News and Information from the Ozone Industry
Posted by Joel Leusink on November 16, 2011 under Ozone Safety | 
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Ozone Solutions has just today created a new Ozone Monitors website. This is a new website dedicated to ozone monitors where we can showcase featured ozone monitors. Check out this new website by clicking either the link above or the following image!
Don’t forget our existing Ozone Meters website!
Posted by Joel Leusink on June 28, 2011 under Ozone Safety | Read the First Comment
Our video team is hard at work. Another ozone monitor video is done. Watch the SM-70 video below:
Posted by Joel Leusink on April 7, 2011 under Ozone News, Ozone Safety | Be the First to Comment
The Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. has a published standard for ozone generators. This standard pertains specifically to the electrostatic air cleaners used to produce ozone. We are commonly asked about standards, so I thought I would quickly share this.
(for the ozone output of certain electrostatic air cleaners)
The following language is quoted from UL Standard No. 867 with respect to the ozone output of cord-powered portable electrostatic air cleaners for household use:
37.1 A portable product for household use shall not produce a concentration of ozone exceeding 0.05 parts per million by volume when tested as described in 37.2-37.7.
37.2 The test is to be conducted in a room having a volume of 950-1100 cubic feet (26.9-31.1 cubic meters) with a minimum side dimension of 8 feet (2.4 meters) and a maximum height dimension of 10 feet (3.0 meters) without openings. The test room walls and ceiling are to be covered with a sheet of polyethylene or aluminum. The floor is to be of a nonporous material such as vinyl tile or aluminum.
37.3 During the test, the test room is to be maintained at a temperature of 25 plus or minus 2 degrees Centigrade (77 plus or minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit) and a relative humidity of 50 percent plus or minus 5 percent. Prior to the start of and immediately after this test, the ozone background level is to be measured with the product off. The background level average shall be calculated and subtracted from the maximum measurement during the test.
37.4 The product is to be located at the center of the test room floor and about 30 inches (762 mm) above the floor for a table mount product.
37.5 The ozone monitor sampling tube is to be located 2 inches (50 mm) from the air outlet of the product and is to point directly into the air stream.
37.6 The emission of ozone is to be monitored for 24 hours to determine the concentration.
37.7 If the filter cell can be energized with any of its fans not functioning or with particle filters removed, the test described in 37.1-37.6 is to be repeated with the various components not operating or with particle filters removed.
This information is also on our website HERE.
You can also find this information on the UL website.
Posted by Joel Leusink on March 1, 2011 under Ozone News | Be the First to Comment
Today I got a question about the EPA and what regulation the EPA has on Ozone. I noticed our website does not cover this. I will have Donald fix that soon. Below is the basic information the EPA gives about ozone.
EPA and Ozone
The regulations the EPA puts on ozone as a pollutant are as follows:
Any ozone levels above those levels is considered dangerous by the EPA.
For information directly from the EPA go HERE
Posted by Becky on January 18, 2011 under Ozone Products, Ozone Safety | Be the First to Comment
Caution signs are used for a variety of things, from alerting walkers about an uneven step to warning of hazardous chemicals. A new caution sign has been added to the mix by Ozone Solutions. 
In developing these new signs, Ozone Solutions hopes people will use them in areas where ozone is being produced to warn others of the potential hazard. While exposure to ozone has not been shown to have long-term health problems, there are some government regulations regarding the use of ozone in the workplace, and so these signs will allow companies to inform employees/visitors that ozone is in use in the area they are about to enter.
These signs are inexpensive, easy to use, and can quickly and effectively be placed on a door or even on the outside of the building. They are made of a light yet durable polyethylene material and are 7 inches tall by 10 inches wide. Check them out at http://www.ozonesolutions.com/CAU-7×10.html.
Posted by DonaldVR on March 18, 2010 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
The same chemical properties that allow high concentrations of ozone to react with organic material outside the body give it the ability to react with similar organic material that makes up the body, and potentially cause harmful health consequences. Recovery from the harmful effects can occur following short-term exposure to low levels of ozone, but health effects may become more damaging and recovery less certain at higher levels or from longer exposures.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires ozone output of indoor medical devices to be no more than 0.05 ppm.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) requires that workers not be exposed to an average concentration of more than 0.10 ppm for 8 hours.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends an upper limit of 0.10 ppm, not to be exceeded at any time.
EPA‘s National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone is a maximum 8 hour average outdoor concentration of 0.08 ppm (see: the Clean Air Act)
Ozone Solutions recommends that all ozone systems be designed with proper mechanisms to dispose of excess ozone and detect ozone leaks. Additionally, residential and commercial ozone shock treatments for odor removal should be performed in the absence of humans or animals to avoid exposure to unhealthy levels of ozone.
