Paging Champ

You're not coughing at all, are you?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7515536.stm

 

Snot me, I haven't been in hospital for *months* [1]

[1] about 1 anna half months
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Champ

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And I confirm he seemed pretty fit yesterday [1]

[1] fnarrr

 

This pisses me off slightly:

"Legionnaires' disease is most often spread through contaminated
air-conditioning systems, but can be contracted by inhaling mist from
baths and showers"

The second part of the statement is fine, the first part is a bit scare
- mongery.

AC systems which use cooling towers are the likely culprits for
legionnaires disease, and need specialist care and maintenance, which
is why their usage is registered with local authorities.

Your every day air conditioner with an air cooled type condensing unit
is about as likely to propagate legionella as I am to win the TT.



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IANAE but I assume they're talking about industrial AC's. If the
maintenance is regulated, isn't that because there's more risk of
airborne diseases?

 

The difference is in the cooling - domestic aircons are air cooled whereas
the industrial types can use a water cooling tower. The water gets warm
and constantly recirculates, so an ideal breeding place for nasty
bacteria unless they are properly fettled and doped with the correct
chemicals to kill the little blighters.

There are several other risk areas including the warm water left
stagnant in shower heads etc.

 

In aircon parlance they should refer to "cooling towers", as these are
the type likely to propagate legionella, whereas the fan-in-a-box type
AC condensers one sees peppering most commerial premises don't actually
produce any moisture (unless they're heating, rather than cooling).

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Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


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2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (It's big, and it's black)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7/8)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11