What Is Ozone And How Does It Work - Paramount Fitness ClearO3 Installation Manual

WHAT IS OZONE AND HOW DOES IT WORK

• Ozone is created from oxygen using a simple yet powerful system of UV bulbs, to be used as a pure shock
(oxidizer) for the swimming pool.
• Ozone is injected into the pool water using the Clear O3
air is mixed with the water going into the pool circulation pump. This creates a dynamic environment that best
mixes the air and water at high pressure as it is sent into the filter
• Once in the water, the ozone breaks down materials such as ammonia, oils, and other non-living waste that
are detrimental to chlorine's function in the pool. This occurs between the pump and filter and also in the filter.
Chlorine is in a group of the least stable elements and must be combined with another material to become
stable. In swimming pools, this process creates the formation of combined chlorines, like chloramines, which
do not sanitize and have adverse effects on human skin. Use of ozone allows the chlorine to work primarily as
a water disinfectant.
• Pool water treatment can be broken down into three primary categories:
1. Disinfectant - The killing of living organisms (virus, bacteria, algae). This consumes only 10-20% of the
chlorine normally placed in a pool.
2. Oxidation - The removal of non-living waste from pool water. This consumes up to 70% of the chlorine
placed in standard treated pools
3. Residual - The remaining, measurable sanitizer is left in the pool as a safety net to maintain the water quality
until it is brought through the pool equipment again. Usually less than 10% of the chlorine originally placed in
a pool is left over as residual.
Installing a Clear O3 Water Purification system will reduce the amount of chlorine needed to maintain a pool
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by up to70%.
The benefits of using ozone include:
• Fewer chemicals to maintain the pool.
• Less work to maintain the pool water.
• More enjoyable water, being treated similar to bottled water.
• Longer filter cycles, and increased life for the salt chlorinator cells (if present).
TO COMPLETE INSTALLATION YOU WILL NEED THE
FOL LOWING ITEMS (NOT INCLUDED)
(1) Six (6) feet ½" non-metallic conduit outdoor rated.
(1) ½" conduit compression fitting.
suction injection system, where the ozone enriched
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