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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: freeman9243 on September 24, 2014, 04:26:51 pm

Title: Ozonator.......What does it do. How does it do it......Do I do anything?
Post by: freeman9243 on September 24, 2014, 04:26:51 pm

OZONATOR.......I know mine has one but what does it do. how does it do it and do I just leave it to do its thing????

Title: Re: OZONATOR.......WHAT DOES IT DO. HOW DOES IT DO IT......DO I DO ANYTHING
Post by: Dr. Spa™ Ret. on September 24, 2014, 08:17:14 pm

It creates ozone from oxygen.

It does this either through ultra violet light, or corona discharge.

Title: Re: OZONATOR.......WHAT DOES IT DO. HOW DOES IT DO IT......DO I DO ANYTHING
Post by: chem geek on September 25, 2014, 12:48:36 am

And the ozone that is produced oxidizes bather waste and also disinfects, but only for the water that gets circulated so you still need a residual disinfectant in the water such as chlorine, bromine, Nature² silver ions with MPS, etc.

Title: Re: Ozonator.......What does it do. How does it do it......Do I do anything?
Post by: Isaac-1 on September 25, 2014, 09:34:23 am

You should also be aware that Ozonators have a limited life depending on model this may be 2-3 years before they drop off produciton of Ozone (some new models may last a little longer), and most have no indiction if they are just running and not producing ozone.  There are glass reactive test tubes to detect ozone, but they cost about $20 per single use test kit, so it often makes more sense just to replace or refresh (some have a changable chip / module ) an ozonator of questionable age.