( if this is in the wrong spot....) I am in the process of buying a new home, as some of you know, and I have a dilemma on my hands. I think I can solve both problems with an ozone generator, but I'd like some opinions on them first. Problem #1 - My house has an old, stinky, moldy basement. It's not wet, but it is pretty dank ( not GOOD dank, old house dank...). I would guess that staying down there to even clean up all the junk the fucker left down there would give me some respiratory problems. Problem #2 - The basement is where my next grow room will be, however the arrangement is. I've used carbon filters before, and the last few weeks of the grow there's no keeping up with the smell. Even with the filters I have, you will be able to smell weed when you get near the basement door, which is next to the kitchen, where anyone visiting could walk by. I know ozone generators are used for mold remediation, and for odor control, so I have no doubt that one would be beneficial in my case. BUT - I have heard they're far from healthy. For those of you who know me, I'm a health nut, I prefer natural, organic grows/lifestyle. If they are as bad as some say, using one on a regular basis in my house would probably undermine all that I do to 'be green'. What say you? who's used one, or seen one? What do you think? Any other greenies out there care to throw in your .02???? GTWT :XXhippylove:
NO responses. Wow. I have an ozone jr and I never run it. It will make you choke if it's working properly. It fills the room with a noxious smelling gas that tastes like metal. I can have a pound standing at week 9 flower and you don't smell anything. Seal your room up good, use greenboard drywall it's your friend and relatively cheap. Seal up the joints and use appropriate sized filters. Overkill doesn't exist in this situation. I double filter basically I have a 6" inline fan with a 6"x24" phat filter brand filter for each setup blowing into the grow room then an 8" inline with a 8"x39" filter sucking out the room and exhausting up an old unused chimney to which the fireplace is blocked off and sealed. The only whiff you ever get is coming down the basement steps sometimes you can just catch a whiff but you are less than 2ft from buds through a wall. This is only when the 2kw 6 bucket setup is at peak flower. I would also recommend a dehumidifier if it's "dank" in your basement. Dry it out clean the walls and floor and you'll be money. I have this ozone generator and I'm not real attached to it. http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/cap-oznjr-ozone-generator-up-to-1000-cubic-ft-p-2066.html PM me and I'll loan it to you for long term evaluation...Steelcity
I've used the Big Blue generators and they work better than carbon scrubbers for odor control. I can't comment on mold but ozone generators are sometimes placed in central air conditioning systems to clean the household air of mold and other allergens. As long as you have no leaks in the ducting and the ozone generator is on the end of the line and venting outside then it shouldn't be a health issue. If you can smell the ozone, which has a distinct smell, then you have a leak.
I use an 8inch 2 bulb unit that goes INLINE the ducting and it processes all air, makes it smell like beef gravy.....to me atleast
Lol, I was thinking the same. I appreciate the offer, I might take you up on it, at least to clean the room up. The kind I was thinking of is probably the same kind Ofo used, that you set up in the middle of the room, and it pumps out ozone, not the inline kind. Seems dangerous to just pump that shit in there and let it sit, but I need some serious cleanup in there. Maybe just light it off every so often during peak flower, in combo with some filters... hmmmm..... my filters just didn't cut it before though, you could smell the shit standing outside my shed for the last 4 weeks of flower.... GTWT :XXhippylove:
GTWT do you have any pets? ive heard qzone generaters arent healthy for pets. I remember reading somewhere that pets are more sensitive to ozone. I could be wrong here. any access to sewaer drain pipes? thats teh way to exhaust especially seeing you dont need a filter.
I do have pretty close access to sewer lines, but I would imagine you could only exhaust so much into a sewer line, especially since you have to decrease your size from at least 6" to 4" to fit. I plan on bumping up my grow to 2x1000W, so my air intake and exhaust is going to increase as well. I thought about that first thing, but I wonder about the reduction & drain capacity.... GTWT :XXhippylove:
Well downplay it all you want but......I run a hell of alot more bud than most people here and I have ZERO smell at all times and its cause of the inline OZONE gen Good luck......with the one single item that you should have addressed in the beginning that is the MAIN cause of getting caught, smell :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead:
Hey, man, no need to bang your head with me, unless it's this kind of headbanging.... :headbang9: lol Trust me, the risk is the primary concern I have. But so is my health. That's a bit more long term than growing pot. I'm going to try it, but not an inline, as I need it for other things as well. Thanks for your insight though, I wanted to hear from people who have used them, and what they thought GTWT :XXhippylove:
Like someone else said... I'm more than familiar with old homes. I'd vent thru the sewer and just put a decent dehumidifier down there. I have 2 dogs and the thought of ozone leaking thru the house would concern me. Also... I'd wash the whole area down and white wash the walls (stone I'm guessing) and paint the floors (usually gray concrete paint). If you have dirt floors, then that's different, but something to think about for the future. I used to do pvt. duty nursing for a woman who had major bucks. Super lg. house built mid 1800's. The handyman did the basement that way and it was cleaner than alot of ppl's upstairs! Her brother even did reloading (ammunition) down there, at one time. That's what I plan to do if I end up buying an older home. Good luck in whatever you decide :thumbs-up:
If you do your research....the inline ones are the ONLY ones that DO NOT EMIT Ozone.......they are the safest ones, they require a flowing air movement to work and a specific distance to run the air before it exits your home via a vent, The inline OZONE gens are in EVERY single building ventilation systems in world.....Ever wonder why all buildings smell the same and NOT bad? If you get one that "bursts" ozone into your space, then you have the chance for overexposure to the toxins...NOT the case with an inline, plus the small ones FLAT OUT do not work worth a shit IMO/E I also combine my anti-stink measures with a CAN66 filter and 6inch fan as well......I had a cop at my front door 3 weeks ago....walked around my house too.....looking for a robbery suspect that ran into my area.....I walked right beside him around my property, we stood 10ft from my stinky hole....Im still free:thumbs-up: :thumbs-up: :thumbs-up: :thumbs-up: :thumbs-up: :thumbs-up:
I still have my CAN filter in the box (forget the size, but matched-up with my 6"). Bud was expecting to smell weed, but only smelled cigs I vent into the attic, but hopefully someday soon I'll have a need to use it.
