Initially I thought that this thing was going to be a fake like the many car ionisers, but was surprised to find that it does have proper ioniser circuitry in the form of a single transistor oscillator driving a step-up transformer with a voltage multiplier on the output.

13 thoughts on “A look inside a usb ioniser.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars g8xft says:

    I’d have thought it might encourage dust and dirt to gather near the laptop’s cooling vents and get sucked inside which wouldn’t be too good for the cooling system.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gary Shields says:

    i ordered a 2 terabyte usb drive big mistake

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gary Shields says:

    another hammer project

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hasan Sawan says:

    you need to clean your laptop much more often if you plugged in this device.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Aco747lyte says:

    Thanks for the heads-up!

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Russell Brown says:

    Where is your spudger!

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Atleastsomething says:

    You can turn this into a usb killer

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars IonizerIons says:

    It is a bad idea. I fried one of my devices by placing it too close to a different ionizer . This particular model probably delivers too low of an ion density though to do anything noteworthy

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sting 010 says:

    People turn them into USB Killers, examples on YouTube. Good Video 👍

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Santow Megaph says:

    Most of the "not for medical use" N95 masks are not for medical use because they do not include electrostatic material. If you were to craft a metal/chargeable mesh mask to wear under/over the N95s and use one of these to make the mask electrostatic by plopping a battery onto it. Are these powerful enough to be a health hazard?

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sam Cotter says:

    what size is that white wire inside?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alan Wake says:

    If i use it with a phone charger would it be ok "safe"

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fred Existential says:

    Which Ioniser do you recommend

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