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

That being said about insulation, it does trap heat very effectivly, and does hold O2 so other things can potentially ignite with the right source of heat.. Granted most heat producing electronics etc would burn out themselves in heat that high..

$99 C.A.P. OZN-1 http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/cap-ozn1-ozone-generator-up-to-5500-sq-ft-p-632.html

ok guys you can make a homemade ozone generator for about $30.

buy ANY florescent fixture with a cord already attached.

then just by a uv bulb of the same rating. i use a$22, 12" T5 under cabinet florescent fixture, with a 9 dollar uv bulb, and it will kill every trace of odor in my attic.

the secret i found is to mount the bulb vertically in a large tupperware container with layers of cardboard spaced about an inch apart, (like a series of baffles) hot vent air comes in the bottom, and goes back and forth across the layers till it exits holes at the top. high volume low speed air is the best. also.

DONT GO INTO THE LIGHT.

seriously if you can see the light, your getting cataracts.

That works for us on a low budget maybe, but I see no reason why you could not add a small radio shack AC Fan into the mix and make a full unit for another $10-15.

But you know when you are busy cloning, changing multiple nute tanks, checking PH and trimming daily, I'd choose the $99 route to cover another 1000sq ft myself. Its a no brain-er for me, I have better things to do with my time than tinker with a light bulb and airflow through another box....

A Cool Tube with a tube type UV light in it attached to your exhaust air vent ducting REALLY helps too. Been there, done that, still got it.

well i already have a fan installed venting from my room.

i use that as my force air.

heres a crappy sketch.

green holes at top exit vents cut under the lid so their not visible.

blue is the uv tube.

brown is da cardboard,

green squiggle at bottom is the vent pipe from my room.

this way i didnt have to add any more fans, big gaps at one end of those cardboard deviders keeps backpreassure at minimum,

like i said high volume low speed, gut to give them uvs more time to get at that o2.

also doesnt make your attic reek as much like ozone.

also my tupperware box is screwed to the attic floor with the vent tube coming in from underneith, with a bunch of crap stacked around it, so it just looks like one more thing

in my giant pile of things

NOWitall said:

then just by a uv bulb of the same rating. i use a$22, 12" T5 under cabinet florescent fixture, with a 9 dollar uv bulb, and it will kill every trace of odor in my attic.

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nice! well i am convinced it works so i am tryin it. Which uv bulb did u get ? what is the numbers/rateings on it? I'll proly just stick to the one for 99 bucks, but still i want to know how to make.

ugmjfarmer said:

$99 C.A.P. OZN-1 http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/cap-ozn1-ozone-generator-up-to-5500-sq-ft-p-632.html

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cheapest on the net

Hey panhead or anyone will this work :




or will i need to have more air going into dump area then i have going out....... which is 2 fans right?

Great again

well i got one. for now i have it in my vent going out (with my inline fan on low) and it does not work at all that way. I guess the only way to use it will be in another room with another fan and timers............i didnt want to go through all that but o'well i do believe it will work if the air mixture is right. (i think it was slik that said that already.) Thanks again for that link UGM!

Would this work out in a novice grow. Maybe 4 plants in a closet? How do youinstall this? Would there be no need for a carbon filter or ducting ventalation?

IDK if anyone mentioned this yet but for the record... it turns 3 oxygen molecules into 2 ozone molecules (O2 into O3) not 1 oxygen molecule into 2 ozone. Ozone breaks down generally within 15 minutes so i'd say having it on for a set amount of time very 15 minutes should be fine.

and no reefro that wouldn't work in a tiny closet, too much ozone from that thing.. it'd kill your plants.

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Would this work out in a novice grow. Maybe 4 plants in a closet? How do youinstall this? Would there be no need for a carbon filter or ducting ventalation?

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You would have to vent the dirty air into another room, let it sit in that room for awhile (with the ozone gen.) then vent the clean air out of the house.
Right now i have mine inside of my duct going out of the house..........it does not work that simple. Like slikwill said the air mixture has to be right or it wont work.

ok panhead , i followed your directions : run dirty air into dump area, and let it clean the air and then let it out at a slower pace.
I have about 200 cfm's pulling out the dirty air and it is going Out of the dump area at a way slower pace then that and it is NOT working for "heavy flowering" AT ALL.
What do i need to do?
I guess it would work if i had NO clean air leaving the dump area , so the dump area would have to be COMPLETELY AIR TIGHT, basiclly what i am sayin is anything over 5 or 10 cfms is just pushing the dirty air right past the ozone generator.
Please explain to me HOW to regulate it slow enough to do its job ?????

