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What type of ozonator?
« on: June 15, 2008, 09:35:48 am »
My new/gently worn Saratoga Spa hot tub is ozone-ready. What type of ozonator should I buy?

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What type of ozonator?
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2008, 12:03:32 pm »
Get yourself a CD ozone.  A couple of companies are JED and Del.
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2008, 01:08:10 pm »
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Snoopy Call Del Ozone. Talk to tech support tell them you just purchased a new chip for the Del Eclipse ozonator and you are not getting the purple light.

They will tell you that every once in a while the transformer on the ozonator goes bad and that they do not normally sell direct but in cases like this they will sell it to you for $49.00.
The do not want the "old one" back".
It happened to me.  I actually did have an old one but it is a way to get a very discounted ozoantor.

So, you are suggesting fraud?
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2008, 03:36:44 pm »
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2008, 04:41:12 pm »
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Of what? Moral and ethical sleaziness?
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2008, 05:12:07 pm »
with how much the spa industry overcharges for some things i say go for it!  
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2008, 06:18:54 pm »
I truely believes what goes around comes around ...

BTW, Del ozonators are probably the least output ozonators there are.

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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2008, 10:23:35 am »
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One word comes to mind:


Scumbag!


In my view to comment any type of fraud puts you in the same class as murders, rapist, burglars, telemarketers... and I hope you meet the same fate as many of those have by getting bent over in by Big Bubba in prison.
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2008, 11:37:27 am »
I wonder if someone from Del Ozone frequents this forum. Look out the morality police may show up at your door. I hear they are much worse than the spelling police as they bring Term's monkey with them.  ;D  ;D.

Just a little homour to lighten up the last post. I know poor Bubba is lonely.  :)



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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2008, 12:46:18 pm »
So I asked this before. Who does make the best ozonator? If Del does not back there product is there another brand that stands above the others? Enquiring minds want to know. OK, so it's only my mind...

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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2008, 01:17:37 pm »
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Speaks volumes to character... ::) I wonder if 'ol benalexe is cool with getting shafted by others? I bet not... Ya get watcha give in this world... shmuck!

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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2008, 03:32:39 pm »
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So I asked this before. Who does make the best ozonator? If Del does not back there product is there another brand that stands above the others? Enquiring minds want to know. OK, so it's only my mind...

Scott  :-?


The best is a hard question to answer but here is a little data that my help you.

There are three different types of ozonators on the market:

1. U.V. ballast fired bulb: Not a bad choice but the ozone production slowly degrades over time and you will probably only get about 8,000 hours of use. They are also the least expensive.

2. U.V. Solid State fired bulb: Long life (average 5-years) no ozone degradation over time and no maintenance. Little more costly though.

3. CD (Corona Discharge): it uses a spark to create the ozone, roughly ever two-three years the chip (creates the spark) and/or transformer will need to replaced and you sometimes will need to clean to hose that connects to the ozonator. About the same cost as the Solid State ones


The choice is yours to make.
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2008, 03:43:37 pm »
Is there a "right amount" of ozone for a tub?

I keep hearing that CD ozonators are the way to go because they have a higher discharge.  But I also hear about the problems that ozone can cause in a tub.  Don't some manufacturers engineer ozone mixing systems in a contact area so that the ozone is pretty much neutralized by the time is enterst he main tub area?  Is higher output always better?

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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2008, 03:50:47 pm »
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Is there a "right amount" of ozone for a tub?

I keep hearing that CD ozonators are the way to go because they have a higher discharge.  But I also hear about the problems that ozone can cause in a tub.  Don't some manufacturers engineer ozone mixing systems in a contact area so that the ozone is pretty much neutralized by the time is enterst he main tub area?  Is higher output always better?


Most of upper tier manufactures do have mixing chamber to keep the ozone in water longer so more gets used. Even with those ozone off gas is dependent on the containment level in the spa.
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Re: What type of ozonator?
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2008, 04:38:14 pm »
Mixing chambers are "supposedly" to give the ozone more time, or ability to be absorbed into the water........... or so it's claimed.

I still challenge anyone, manufacturer or other, to produce the results of a peer reviewed study showing the effectiveness of ozone in a residential spa....Anyone? Anyone at all?
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