Originally Posted by UG_Passat
Originally Posted by JHZR2
Originally Posted by UG_Passat
If you remember, Sharper Image Ionic Breeze, eventually added a PremAir catalyst to convert the ozone back to O2
Which IMO misses the point of free O3 floating around neutralizing stuff outside of the flow path in the machine.
The point of these O3 generators were to disperse and distribute in a vehicle, get into the carpets, etc. and kill what may be around.
I had a mouse build a home in my 81 240D over the winter once. Big nest. Cleaned everything deeply, including carpets, but still had some wet carpet/mouse smell in the car unfortunately. Bought an Ozone generator, not a huge one, but one with a fan. Worked great - two short treatments and no sign of anything.
I wouldnt make a habit of it, and Id dress rubber and some plastic parts before using it, but otherwise, its a good tool...
With the old ionic breeze, the "impurities" will get attached to the charged stainless steel grilles, and the PremAIR is an aftertreatment of the ozone, to minimize its side effects with health.
If ground level ozone is so, good, why are environmentalists so concerned about it, if it's beneficial?
The FDA doesn't like it either
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/ozone-generators-are-sold-air-cleaners
Don't compare apples and oranges.
The ionic breeze attempts to speed a tiny bit of air through the electrodes, and collect particles, and then convert the o3 back. Again, process just the air passing through the electrodes. Turn it back so people can be nearby indefinitely.
An ozone generator is intended to be used on a timer, for limited duration, in an enclosed space, and disperse ozone to "touch" everything in the space to neutralize things that it can.
Totally different mechanism. Nobody is saying to stand and breathe the ozone produced by this machine. Because that's very viable to do in a system like the ionic breeze, sitting in your living room right next to your tv chair... not the intended employment for an actual ozone generator.
Originally Posted by Davejam
Yeah, I would prefer not to mess with it unless I really really knew what I was doing.
Definitely beyond the advice i found on a forum.
Pretty easy. Don't breathe it. Close the space you're looking to use it in, employ it for just a short time, and then let it dissipate/react back/diffuse away. Do your research on what might be damaged by ozone... like some plastics or rubber. So consider covering and/or dressing those things...
The generators aren't that big, maybe a cubic foot. Plus it in, turn on the timer, maybe 15 minutes, and then let it run, turn off, and let it sit a while. Don't breathe it. Open the vehicle up after, let it air out. Be smart. You wouldn't huff gasoline or paint thinner, use the same basic precautions on avoiding ozone vapors.