Hot tub manufacturers realized that installing ozone generators on their hot tubs would be helpful, especially if you want to reduce your chemical usage. Ozone will provide a powerful sanitizing component for their hot tubs as a first line of defense, protecting you and your family from viruses and bacteria. At the same time, it makes water chemistry components much easier to deal with. Ozone does NOT eliminate the need for small quantities of back up sanitation, but it does greatly reduce the need for bromine or chlorine.Ozone is organic, biodegradable, 100% natural, AND 3,000 times FASTER than chlorine at killing anti-microbials (which is a fancy word for viruses and bacteria).
What exactly is Ozone? Ozone is a gas made up of three oxygen atoms. It doesn't keep the three atoms for long. Oxygen is made up of two atoms. Here is what happens - as soon as ozone finds an oxidizeable substance (virus, bacteria, mold, fungus, yeast, body oils, other sticky stuff), ozone does its job and is gone. So, if the spa is dirty, ozone’s probably done it’s job in milliseconds. If the spa is clean, ozone gets a little bored and might travel into the spa. All spas are different. Ask your dealer if your spa contains an ozonator if you are interested.
Just remember this - Ozone does NOT eliminate the need for chlorine or bromine. It reduces the amount which you need to put in.
