Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: Ozone Generator

I still remember an article from Popular Mechanics Magazine about 20 years ago...... it was about long-term storing of a car. One point mentioned was that the ozone produced while keeping the battery charged would have an adverse effect on the rubber components of the car (hoses, belts, tires), I would think that a battery charger would create less ozone than a dedicated ozone generator. So, my concern about using an ozone generator on a floating boat........ is how many rubber hoses there are below the waterline...... better close the seacocks and replace or at least carefully examine the hoses after the treatment! Maybe I'm out in left field with this thought......... but, I'm not ready to put this concern to a test. Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" 1979 O'DAY DS II #10201 former co-owner of "NODROG" 1970 CAL 21 #285 On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:41:21 -0000 "jlc_nwf" <ro… [at] yahoo.com> writes: Yes they work, like all chemicals and gases and chemicals some common sense and caution should be used. Some guys in P'cola rented one to do a house in Florida, it worked. They rented the thing from Chicago, it was a few years back, after Hurricane Opal and Ivan I have known of people that used them, in houses. I do remember some cautioning about Manufactured Homes and Vessels. Just be careful, read the manual, seal it up tight, ventilate it properly.

On 2/26/2012 12:35 AM, Rodney G. Johnson wrote: > > I still remember an article from Popular Mechanics Magazine about 20 > years ago...... it was about long-term storing of a car. One point > mentioned was that the ozone produced while keeping the battery > charged would have an adverse effect on the rubber components of the > car (hoses, belts, tires), I would think that a battery charger would > create less ozone than a dedicated ozone generator. So, my concern > about using an ozone generator on a floating boat........ is how many > rubber hoses there are below the waterline...... better close the > seacocks and replace or at least carefully examine the hoses after the > treatment! I've also read about the adverse effect of ozone on rubber product. However, just guessing now, I suspect that long-term exposure is required to do serious damage. And I'll reiterate that a commercial ozone machine did an astonishing job of removing really bad burned-food odors from my house after a minor fire. It happened in the coldest part of the winter so the house stayed closed up tight. The ozone machine ran a couple days and all the smell was gone. This was a 2-story, 3 BR house. It would be much easier to have the same effect on a boat. Chris Campbell >