Does my laptop cause ozone?

[KABAZZ_]

I'm worried because I found something online about computers producing ozone from their PSU. My laptop cpu gets up to like 90 degrees when gaming and my gpu gets up to 70? Is my pc producing ozone?
Heres what i found: https://www.quora.com/Could-a-gaming-computer-create-ozone

 

[aldan]

a spark across two wires will produce ozone.you pc will as well but not near enough to worry about.

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

mmmh no youre probably fine

 

[USAFRet]

I'm worried because I found something online about computers producing ozone from their PSU. My laptop cpu gets up to like 90 degrees when gaming and my gpu gets up to 70? Is my pc producing ozone?

I could probably find "something online" that states your laptop is also in direct communication with the citizens of Proxima Centauri.
Or slowly draining your precious bodily fluids, from contact with the keyboard.

Don't believe everything you read. Your laptop is fine.

Here's a question: Do you also use a cellphone?

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Those temperatures are very very high. You’re likely damaging your system.

If there isn’t an incredibly horrid smell, you’re fine.

 

[KABAZZ_]

a spark across two wires will produce ozone.you pc will as well but not near enough to worry about.

What component actually produces it, is it the PSU?

 

[KABAZZ_]

I'm worried because I found something online about computers producing ozone from their PSU. My laptop cpu gets up to like 90 degrees when gaming and my gpu gets up to 70? Is my pc producing ozone?

I could probably find "something online" that states your laptop is also in direct communication with the citizens of Proxima Centauri.
Or slowly draining your precious bodily fluids, from contact with the keyboard.

Don't believe everything you read. Your laptop is fine.

Here's a question: Do you also use a cellphone?

Heres what i found:
https://www.quora.com/Could-a-gaming-computer-create-ozone

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

a spark across two wires will produce ozone.you pc will as well but not near enough to worry about.

What component actually produces it, is it the PSU?

Electricity goes through wires. Electricity is hot. Wired get hot and melt, sometimes ozone is a byproduct of the melting plastic.

 

[KABAZZ_]

Those temperatures are very very high. You’re likely damaging your system.

If there isn’t an incredibly horrid smell, you’re fine.

What about low concentrations i cannot smell?

 

[KABAZZ_]

mmmh no youre probably fine

a spark across two wires will produce ozone.you pc will as well but not near enough to worry about.

What component actually produces it, is it the PSU?

Electricity goes through wires. Electricity is hot. Wired get hot and melt, sometimes ozone is a byproduct of the melting plastic.

Heres what I found: https://www.quora.com/Could-a-gaming-computer-create-ozone

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Then there’s no problem.

It’s like oxygen, if there’s too little- you’ll notice it. If there’s too much, you maybe won’t. Ozone is the other way around. If there’s too much you’ll notice it, if there’s too little you won’t.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Electricity goes through wires. Electricity is hot. Wired get hot and melt, sometimes ozone is a byproduct of the melting plastic.

I've never heard of melting plastic producing ozone.

@KABAZZ_ did you actually read that quora article? The only way your computer is producing ozone is if it's repeatedly arcing, and if that was happening your PC would have died or burst into flame by now.

Why exactly are you worried about this?

 

[KABAZZ_]

Then there’s no problem.

It’s like oxygen, if there’s too little- you’ll notice it. If there’s too much, you maybe won’t. Ozone is the other way around. If there’s too much you’ll notice it, if there’s too little you won’t.

I'm worried about the cancer risks.
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619790-300-ozone-alert-follows-cancer-warning/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10630568
- https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/2314

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Electricity goes through wires. Electricity is hot. Wired get hot and melt, sometimes ozone is a byproduct of the melting plastic.

I've never heard of melting plastic producing ozone.

@KABAZZ_ did you actually read that quora article? The only way your computer is producing ozone is if it's repeatedly arcing, and if that was happening your PC would have died or burst into flame by now.

Why exactly are you worried about this?

Different types of plastic when concentrated and heated can react and produce another chemical. Ozone is unstable triatomic oxygen, so when the chemicals from the heated plastic are released, they can bond with the oxygen to make ozone.

You’re right. If it’s not melting or on fire then there’s no issue,

 

[KABAZZ_]

Electricity goes through wires. Electricity is hot. Wired get hot and melt, sometimes ozone is a byproduct of the melting plastic.

I've never heard of melting plastic producing ozone.

