UV, ozone...

[Incognegro]

Hey all,

I used to use Ozone in my rooms for added filtration, but then stopped, then i saw some are against it in a grow room ...why? I stopped using it because i thought it may well counteract the supplemental co2 i was adding.... not sure though... after awhile in the room I'd get light headed so i decided to just turn it off...

I HAVE thought about adding it again to my room, but on the tail end of my exhaust...just a little xtra something something at the end to make sure no smells came out i guess....

your thoughts on this?

Also, anybody using a UV filter in there rooms? No ozone.... just cleans the air via uv light... I see they have "whole house" systems... just wondering if anyone if using them... what do you think the cons would be IN a growroom...vai sealed air..it'd def e sterile...but do you think they'll be any negative effects?

Any thought or insight is appreciated.

 

[City Twin]

I'm a fan of ozone and have worked in, and with it, for decades now.

Lots of folks are ozonophobic, having bought the standard line about it being nothing but harmful. Mother Nature makes basket fulls in lightning storms that helps keep everything fresh and healthy. A little goes a long way.

Use it to keep the smell in check. If doing that in a grow room environment it's definitely too much. Higher output units belong in the exhaust circuit after any filter. If used alone they need a good run of ducting as a mix chamber to get the reactions accomplished.

There are 2 types of UV units. Whole House indicates they are O3 producing and usually put out a fair amount, though much less than plate styles are capable of. UVGI are germicidal, producing no 03, and do their business by direct irradiation of pathogens passing through with the air stream. Won't be much good for smell.

Titanium Dioxide CFLs are pretty good for small amounts of cleansing in open air. One bulb in the room lighting arrangement can go far to keep mold in check but doesn't do much for Stinky Mary.

 

[Incognegro]

I've got a unit made by Enaly, something like that http://www.enaly.com/zo-30n/ but an older model...I think it does same output as well...and it does quickly change the smell in a room, but didn't seem to do much for the grow room... i had it placed where the output was in front of the intake for my window a/c. Didn't seem to do much for the air inside the room, or cleaning the exhausting air...

I may attach it up top though when rebuild my rooms...

 

[anon0988]

Ozone

Ozone

Here is what the government thinks about ozone. That's a link from the EPA that uses only scientifically reviewed studies as source material. They're not so favorable. I'm not saying ozone is bad, but I'm not considering using it as a major odor control method like I was before. I'll probably eventually test it out and build a lung box with a generator in it for the air to mix in before it's exhausted outside. But after reading about it, I don't really want it in my house.

edit: I changed my post to read EPA, originally I put FDA.

 

[Incognegro]

Good read...ya I was thinking to just add it to my exhaust ...i may...

 

[City Twin]

hahahahaha

You don't want to know what I think of government and their "scientifically reviewed studies".

 

[Incognegro]

lmao

 

[anon0988]

hahahahaha

You don't want to know what I think of government and their "scientifically reviewed studies".

You can hate government all you want, but scientific peer reviewed studies are hard to argue with. Turns out most of the questions I had about ozone are answered and have science to back them up...I'd call that pretty useful. That being said, although the EPA is part of the government, I don't see any hidden agenda here. It appears to me they're doing their job as a public source of information regarding marketed products.

 

[Incognegro]

indeed..