My first ozone generator

[tuscarora dave]

I was looking around on Ebay and saw this unit had just gone on with 0 bids. the price was $9.99 I noticed the guy was local so I e mailed him a cash offer of $30. I thought what the heck I'll try. he contacted me right back and said if you make it $40 I'll throw in the analizer too. So I dropped everything and took a drive. This was a military unit and is in perfect working condition. This unit however might not produce enough concentration to shock treat the odors in a car. I have to figure out how milligrams per liter convert into milligrams per hour to determine that. I need a steady clean air supply to get a good reading on this thing. The good thing is that at My regular job (layed off) they have state of the art EcoSensor ozone detectors that will give an acurate output reading.This is fun trying to figure out anyway even it it doesn't work out.

And of course you know who had to check it out too.

 

[mrclean81]

It sounds like you got a hell of a deal. I paid over 500 for mine just to have it stolen a month later. I'm sure it will be big enough to do what you want it to do. My old one was small..it would even run off of a cigarette lighter plug, and I had no probs removing odors with it. They produce a smell of their own though. I had a complaint from a customer who claimed her car smelled like chlorine.

 

[tuscarora dave]

We have one at the place where I am laid off from that is like 20 times bigger in size, used for ozonating a liquid product, once it sprang a leak in the out put line and you could smell it through the entire plant! Ozone has a 30 minute half life so it didn't take too long before we could get back in there to work. I can't seem to find much info on this part number on the internet but it seems the company that made it is still in business so I'll give them a call and see if they can email me anything on it. I am looking at a airbrush oilless air compressor to supply the air for this unit.

 

[EcoAutoCT]

The good thing is that at My regular job (layed off) they have state of the art EcoSensor ozone detectors that will give an acurate output reading.This is fun trying to figure out anyway even it it doesn't work out.

:inspector:

That EcoSensor sounds like a useful tool! I picked my ozone generator up from a local store that supplies materials and eqpt to persons who want to grow plants indoors. Included were test cards from Eco Badge, which seem to be a reputable company and a cheaper alternative for anyone who uses this kind of tool and doesn't have access to an ozone detector; but wants to be sure they are operating within a safe range.

 

[tuscarora dave]

:inspector:

That EcoSensor sounds like a useful tool! I picked my ozone generator up from a local store that supplies materials and eqpt to persons who want to grow plants indoors. Included were test cards from Eco Badge, which seem to be a reputable company and a cheaper alternative for anyone who uses this kind of tool and doesn't have access to an ozone detector; but wants to be sure they are operating within a safe range.

Do you know the output of your unit in ppm and is it effective at removing odors? Is it a shock treatment type of ozone generator or is it just a steady supply of ozone?

 

[tuscarora dave]

It sounds like you got a hell of a deal. I paid over 500 for mine just to have it stolen a month later. I'm sure it will be big enough to do what you want it to do. My old one was small..it would even run off of a cigarette lighter plug, and I had no probs removing odors with it. They produce a smell of their own though. I had a complaint from a customer who claimed her car smelled like chlorine.

I'm not so sure how useful this purchase will be. This is a venturi style generator, mainly used in ozonating liquids. It has a reactor the size of a coffee cup though. It seems (comparing to the high concentration units we have at work) that a reactor that size should produce a good bit of ozone.

The thing is, I need to buy a air unit capable of supplying at least 5 liters per minute of clean dry air at at least 10 psi, which is not too expensive and must fashion some sort of silica gel canister in which to pass the supply air through to be sure it's dry so the reactor doesn't arc inside ruining the power supply. this is a project for sure but if it works out will still be less expensive than a unit sold for doing cars.