Once a pressure equilibrium is reached your input cfm will equal your output cfm.. You either need baffles to stop direct flow, and/or a larger dump area using that method..

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Once a pressure equilibrium is reached your input cfm will equal your output cfm.. You either need baffles to stop direct flow, and/or a larger dump area using that method..

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i have baffles to stop direct flow but its still not slow enough.........The only way the ozone works is to put it in a giant SEALED room (no outake) OR to slow it down to 2 or 3 cfm's (whatever the oz gen. pushes on its own.)

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i have baffles to stop direct flow but its still not slow enough.........The only way the ozone works is to put it in a giant SEALED room (no outake) OR to slow it down to 2 or 3 cfm's (whatever the oz gen. pushes on its own.)

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.......I am exactly in the same boat as you, wyteboi! I've been looking all over here for days/weeks for someone going through this...... I am running the uvo3nair 1000 in a dump area that's 8'x8'x8' and then to exhaust it from there I have to filter it with a can 50 too-----------still not 100%..... my problem started with the ac's smelly exhaust...... this is just rediculous.......filters, ozone generators, ona gel..............wtf..... oh, and I only smell the ozone if I am right in front of the machine---that sound not right..? Thinking to add one of these CAP ones as well...

But how could you just keep pumping the exhaust into a dump room without exhausting from there.......? "(whatever the oz gen. pushes on its own.)" <-----does that seem to be our answer?

I am on this this weekend, that's for sure.....my WW is only 3-4 weeks in 12/12.........

gman

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I've been looking all over here for days/weeks for someone going through this......

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me too , i been searchin the whole web , but i can never find anyone that plainly states : "this ***** filter really works for HEAVY ODORS" until i found this thread , however this guy must be doing somthing totally different then us?

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I am running the uvo3nair 1000

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Yours is for 1000 cu ft. area , mine is for 5500 cu ft. (only 120$ ) and i am venting into a 11'x9'x4' dump area (sealed crawl space) and then going out the chimney at ALOT slower rate then its coming in the dump area (hoping that it would give that giant ozone gen time to clean the air........ it is NOT working at all ..... it does put off a pretty strong "pre-rain smell" and i think it might be takin 10% of the smell away...

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in a dump area that's 8'x8'x8' and then to exhaust it from there

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where do u send your "clean" air ? (you can pm me if u want too.....i hate and love the internet (kinda like a woman)

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I have to filter it with a can 50 too-----------still not 100%.....

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For real , i just now got a 40lb carbon filter and it seems to have took 95% or more away. I dont know why yours aint workin?

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my problem started with the ac's smelly exhaust......

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again.... me too

growinman said:

this is just rediculous.......filters, ozone generators, ona gel..............wtf.....

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so u did try the ona too? thats the only one i didnt try....yes rediculus!

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But how could you just keep pumping the exhaust into a dump room without exhausting from there.......? "(whatever the oz gen. pushes on its own.)" <-----does that seem to be our answer?

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I believe if its a GIANT , SEALED dump area (maybe a whole garage sealed...no leaks), then the ozone alone would do the job ?

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I am on this this weekend, that's for sure.....my WW is only 3-4 weeks in 12/12.........

gman

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Best of luck man! for real that shit sucks bigtime.

wb

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ok panhead , i followed your directions : run dirty air into dump area, and let it clean the air and then let it out at a slower pace.
I have about 200 cfm's pulling out the dirty air and it is going Out of the dump area at a way slower pace then that and it is NOT working for "heavy flowering" AT ALL.
What do i need to do?
I guess it would work if i had NO clean air leaving the dump area , so the dump area would have to be COMPLETELY AIR TIGHT, basiclly what i am sayin is anything over 5 or 10 cfms is just pushing the dirty air right past the ozone generator.
Please explain to me HOW to regulate it slow enough to do its job ?????

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Make the room smaller....Can you put the ozone generator inline or atleast construct a small room (box) so that it can do it's job.. you may even wrap a carbon replacement filter with a rubber band around the end of the exhaust as well. When I say carbon replacement filter it's similar to the filters you'll see for your furnace.. you can get them at walmart. Try it out and let me know how it works.

-potlike