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The_Dung_Beetle
Sep 28, 2013Explorer
Deb and Ed M wrote:
A word of caution on ozone units: yes, the can get rid of smells that other cleaning methods can't reach - but ozone is an oxidizer and works the same way that chlorine and bromine do. And like those products, it can fade fabric colors; plus it makes rubber and vinyl brittle.
A little bit can help - but too much can cause damage. AND is really hard on your lungs - so don't hang around if one is working in the RV....
I forgot to add that it also rusts steel.....
I don't profess to know everything about every O-Zone filter marketed, but we have been using our unit for 10 years (in our house and also loaned it out multiple times) and we have yet to have it cause any of the issues you've listed above. One of the rules of thumb is that IF you can smell the O-zone (past just a minor hint of it) it's being run too high. It clearly states in the instruction manual that if you're using the "sanitize feature" the room should be sealed off, and vented well before entering. When we were gone a couple summers ago we came home to the stench of a mouse having died in a wall in our interior bathroom. We could not find the corpse nor could we stand to be IN the house. We finally sealed off the bathroom, and ran the ozone filter in there for 3 days (including a few sanitize cycles). It nuked the smell back to tolerable, and the brushed chrome towel racks, door knobs. light fixtures and cupboard hinges showed no problems from the exposure to it running at full tilt for a few days.
For us...this o-zone filter has been very handy to have around.
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