My highest reccomendation for this inexpensive unit,ZERO SMELL & cheap.

Thank you Panhead for the good you have done on this site! I have a couple of questions. I have a exhaust pulling through a Elf carbon filter. I am on my 2nd grow with the filter. I know replacing will be coming soon. I would like to take the ozone generator and put it in a line off the fan. Can the OG fit in a 4"flex hose. If not does it need to be 6"hose. Would this work coming off a 265cfm dayton squirrel fan, I would have to put a 4"to 6" expander. Thanks for the help.

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Just a little follow up,ive had these small generators in action now about 2 weeks & i wanted to give an update,i use them outside my op's in a dump area where i dump dirty air,they are 100% effective for heaving budding.

Zero smell except clean,the smell is ecactly like after a thunder & lightning storm.

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Man be carefull using that unit. you are not supposed to breathe that ozone in. you could die. that stuff works well on odor but bad on you.

Ya know what else isn't good to breathe?? Prison air..
Panhead knows the game, and he's venting into a dump anyways (also not the best air to breathe)..
And ozone doesn't sneak up on you like CO.. You'll start to feel irritated quite a while before acute risks set in (which are highly unlikely anyhow), and if you're facing chronic danger, the irritation will also warn you.. It attacks like bleach does, and the irritation is similar..
Also, for the record, ambient outdoor groundlevel ozone levels often exceed recommended 8hr exposure limits.. So stay inside and watch TV kids, its for your own good.. Just make sure your TV isn't producing any ozone..

nice ... ill be back

im thinking of putting one of these in my basement ,.... outside grow room.

debating health/ fire ? issues
its going to be somewhat close to the oil burner/tank ...

Ozone generators won't make air more combustable, the amount of oxygen doesn't change.. As for health, if you begin to feel like you've been working with bleach for too long then look into changing something..
Remember O3 effectiveness is all about air mixing, not quantity..

Not sure if its been posted in this thread yet, they got these smaller $69 ozone generators on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/600-mgh-Ozone-Generator-Air-Water-Oil-Ozonator-Ozonizer_W0QQitemZ320356389353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item320356389353&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1205|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1307|301:0|293:1|294:50

Just wondering if you guys think one of these would work okay for a smaller sized grow. Placed outside a small 3x3 cab with a 600w hps for example.

You mentioned that the version you showed would work for even larger scale setups, so I thought perhaps maybe this smaller one would be adequate for mine.

Its really easy to build a small scale ozone generator for peanuts if you have an old tv/monitor/laser printer or quite a few other sources for HV generation.. I grab alot of that stuff when I see it on the road.. They can also make nice electric fences etc..

Honestly for $69 I would rather just buy it than try and fiddle with one myself. Just wondering if you think that smaller unit would work sufficiently for a smaller grow?

IMO these things are junk, had 3 of that exact unit in a 10x12 ft room with 24 plants and 4 1000 watts. 2 in room 1 in the crawspace, i vent down to the craw space. Left in room for a few days but could still smell herb outside the house, and the room is completly sealed but with 3 of them running it shouldnt matter if it was sealed or not. It was thick enough that it was sort of uncomfortable to stand in the room and im pretty sure it was hurting the plants. Went back to a mid sized carbon and it works well.

Its all about the air mixing..

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Its all about the air mixing..

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i have a AC box built in the room that transfers the AC hot air down to the crawl space. Its a 6 inch vertex fan for incoming and out going air so its massive over kill for air movement. Its a 4x4x8 foot box with the two fans and the ozone generater. in the actual room is 4 wall mount 18 inch osculating fans. not sure how much more air movement i can get. for any heavy odor plant i wouldnt recomend these machines.

Tried any baffles?? Also, heat destroys ozone.. That might be your problem given hot hot AC exhaust is..

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Tried any baffles?? Also, heat destroys ozone.. That might be your problem given hot hot AC exhaust is..

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didnt know that about heat. but any way i look at it i have 3 with in a very small area.

Bought 3 units,2 installed with in venting system ,1 within grow room. You have to be carfull with amount of ozone in room as dangerous. System did not work at all. Looking at new system see general growing thread

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Brianjox said:

Bought 3 units,2 installed with in venting system ,1 within grow room. You have to be carfull with amount of ozone in room as dangerous. System did not work at all. Looking at new system see general growing thread

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i don't know what to tell you brianjox........if you have installed 3 of the above ozone generators and you still have odor problems then you must have some defective units!! i have one of these installed in my room on a timer where it only runs for about 20 minutes every 2 hours and it has totally eliminated all smells. prior to me buying this unit, i was smelling my grow all over the house and even out to the road in front of the house. now i don't have any odor worries!!

Its all about proper air mixing.. Safe amounts can be effective, and dangerous amounts can be ineffective.. Don't blame the unit, blame the setup..

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Its all about proper air mixing.. Safe amounts can be effective, and dangerous amounts can be ineffective.. Don't blame the unit, blame the setup..

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So would ONE unit be more effective placing it just inside my duct before the exhaust fan (550CFM unit)/filter OR to hang it just outside of the exhaust in the attic?

I worry about placing it in the attic, since you mentioned previously that these things are fire hazards. I have a bunch of insulation up there that seems like it would be highly flammable. Also, the attic is quite high and the sheer volume of air up there might not allow for good mixing.

Seems I am answering my own question here and probably should put it INSIDE the vent, but wanted to check with you 1st, since maybe the air will be moving too fast in the vent for it to be effective.

thx


BTW I am just setting up my room and I have a "Triple Layer Single-Pass Charcoal Fiber Filter" on the way, but JUST in case this doesn't quite do the job, I want to make sure I have a back up plan ready to assist in cleaning the air. I simply cannot afford to have any odor escaping.

Put the generator after the filter, O3 will turn carbon into CO2.. And I'd put it in the duct for mixing.. And for the record, insulation isn't very flammable at all.. Its fire retardant for the most part..

born2killspam said:

Put the generator after the filter, O3 will turn carbon into CO2.. And I'd put it in the duct for mixing.. And for the record, insulation isn't very flammable at all.. Its fire retardant for the most part..

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Ahh.. OK.. glad I asked.

Thank you for the prompt response sir!