An ozone treatment can be used to remove or reduce agents such as residual smoke or mold spores that aggravate breathing problems. However, people with serious breathing issues, such as asthma, should not be around ozone gas and should avoid any area where an ozone shock treatment has been performed in the last 24 hours.
For more information about ozone and health click here.
Posted by markO3 on October 9, 2009 under Odor Removal, Ozone Safety, Residential Ozone Usage | 2 Comments to Read
The most common residential use for ozone is removing offensive smells and odors from homes. The odors vary (skunk, smoke, pet smell, etc) and homes vary, so the exact treatment can vary according to your specific situation, but several rules of thumb will always apply:
Skunk living under your house causing a skunk odor? That’s a problem. Water constantly leaking in your basement allowing mold to grow? That is also a problem. These types of situations need to be remedied before using an ozone generator, so ask around and see what needs to be done (even if it means contacting a professional). If such a problem is allowed to continue, the smell will never really go away regardless of treatment.
As effective as it is, ozone is not a magical odor removal tool. There is almost always some level of preliminary cleaning that needs to take place before using ozone. Many times this cleaning has been done before people start investigating ozone, but there are certainly cases where the process has not yet begun. To use an exaggerated example, one would not expect odor to be permanently removed from a room if a pile of rotting meat was left in the middle of the floor – there would simply be too much material left emitting odor. Similarly, if untreated pet stains exist in a carpet or if untreated nicotine/ smoke residue is coating walls and ceilings, then those odors will likely come back over time even after an ozone treatment.
What you need to remember is that ozone breaks down odor at a molecular level, so over the course of an ozone treatment you need to produce enough ozone molecules to react with all of the odor-causing molecules in your house. The better you have cleaned the source, the better the ozone will treat the scent that remains.
Again, cleanup strategies will vary from case to case so do some Google’ing or call us for advice on how to get started.
Before starting your ozone generator, you will want to consider what areas need to be treated and the size of your generator. As always, start by reviewing and following the Safety Precautions outlined below! If you only need to treat a single room (or if you only have a small generator) then you will want to place the generator in the room, plug it in, turn it on, and then exit the room. When you close the door, place a folded towel along the bottom to help seal the gap between the door and the floor.
If instead you are going to treat an entire house or apartment, you will likely need to make plans to stay elsewhere for the duration of the treatment. You will then need to setup your generator to maximize ozone movement through the entire dwelling, or make plans to stop in during treatment and move the generator so that over the course of the treatment each area gets adequate exposure. The section on fans and airflow is good knowledge for anyone treating a house.
Using fans to help distribute air during an ozone treatment can help ensure that all of the rooms and corners of a house get exposure. Always keep in mind that ozonated air is slightly heavier than the air we breathe, so in a two-story structure it is easier for ozone to come down from the upper floors rather than moving up. In rooms with high ceilings, fans may be necessary to ensure that your ceiling gets treated.
If your house or apartment has a forced air (central air) system, another strategy is to pump the ozone throughout the house using your air ducts. Generally these systems have an air intake (or several), which flow through a filter before they go back through the rest of the house. What you can do is remove the filter (dirty filters hold odor, so you will want to replace this after treatment anyways), then setup the generator right next to the main air intake. Then when you turn the AC/Heater fan to “On” (rather than “Auto”), the fan should run continuously, pulling ozone directly into the ducts and distributing it to any area of the house with vents. This has the side effect of deodorizing your ducts as well, which are often known for holding odors.
When your treatment time is done, or when you need to turn off and/or move the ozone generator, it is best to use a multi-step approach.
HINT: If your generator has a timer, you can have it shut off at a particular time – giving the ozone time to break down before you show up to air things out.
HINT: Another approach is to use an extension cord to plug the generator into an easily accessible outlet. That way, a person can avoid most of step 1, needing to reach into the house to unplug the cord at most.
In concentrated doses, ozone is a respiratory irritant that can cause a tickle in your throat or a bout of coughing depending on how much you breathe in. When using an ozone generator, always take care to keep pets, plants and people (the 3 P’s) out of the area that is being treated.
In serious cases where an entire house is treated nonstop for 7 days straight, this could mean vacating the house and relocating your pets and plants to another location for a week. In other instances, people are able to run a generator while they are gone working then return home to air out the house and spend evenings at home.
If instead one room is being treated at a time, it is generally safe to be in the house during treatment as long as the room is relatively sealed and the 3 P’s avoid that area.
This situation deserves it’s own section. As a respiratory irritant, ozone has a more pronounced effect on asthmatics. As a precaution, people with asthma should take care to avoid ozone treatment areas entirely. If there is nobody available to help shut off and air out the ozone for you, refer to the extension cord idea mentioned above and give the ozone plenty of time to break down before entering the area.