My friend has been using one and they say it’s an “ozone cleaner” and that it disinfects whatever you spray the water on?
Is this bullshit?
Here is the explanation from the website: Ozone spray is the amazing, easy-to-use cleaner, sanitizer and disinfectant made from just tap water. This patented ozone spray machine takes ordinary water then electrifies it, creating aqueous ozone, an earth-friendly, totally safe and chemical free spray to clean and sanitize countertops, floors, windows, door handles and any hard surfaces in your home or business. The EnozoPRO (Hygeia) aqueous ozone sprayer is battery operated and kills 99.9% of bacteria and common viruses in only 30 seconds
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Ozone ions in the air cause smell particles to stick to surfaces destroying smells. Ozone in the water kills microbes.
The problem is, ozone is not good for you and nobody should be spraying ozone iones in the air.
Anyway, how much ozone can a battery operated device produce?
This might be the wrong sub for this. Looking at the comments it’s just a bunch of people giving their best stab in the dark based on their understanding of ozone or what they can look up on google. You probably need to try a sub that has more specialists in it. Either chemical specialists or cleaning specialists.
I would not bother with ozone anything myself. I prefer regular sanitary conditioning which clearly involves physical cleanups, preventitive maintenance, and even some chemical use. Like a swiffer sweeper! (Hardwood floor is a pain in the butt)
I do have titanium oxide, photocatalysis lights (Qivation) and they are merely a generative source of some hydroxyl group(s).
Ozonators are common in hot tubs. My hot tub has one. What this particular device does, and how well it works, I don’t know. But ozone as a disinfectant is a thing.
I don’t know how exactly they make it from water (it is possible, I just don’t know if they can do it in such a small package) but ozone (O3) is deadly to life because it is a very powerful oxidizer. And breaks back down into oxygen (O2) when it’s done. It is also highly soluble in water and can be used as a disinfectant in that way.
Ozone has a distinct smell, so I guess you can check for that smell. Lightning strikes make ozone all the time, as well as sparks in the air, so smell for that.
A traditional disinfectant is probably better for most applications, but if you’re worried about dangerous residual chemicals, this is a good choice. I’ve seen it used to disinfect filtered water before (in lieu of boiling)
Hydrogen peroxide is also good if you’re not worried about bleaching what you’re cleaning. It breaks down into water and oxygen much easier than ozone.
If you talking about an ozone generator, they little boxes that you can plug in and spews ozone and *sometimes* helps with mold that’s hard to get to.
There are major risks tho. It’s extremely toxic (you have to air it out completely and no life can been in the area – humans or pets) as it’s a powerful oxidant. Also can oxidize/damage electronics so any valuable you might have to move.
It’s very niche cases, but you have to take a lot of precautions as it can damage lung tissue and other tissue if it’s not completely eliminated.
It’s used in other areas like purifying water cause it’s so chemically damaging to cells/pathogens
You shouldn’t use them unless you know what you are doing
It is a machine that makes hydrogen perioxide.
Or it is an electric device that uses high voltage spark to generate a spark across a gap and a fan it generates o3 it is used to deodorize and clean smells it does so by completely oxidizing odor sources. It does work.
Sounds like nonsense.
If you want something similar that actually works, you can get water sprayers that you fill with tap water and some salt. It uses electrochlorination to create a small amount of sodium hypochlorite, basically making a mild bleach solution. It’s commonly used in pools.
What does it smell like? Ozone has a sharp almost metalic scent. If you have ever been around welding or a electrically powered train you most likely have smelt ozone.
And yes Ozone can be used as a disinfectant and you can use electricity to create it. But I strongly suspect that the device is BS.
During COVID we used ozone generators to disinfect the air in our clinical rooms between patients. You couldn’t go back in the room for a stipulated time until the gas had dissipated/turned back into regular air, so there is definitely practical domestic purposes for ozone.
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