Why is the ozone generator not to be used in an occupied room?
1787244
I think you are not supposed to use it in an occupied room because people with asthma can have some trouble. We run it on low ozone with no trouble. We used it to get the paint chemicals out of a room and it seemed to work quite nicely.
1787245
Ozone is a possibly harmful chemical in the toposphere (the part of the atmosphere we breath) due it's re-activity with other chemicals. It tends to create some rather toxic gases that, if we breath, are very bad for us. Ozone is O3, the oxygen we normally breathe is 02, and that third O molecule can detach and react with other gases in our air to create things like MO, or NO2, or whatever. Please read the following article from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding ozone air purifiers: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html
2267383
This product is designed to sanitize surfaces, not the air in a room. There are other UV devices that are specifically made for that purpose.
1597969
I think ozone degrades pretty quickly; O3 is a pretty unstable molecule. I've seen manufactures say you should not re-enter for at least an hour. If you need to walk in and turn off the machine, brief exposure is not going to hurt you. Long term exposure, however, can cause problems. You don't want people or pets to be hanging out with ozone in the air.
731935
I never turn it off. I turn on the OZONE once a day for 2 hours, but I have a large open basement.
558496
No, it's just a fan wrapped in foam with a passive filter in front. It's not a high voltage air purifier that could generate ozone.
119263
They do not recommend that you be in the room when it is on, although I have heard some reports of it being ok on low. It is the setting of the ozone that may not be good for them. The machine itself should not be a problem. It is also recommended to be set as high up as possible, so this may help if you are worried they will bother the machine. I can't see them bugging it, because the noise, although fairly quiet, they may not like. Cheers!
1429944
Important mode is Ozone mode. Unit can run all the time when NOT in the Ozone mode at any fan setting. In large floor plans such as more than approximately 800 or 1000 square feet, it is probably safe to operate in the Ozone mode at the LOWEST setting for Ozone and Fan for long periods of time. We have operated in an in-law suite continuously for more than 12 hours if needed for significant odor control without adverse effect on people.
1607451
It has a UV/VOC button that will put out ozone, but you can just not turn it on if it is a concern.
909341
No, not at all the level of ozone produced is only for deodorizing and is safe as long as you don't inhale it directly out of the unit. It smells like a fresh ocean breeze. You can set it to run several schedules. The strongest setting is 30 minutes on every 2 hours. I have had mine on that schedule now for 10 months and it is still going strong.
1477990
If you turn it on, it will immediately start making noise (a static type of sound), and you will be able to smell the ozone probably even before you get out of the room (do not intentionally inhale the gas).
458203
Apparently you can also ozonate oils; but you have to follow their directions very specifically (the booklet that comes with the machine). I have not tried it.It is not for ozonating the air....
2122253
Ozone would not kill plants/pets, and if it was intolerable you wouldn't be able to stay in the room (burning eyes). This is definitely not at a lever where it would be intolerable.
1085137
Yes, you would have to close all the doors in the room, set the ozone machine to 2 hours and leave the room. Then after 4 hours (or longer, I leave it 8 hours) return and use a large fan and open the doors and windows for at least 40 minutes.
1518309
Glad to assist :). As a safety pre-caution, this ozone generator does NOT have a continuous run feature. This is because very highly concentrated levels of ozone can be a respiratory irritant, so more ozone is not always necessarily better. However, ozone does dissipate quickly and converts back to oxygen and this unit does have a timer function with a max 2 hour run time that is more than sufficient for most odor removal applications. The timer can be reset immediately after it ends, in the event that a 2nd purification treatment is needed. I hope this helps and please let us know if there are any additional questions we can help answer :). Thanks!
1937272
It should be used ALWAYS, ozone charged air is safe to breath. This equipment, although is named "High Density", it does not create and unsafe ambience.
290759
Yes. The unit is surprisingly powerful. I would put it in front of the cold air return and turn the fan on. You DO NOT want to be in the home when this is turned on. It could kill you, it produces so much ozone. We turn it on and get out. Highly effective. Come back later and immediately open the windows to get fresh air in. Good luck!
2222508
The best I can give is that I ran the ozone maker setting on high in a very large closed bedroom for about 4 hours and the smell of ozone was very strong when we walked in to open the windows and the construction odors were pretty much gone, which is why we bought the machine. I've also run the air purifier which also does a nice job. For the money I think it does what it's supposed to do, it's straight forward and well made.