@KABAZZ_ did you actually read that quora article? The only way your computer is producing ozone is if it's repeatedly arcing, and if that was happening your PC would have died or burst into flame by now.

Why exactly are you worried about this?

I'm worried about the cancer risks.
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619790-300-ozone-alert-follows-cancer-warning/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10630568
- https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/2314

 

[TJ Hooker]

Do you have any reason to suspect that your laptop, or anything else in your house, is producing dangerous levels of ozone?

There are a million things that can cause cancer. Hell, the sun can cause cancer.

 

[KABAZZ_]

Electricity goes through wires. Electricity is hot. Wired get hot and melt, sometimes ozone is a byproduct of the melting plastic.

I've never heard of melting plastic producing ozone.

@KABAZZ_ did you actually read that quora article? The only way your computer is producing ozone is if it's repeatedly arcing, and if that was happening your PC would have died or burst into flame by now.

Why exactly are you worried about this?

Different types of plastic when concentrated and heated can react and produce another chemical. Ozone is unstable triatomic oxygen, so when the chemicals from the heated plastic are released, they can bond with the oxygen to make ozone.

You’re right. If it’s not melting or on fire then there’s no issue,

Do you have any reason to suspect that your laptop, or anything else in your house, is producing dangerous levels of ozone?

There are a million things that can cause cancer. Hell, the sun can cause cancer.

Im at my laptop most of the day in the holidays catching up on holiday homework or just playing games. My room window is broken so i cant open it. so theres not much air flow

 

[TJ Hooker]

You're fine.

 

[KABAZZ_]

You're fine.

Is it the psu that makes ozone, like the thing said or is it the actual pc itself? Because if its the pc, it doesn't have a way for fumes to escape so I would be fine?

 

[TJ Hooker]

The only way your PC would produce ozone is if something is arcing (short circuiting), the PSU would probably be the most likely culprit if this was happening. But the only way anything in your PC or PSU is short circuiting is if it's malfunctioning, and if it were malfunctioning like that there would be other obvious signs.

 

[KABAZZ_]

The only way your PC would produce ozone is if something is arcing (short circuiting), the PSU would probably be the most likely culprit if this was happening. But the only way anything in your PC or PSU is short circuiting is if it's malfunctioning, and if it were malfunctioning like that there would be other obvious signs.

Thank you for solving my concerns, I'm a very anxious person and i know it can be a bit annoying at times, but thanks

 

[Solandri]

Cancer from ozone is probably like #3846 on the list of things that can kill you. The #1 non-disease risk is drug overdoses, followed by suicide, then your car, followed by falls from stairs/ladders. If you're worried about your health and safety, worry about those instead. A little effort to improve your driving skills will yield a much greater reduction in your risk of death than a lot of effort to eliminate emissions from your computer.

Ozone is produced by injecting high energy into atmospheric oxygen to convert it from O2 into O3. If you think of the energy gradient as a hill, you need to push the O2 up the hill far enough to where it'll form O3. That takes a lot of energy concentrated in a very small space (so it affects individual O2 atoms). A processor running at 90C (not even hot enough to boil water) will not create it. Aside from an arcing PSU, the only other component I can think of that could are the voltage converters on the old CFL backlights. Those had to bump up the computer's 12V to several thousand volts to drive the fluorescent bulb.

 

[KABAZZ_]

Cancer from ozone is probably like #3846 on the list of things that can kill you. The #1 non-disease risk is drug overdoses, followed by suicide, then your car, followed by falls from stairs/ladders. If you're worried about your health and safety, worry about those instead. A little effort to improve your driving skills will yield a much greater reduction in your risk of death than a lot of effort to eliminate emissions from your computer.

Ozone is produced by injecting high energy into atmospheric oxygen to convert it from O2 into O3. If you think of the energy gradient as a hill, you need to push the O2 up the hill far enough to where it'll form O3. That takes a lot of energy concentrated in a very small space (so it affects individual O2 atoms). A processor running at 90C (not even hot enough to boil water) will not create it. Aside from an arcing PSU, the only other component I can think of that could are the voltage converters on the old CFL backlights. Those had to bump up the computer's 12V to several thousand volts to drive the fluorescent bulb.

How can I tell my PSU is arcing?

 

[TJ Hooker]

Visible/audible sparks, smoke, burning smells, flames, breaker tripping, laptop wouldn't turn on/charge. That kind of stuff. It's unlikely to go unnoticed.

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

The system won’t boot, burning plastic, overall failure, etc. you would tell.