Anyone have experience with ozone or ionizer?
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Comments (182)Dear All, I have been searching for a wide case study like this, for some time now. We had a case 2.5 years back, where a freezer was left without power, and then it “died” during our vacation. You can all imagine the smell after rotten meat, that was creeping out on the floor, in our basement. After getting rid of the freezer our insurance company should oversee getting rid of the smell. They did a short time ozone treatment, and when we returned back home from the vacation, then we couldn’t breath for the smell of dead.. The Insurance/cleaning company decided to re-house us for 12 days, and then they planned for a huge ozone operation inhouse. The used the ozone machine for some 43 hours in a row, we checked the kilowatt used, as this was the only consumer inhouse at that time. We were send back to de-airing of the house for 2 days, before moving back in, and this was done during office hours before the weekend. We came back home on the Sunday, after the 14 days, and the living room was filled up with 25 boxes of cleaned clothes, blankets etc. from an external company. We started to unpack all these boxes, but immediately we discovered a strange smell from all the boxes. After ½ hour my wife started to get blue fingertips, feeling cold, got a fewer, despite outside temp. of 22 degrees (August). Even the dog was looking strange and blinked constantly. I was getting same symptoms, as my wife after 1 hour We then called the cleaning company to get rid of all 25 boxes, and was of the believe that then everything was ok again. It later turned out that the smelling from the clothes was an extreme de-gassing, after the ozone treatment, that couldn’t even be stopped by a professional cleaning. We then stayed in the house for a few more days, but my wife, who is not working, was getting strange symptoms, and after consulting with our doctor, we again left the house. I only had headache, but again, I was at work the most of the time. We then demanded our insurance company to perform a throughout investigation by the Danish Technological Institute, Construction and Plant. I have attached the report outcome below, for you all to see the real impact, when overdoing ozone treatments. It turns out, that ozone are attacking all organic materials and these are then starting to de-gas. It’s however very hard to find de-gassing examples, as to see how long time it’s being active. Also furniture will hold back these gasses to a certain extent, and this also goes for the ozone, I guess.. Please see link for material overview, for damages by Ozone, on page 12 in the PDF. Interesting reading.. https://ozonesolutions.com/content/DefinitiveGuide.pdf We ended up in getting all in-house belongings covered by the insurance company, and the house was bought by the insurance company too, as we couldn’t move back into the house either. All building material are also being attacked, Paint, sealings, rubber, wooden materials Etc. We know they ended up renting a huge carbon filter machine (In Sweden) for 8 weeks and then we learned that they again sold our house to a family near by. Now 2.5 years after my wife has got issues with her lungs, and following has been diagnosed: Air trapping, bronchiectasis, bronchial wall thickening, scar tissues, pleurisy and with a proven 25% decreased lung capacity. We are now looking into a strange thing called “causation” and as there has been no similar cases ever in Denmark for this, then I’m looking abroad for associates, as to find cases that have been handled by local courts Etc. below was all the different type of gasses/positionings found in our house, 10 days after we moved out of the house again. You will see that a lot of the gasses are normally newer found in living areas, so can only imagine what they can do in in conjunction The identified components are listed in the table below as concentrations in µg/m³ in the attached pictures!!! I hope someone can support for getting on here... From a deperate couple from Denmark Lene and Jens...See MoreOzone in Home Laundry
Comments (2)Much like "steam" in recent years, there was an "ozone lamp" fad in the early 1960s or thereabouts, a blue or purple lamp in the dryer that was supposed to have the effect described in the previous post, giving your clothes that fresh outdoorsy line-dried scent. They were developed by Corning for use in dryers, refrigerators, and air purifiers. It only used 4 watts; I think this was a HID bulb rather than incandescent, which means it required a ballast and would add substantially to the cost. The dryer that was in my childhood home had one (Whirlpool/Sears IIRC); the only good picture I can find online of these lamps is at 6:20 in this Youtube video of an old Puritron 800 air cleaner, but apparently the idea is still floating around as I found lots of CFL ozone bulbs. "Lying on a table, or held in your hand, this small electric lamp looks like any other. But when lighted, it glows with a soft purplish halo. And if you let it burn for a second or two, then put your nose about an inch away and sniff you'll notice a fresh-air smell such as you get when you step outdoors after a thundershower. For this 4-watt bulb generates small amounts of ozone, the same form of oxygen that's created in the atmosphere when lightning flashes in the sky. The ozone is formed in the air around the bulb by ultraviolet rays generated inside the lamp and passed through the special glass of which the lamp is made. All ordinary glasses would block this radiation. But this glass, developed by Corning Glass Works and mass-produced for lamp manufacturers, transmits these ozone-generating rays, and in just the right quantity. In an electric clothes dryer, this ozone lamp of Corning glass gives your wash the same fresh smell it has when dried in outdoor sunshine. A modification of it is being used in refrigerators to banish moldiness. And the use of ozone lamps in ventilating and air-conditioning systems to freshen the air is being studied. The glass for this little lamp is only one of dozens of ray-transmitting glasses that Corning makes glasses that can take any segment of the light spectrum, from infrared to ultraviolet, and put it to work. And because Corning can mass produce them, these glasses have widespread use in product and process improvement. Throughout industry, Corning means research in glass because a multitude of Corning developments such as light control have helped make glass a material of practically limitless uses."...See MoreHELP! Pool Builder wants to change to Ozone
Comments (8)We have ozone, but were "sold" that it should be used in conjunction with another sanitizing system. We happen to have a SWCG with the ozone. Although we have no problems, I have not personally been sold on its effectiveness. In other words, are both systems working together or is the SWCG doing all the work and the ozone generator is just blowing pretty bubbles into the water. I wonder how the ozone system would work by itself when it leaves no sanitizing agent (Chlorine) in the water when the pumps are not on. I'm sure it may be effective in combining and cleansing contaminants, but again, without the pumps, what keeps the pool stable? I guess we'll find out with the 24 hour circulation. We have real stone, bouquet canyon all around on the raised bond beam, raised spa, and on a 5 1/2' waterfall wall. So far, although our pool is just under two years old, we have seen 0 signs of problems with the stone deteriorating or calcifying. I think that people have the wrong idea about salt. Levels produced for pool sanitation should not effect your soil or landscaping. I live near the ocean, which has a much greater salt content, and we manage to have no problems with our landscape, or grass. Good luck with the ozone, and please come back and let us know how the system is working, how your electrical bill has changed and your overall satisfaciton with the system. Thank You from a complete layman, Mike...See MoreCopper Swimming Pool Ionization vs. Salt Water system
Comments (10)Scott- Sorry, but I didn't understand your response above.....So do you think the copper filtration system isn't a wise choice? It hasn't been installed yet, we are still in the demo phase of the pool remodel (actually we are now building a smaller pool inside our older 20x40 and straightening it out, it was built on a skew from the house in 1957). I can still change my mind. I spoke with my pool cover guy and he said they have treated the parts in the vault that would be at risk of corrosion to try and mediate this issue, but they still have the disclaimer in their contract if you have a salt chlorinator system....See Morelalibs
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