Quote Originally Posted by ovonick View Post
They did promise that my pool will need less chlorine (maybe 1/4 or 1/5 of the regular amount).
Given that ozone DESTROYS chlorine, and chlorine DESTROYS ozone, you can pretty much kiss that idea goodby!

However, 0.5 ppm chlorine, if maintained consistently, in a pool without stabilizer can be very effective.


Correct me if I am wrong but from what I read ozone by itself is not supposed to affect the pH or alkalinity in a negative way. Is this right?
If you were pumping pure ozone, you would not be wrong. But you are pumping almost pure air with a tiny amount of ozone!

The reason is that pure ozone is a TOXIC gas, more dangerous than chlorine gas! I've never understood how people could listen to 'ozone' smog alerts and then turn around and think of ozone as 'safer' and less 'toxic'' than chlorine gas.

Anyhow, while pure ozone can be very effective, it's also very dangerous. US ozonator makers have solved this little problem by making ozonators that hardly make any ozone!

This page
http://www.poolsolutions.com/gd/lowe...p-by-step.html
explains how air strips alkalinity from a pool.


I will keep you guys posted as per the resolution of the issue. So far my pool company treated me very well and I am hopeful they will be able to resolve the issue to my satisfaction. I understand they would not want to take it out or replace it with the different product, but I will keep pushing them. Their suggestion so far is to not run ozone generator 24/7 (which is the easiest fix from their side) but I don't like this as a "solution". It is just a workaround.
It's going to be really hard for them to 'fix' something that was 'broken' by the factory! However, it's quite likely that they do not know this.