone know about this? I've heard that one sort is "healthy" or conducive for a good mood, and the other "unhealthy". I thought "negative" ions were the desirable ones, so why does my air filter have a "postive ion generator" option switch on it? I am confused. So far, I leave that switch on off...Thanks,
Laima
Posted by Tomatheus on September 18, 2006, at 23:24:51
In reply to about positive and negative ions, posted by laima on September 16, 2006, at 7:24:35
Laima,
Everything that I've read on the relationship between ions and mental well-being is consistent with what you've heard. Negative ions have been associated with improvements in mood, and positive ions have been associated with both physical and emotional disturbances.
I find it odd that your filter has a positive ion generator built into it, and it makes no sense to me why any manufacturer of air filters would include such a device in their products. Perhaps the ion generator is really a negative ion generator, and the person who was responsible for labeling the device incorrectly labeled it as a positive ion generator. That's the only explanation that I can think of. You might want to contact the manufacturer and confirm whether the ion generator inside your air filter is indeed a positive ion generator. But unless you can confirm that the ion generator was actually an incorrectly labeled negative ion generator, I think it would probably be wise to continue to keep the ion generator on your filter switched to "off."
Tomatheus
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> Does anyone know about this? I've heard that one sort is "healthy" or conducive for a good mood, and the other "unhealthy". I thought "negative" ions were the desirable ones, so why does my air filter have a "postive ion generator" option switch on it? I am confused. So far, I leave that switch on off...
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> Thanks,
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> Laima
Posted by laima on September 19, 2006, at 6:56:10
In reply to Re: about positive and negative ions » laima, posted by Tomatheus on September 18, 2006, at 23:24:51
Tomatheus,Thank you for your response- basically confirming my own understanding of poitive vs negative ions. Either the manufacturer is nuts, or some marketing person didn't want to use the word "negative" on the product? I just can't fathom why they would include an actual "postive ion generator". I could call and ask them. The filter DOES make the air in my painting studio noticabley clearer/cleaner, and the filter does catch a lot of junk that I can see- so how did they screw up so bad on this other feature? Weird. Thanks again for your response.
Laima
> Laima,
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> Everything that I've read on the relationship between ions and mental well-being is consistent with what you've heard. Negative ions have been associated with improvements in mood, and positive ions have been associated with both physical and emotional disturbances.
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> I find it odd that your filter has a positive ion generator built into it, and it makes no sense to me why any manufacturer of air filters would include such a device in their products. Perhaps the ion generator is really a negative ion generator, and the person who was responsible for labeling the device incorrectly labeled it as a positive ion generator. That's the only explanation that I can think of. You might want to contact the manufacturer and confirm whether the ion generator inside your air filter is indeed a positive ion generator. But unless you can confirm that the ion generator was actually an incorrectly labeled negative ion generator, I think it would probably be wise to continue to keep the ion generator on your filter switched to "off."
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> Tomatheus
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> > Does anyone know about this? I've heard that one sort is "healthy" or conducive for a good mood, and the other "unhealthy". I thought "negative" ions were the desirable ones, so why does my air filter have a "postive ion generator" option switch on it? I am confused. So far, I leave that switch on off...
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> > Thanks,
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> > Laima
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