Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Ozone for Swimming Pools

Imagine Swimming everyday in the Purest of Water.

The Polar Bears at the San Diego Zoo do and You can too.

Del Ozone are the Leaders in Ozone purification. Using corona discharge cells to create o3 gas this Ozonator wil take care of up to 90% of the sanitization for your Pool. O3 destroys all foreign particles in your Pool uses 90% less energy than any Salt Chlorinator leaving no smelly residues, using 80% less chemicals.

Save money, the
environment and look after your health.

Have you ever smelled the chlorine before you even set sight on the pool? Ever seen pool water so murky and cloudy that you could not see the bottom? And how many times have you endured red eyes or irritated skin after a swim? It’s easy to spot a pool without ozone; one that relies on chlorine to do what chlorine alone cannot.

The Eclipse™ series produces up to five times the concentration of ozone produced by a UV generator. The unit is connected to your main circulation system so each time your main pump turns on, ozone is automatically introduced into the water. Reducing chlorine use by 80-90%, the Eclipse™ not only saves you time and money but it gives you the peace of mind that you're doing your part to reduce your environmental impact.

The Eclipse™ line consists of three models: Eclipse™-1, Eclipse™-2 and Eclipse™-4. The Eclipse™-1 is designed for use on pools from 7,000 gallons (primary) to 25,000 gallons (supplemental), the Eclipse™-2: 15,000 gallons (primary) to 50,000 gallons (supplemental) and the Eclipse™-4: 25,000 gallons (primary) to 100,000 gallons (supplemental).


Ozone was discovered by German scientist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in the 1840s when he identified a unique odor during electrolysis and electrical sparking experiments. He recognized the scent as the same odor found after a lightening flash and named the substance ozone.

Ozone is created when…

oxygen molecules are split, by a high-energy electrical discharge, resulting in two individual oxygen atoms and those individual oxygen atoms unite with remaining oxygen molecules to produce a three-atom molecule of ozone.

The weak bond holding ozone’s third oxygen atom causes the molecule to be extremely unstable and thus, very effective as an oxidizer.

An oxidation reaction occurs upon any collision between an ozone molecule and an organic molecule, such as bacteria, viruses, fungus and algae, where the oxygen atom held by the weak bond splits off and only oxygen is left behind.

Ozone Benefits

It’s a natural purifier as no harmful chemical by-products are created during purification, making it environmentally friendly.

Eliminates chloramines, chlorine by-products that can cause skin irritations and illness, and their off-gas odor.

Oxidizes hydrogen sulfides, iron, manganese, arsenic and most chlorinated hydrocarbons found in water.


Ozone Facts

In 1906, the city of Nice, France built the first water purification plant to utilize ozone and ozone has been used to purify drinking and municipal waste water ever since.

Safe for mammals and marine life, ozone is used in zoos and aquariums.

Ozone has been purifying bottled water since 1982.

Since 1984, all Olympic Games competition pools have been sanitized with ozone.

In 2001, the FDA allowed the use of ozone as a direct food additive and ozone can safely be used as on food equipment surfaces during the manufacture of food products.

In the pool and spa industry, ozone has been used for more than 65 years as its the most powerful oxidizer that can be safely used in a swimming pool or spa.