eBay is full of weird and random industrial modules. I saw this one, and since I couldn't find any data about it at all, I decided to buy one and reverse engineer it.
Even after working out what it does, I'm not sure of the exact application. I think it may be intended as part of a sterilisation system for rooms, where a limit switch on the door breaks power to the circuit, and it has to be reset manually upon leaving the room.
The relay circuit is particularly special for its use of a cheap, small and rugged component in place of a traditional hot-running mains voltage component.
The high voltage circuit is using a VERY non-standard approach to minimise components.
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17 thoughts on “Random high voltage ebay thing”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars adrian levy says:

    I have one of these from a mini fridge /water cooler. I was wo during how it works ,now I know thanks.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brakier says:

    that sounds made me feel like my head would explode, so wierd

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars KaiserKoob says:

    Looks like an ozone generator?

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dr.ORTHWORM says:

    The big close up picture tripped me out lol

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Smol Zdot says:

    if this produces Ozone, then its probably a "alternative health/medicine" bullcrap. people think huffing ozone will cure them of everything

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John R says:

    Ozone generators used to appear in fruit and veg shops in the 1970s. They looked like a metal cylinder mounted fairly high up and had a lead (obviously mains) going in and a neon lamp on the front. As a young lad I was curious about what it was, but my Dad knew. I can't remember the reason for them being used though.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars norman madden says:

    With that, and a Chinese TV, Toaster and Microwave, a Chinese spy can build a death ray……
    It's like James Bond crossed with Batman villain.
    /s

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bruce Williams says:

    It's a room deodorizer. Uses ozone.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Guy Actual says:

    It's for a refrigerator. The system resets on the red/blue via a door switch. Ozone has been used to aid in food preservation for some time.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ugsisr says:

    Interesting and nowhere near a conventional circuit.. Possibly to kill viruses , seeing the time it was sold

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gary T. says:

    Ozone will only inactivate viruses (not "kill" as they aren't really alive) at very high concentrations over a long period of time. The inactivation is achieved by oxidising the virus's capsid. Ozone isn't an effective way of achieving viral disinfection.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NSBarnett says:

    Completely wrong, Clive. It's a listening device which feeds scientific gossip back to Beijing via High-voltage listening devices in Huawei fridges.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars U S says:

    Какие ж вы нудные и тупые , 16 минут никчёмной болталогии. Жуть . 👎

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars silverman silvermans says:

    это устройство для озонирования, правда зачем, если озон вреден. но конечно в больших количествах)

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stephen Belcher says:

    Thanks Big Clive that was a Loveley cathode ray tube

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stephen Belcher says:

    I need to bake the ‘ Fly agaric for longer forever man

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Quixotry Workshop says:

    Oh… zone.

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