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Why do all aircraft manufacturers not offer UVC toilets?

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  • 27-03-2020 11:29pm
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    Impetus
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    UVC can kill covid 19 and most other virus and bacteria in about six seconds. Aircraft toilets are areas of concern. All it takes is a six second zap while the door is closed.

    These 'bugs' can be killed by chemical-free UVC light.

    It seems to me that all aircraft need to be 'upgraded' with this.

    As well as using UVC to kill viruses etc in HEPA air filters in real-time.

    Not to mention in the air in the flight crew area.

    And we need paper towels in public toilets everywhere - rather than blow dryers - especially not the air blade dryers which are 2000x as capable of spreading bugs into your face/nose (from others) as compared with paper towels. Irish airports have appalling hygiene standards in toilets compared with Swiss, Italian, German or French airports.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84M_22eWGY


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    L1011
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    Because the cost, risk and insurance of interlocking to ensure it could not possibly blast a punter inside the toilets isn't worth the benefits.

    If you wish to continue your usual "country X, Y, Z is better" ranting, find a different forum. This is your last warning on this before sanctions start.

    edit: sorry, escalate not start - based on your appalling history on this forum


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    Impetus
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    UVC seems to be OK for humans. Best avoided. Boeing do not have an issue in high litigation USA in offering same. Swisscom has been using UV light to sanitize payphones since the 1980s.


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    SAM SO NITE
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    Impetus wrote: »
    UVC can kill covid 19 and most other virus and bacteria in about six seconds. Aircraft toilets are areas of concern. All it takes is a six second zap while the door is closed.

    These 'bugs' can be killed by chemical-free UVC light.

    It seems to me that all aircraft need to be 'upgraded' with this.

    As well as using UVC to kill viruses etc in HEPA air filters in real-time.

    Not to mention in the air in the flight crew area.

    And we need paper towels in public toilets everywhere - rather than blow dryers - especially not the air blade dryers which are 2000x as capable of spreading bugs into your face/nose (from others) as compared with paper towels. Irish airports have appalling hygiene standards in toilets compared with Swiss, Italian, German or French airports.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84M_22eWGY

    the 787 has a uv "filter" in the potable water system .

    inline between fill port and tank. its a remarkable little system.


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    SAM SO NITE
    Site Banned Posts: 221 ✭✭SAM SO NITE


    Impetus wrote: »
    UVC can kill covid 19 and most other virus and bacteria in about six seconds. Aircraft toilets are areas of concern. All it takes is a six second zap while the door is closed.

    These 'bugs' can be killed by chemical-free UVC light.

    It seems to me that all aircraft need to be 'upgraded' with this.

    As well as using UVC to kill viruses etc in HEPA air filters in real-time.

    Not to mention in the air in the flight crew area.

    And we need paper towels in public toilets everywhere - rather than blow dryers - especially not the air blade dryers which are 2000x as capable of spreading bugs into your face/nose (from others) as compared with paper towels. Irish airports have appalling hygiene standards in toilets compared with Swiss, Italian, German or French airports.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84M_22eWGY

    The first toilet stall on a particular pier was U/S for 8 months with a sign saying "out of order temporarily" . We used to slag the airport worker on that pier everyday and ask him why it wasn't fixed. Chancers


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    L1011
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    Impetus wrote: »
    UVC seems to be OK for humans. Best avoided. Boeing do not have an issue in high litigation USA in offering same. Swisscom has been using UV light to sanitize payphones since the 1980s.

    Any use of it is controlled and not in any way automated. Quickly trying to find a reference for that only finds that Swisscom have completely withdrawn payphones, by the way.

    Exposure to UV C to the level required for sanitisation is NOT safe for humans.


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    Charles Babbage
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    I think UV is an good idea in this context, and should also be used in airports in things like escalators and lifts. Identifying if there is a person there is not rocket science.
    I heard a radio interview during the week about an Irish company with a robot with UV which could be used to clean places I think we have to adopt these approaches in the future


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    Tenger
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    Thread closed due to whinging posters not adding anything to the forum


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