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

Thanks a lot. I think I might pick one up. I just need figure our how it works and were I need to set it up. I currently have the scrubber that needs to be replaced. But, I'm thinking this will do a better job. Thanks again.

dk0515 said:

Thanks a lot. I think I might pick one up. I just need figure our how it works and were I need to set it up. I currently have the scrubber that needs to be replaced. But, I'm thinking this will do a better job. Thanks again.

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for me personally i don't think an ozone machine replaces a carbon filter, its something i like to use in addition to a filter

ozone helps to clean up the smell in the grow room itself, without a carbon filter the air you extract will still have weed smell or at least it did for me

i would think the extractor fan is well able to suck the air out before the ozone has had a chance to work on the air, so its gonna smell,
i guess you could stop the fans when the ozone is running but that is not a good idea

when i tried ozone only, as i never vent directly outside, i like to vent from room to room as i feel this is better for me security wise
if i remove my filter and just run the ozone my venting space will after a shortwhile smell like weed/cats piss lol

i would not recommend putting the ozone in your grow room....ozone has been shown to cause ill effects in people humans and plants in high qunatities and for long periods of time.
your best bet is do have an air dump where all your exhausted air goes then it gets cleaned(ozonated) there.
this is especially important if you are using CO2 in your grow room as you dont want ozone in there!
i have my ozone geny in my electronics/utility compartment (ballast, timers, junction box, fan speed control etc.), then exaust my air into there and it seeps out the chinks and gaps in that compartment smell-free! and creating positive pressure in that compartment also keeps air flowing over my electronics keeping everything pretty cool (80-90 F) maintaining good ventilation in the room that my grow is located in ensures that the ozone doesnt stick around for long.
just my 2-cents

personally i would recommend people do what works for them
i can't speak for everyone here, but i am myself aware of the health and safety issues of ozone

i like to run the ozone in the grow room with the extractor fan/ carbon filter running too
the air in the room is cleaned to some degree by the ozone .. i grow plants very close together in a compact space, mold /pm is always a risk
ozone is for me a precautionary step it's worked well for years i have not seen any negative effects

i have read that some folk have installed 1g / 1000mg ozone machines above their plants in closed rooms/tents with fans off, and caused a great deal of damage to their plants .. ie burning/leaf damage .. i feel for those guys .. do your research first, ozone is powerful stuff

Toolegit2quit said:

Hey Panhead

I'm using a carbon filter and venting straight out of my roof through a roof vent. It has worked well, but I figure you can never be too careful.. Do you think you could put one of these ozone units in the ducting? So I would scrub the air with the carbon filter, then through my turbo fan, then through my silencer, then one last scrub with the ozone inside the duct about 5-6 feet before exiting through the roof vent.

What do you think?

Thanks!

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Complete waste of time and money. the o3(ozone) HAS to sit with the odor for awhile to help at all, so running all your o3 strait out the roof would not even help a lil bit.
Once a month run your dirty air into the grow establishment for a day or so just so YOU know how good the carbon is workin and if it stinks at all then replace immetionatly. If not then hook it back up to the chimney till next month and replace as often as you need to and you wont have to ever worry bout that again.
there is just no need in the o3 unless you wanna take the time to do it right and mix the dirty air with the o3 for a good amount of time.



soil

I'm gonna make this blatant.
O3 might work for a "pc grow" but will not work for a couple decent size girls or more.

IF you are in an area where you must keep it "stealth" then o3 is not the choice your lookin for.
Yes o3 is a miracle odor eliminator , but its just not feasible in a grow area where odors can and will get strong. It can be done , but no regular "gardner" is gonna put this system together and get it to work without way too much time and space, frustrations ect..

Putting o3 into your vent is a 100% waste of time an money if your always circulating the air like most do.
I personally built a system with 1000 mg/hour of o3 and used a 400 cu/f dump room to clean the dirty air an then sent it out the roof. it did not work at all, so we put the outake on a timer to let the dirty air sit with the o3 for a longer period of time an that caused back pressure in the stink room forcing the dirty air right where i didnt want it....... SO we sealed both the dump room an the stink room (which is only 500 cu/f ) to airtight status. and still by the time the o3 cleaned the air , the stink room was not getting enough circulation , causing heat build ups, low co2 levels and just plain bullshit.

i am the cheapest fucker on this site and after a million hours and a 187 joints , we finally spent the money on carbon , took all that bullshit out of the room and hooked up one fan an one filter an strait out the roof and all problems solved.
and i believe gman went through all the same shit we did to come up with the same results....

we found a 6" 40 lb carbon filter on the net for 130usd to the door. so its not really that expensive.

If your just trying to get rid of the smoke smell in your living room then a small o3 generator will do a good job. just do not use o3 as your only means of ridding the stink in a stealth setup.

and yes o3 is very dangerous at higher levels. to plants, animals and humans.



soil

I was thinking about purchasing this. http://www.ahlgrows.com/airpurification.html Its the Inline ozone generator. I just don't know how well it will work. I might just stick with my scrubber.

dk0515 said:

I was thinking about purchasing this. http://www.ahlgrows.com/airpurification.html Its the Inline ozone generator. I just don't know how well it will work. I might just stick with my scrubber.

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That one plant in your pic is too much for a inline o3 gen. it might work with a computer fan cause then the smell would have time to sit with the o3. anything bigger then a pc fan is a waste of time with o3.
just buy/replace your carbon an all smell will be gone.



soil

Yeah that's what I think I'm going to do. Thanks for the help.

Best odor control I have found yet is a sealed room and carbon scrubber. The ozone-1 is a good product for supplemental control.

+Rep first for being from the D, second for this very helpful knowledge!

panhead said:

In a situation where your dumping dirty air to an unused portion of the home like your attic regulation is not needed,you could let it run 24/7 with no negative effects,ozone breaks down very quickly & turns back into oxygen,in an insulated attic it would be next to impossible for ozone levels to reach a level that is bad for humans in the rest of the home,especially if the attic is vented through the roof with roof vents,ridge vent or sofit vents,these generators output levels are low enough where as long as they are used in an unused area they will not create a hazzard to plants,animals or people.

You could & should leave a generator running full time in your attic with no ill effects to you or your family,just install the generator near the exhaust outlet in the attic,turn it on & forget about it.

Your safe with this generator running full time in your attic.

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Hey pan, I have had one of these ozone generators for about 3 years, never had the directions, and just decided to look into using it. Just read thru a bit of this, I will admit not all of the thread, but enough to gather the majority of what i was looking for......

For my own clarity, will you answer a question for me??

Tent is 2ft.x4ft., exhaust is 6 inch dumped into attic with 16" of insulation, and soffit vents out the over hang.

How would I use this in the attic to kill smell??? Does placement in the attic matter? Or distance from Tent exhaust entering the attic??

Thank You in advance
Lilmafia

On aliexpress they have cheap O3 generators that you have to wire yourself $15-25 for 400mg/h to 7g/h units. I'm going wire one up to an Arduino!

It's been 4 years now since a post to this thread, I've used ozone a lot but the failure rate is high. A great model might last 2 years but one like it may fail in 3 weeks. If made in USA yea its the dog for sure.