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Power
Transformers
The heart of any
ozone generator is its power transformer. It is the electrical component
that produces the high voltage that is needed make the ozone. That's why
it's selection, and construction is of the utmost importance. It
can be the most costly part in any ozone machine.
Air-Zone
uses
completely sealed, high voltage transformers, that can withstand a lot
of abuse before shorting out. They are designed specifically for our ozone
generators. Combined with our innovative ozone element design, it
is very rare that one of our power transformers blow out.
Competitors use
off the rack, open iron core transformers. The exposed iron can quickly
rust and deteriorate. These types of transformers are not specifically
designed for use in an ozone generator, and have a hard time maintaining
a long life span in this type of machine.
Some companies
use the same exact transformer in many different sized models.
Multiple
Transformers
Air-Zone
uses multiple transformers in our different models. How can a single
transformer that is used in a small ozone machine be expected to handle
the much higher load in a large ozone generator?
Many competitors
machines simply use ONE transformer, the SAME EXACT transformer in many
of their different low and high ozone output generator models.
Whether it be
a single plate 1000 mg/hr model, a 5 plate 3600 mg/hr model, a 5 plate
5000 mg/hr model, or a 10 plate 10000 mg/hr model, some manufacturers use
the same exact transformer in every machine.
How can the SAME
transformer that is expected to handle one high voltage ozone element,
handle ten high voltage ozone elements?
If a competitor
states "Our transformer is so good we can use the same one in our low powered
model as our high powered model" then what justifies the huge jump in price
between the low and high powered models?
It seems to us
they are just charging the customers empty dollars of more and more profits
for increased ozone power.
That leads us
to two possible conclusions: Either the transformer in the 10 plate 10,000
mg/hr model is woefully undersized, or 1000 mg/hr ozone generator is using
a transformer that is already properly sized for a higher powered machine,
If the latter
is the case, and the ozone plates are as low cost as they say, then why
the huge price jump between lower and higher powered ozone generators?
That's why ozone
generators that are "upgradable" by simply adding more ozone plates are
not very well designed. The load on the transformer HAS to be radically
different on a single or five plate ozone generator.
This is proven
by the fact that when a competitor adds 4 more ozone plates to a 1000
mg/hr machine that the total ozone output
does NOT equal
5000
mg/hr.
The "upgraded"
generator now only puts out 3600 mg/hr,
the missing 1400 mg/hr of ozone output has been lost
because the transformer has a hard time handling the different load.
That proves that
the load is radically different when you simply add more ozone plates to
a power transformer. If the transformer has been strained so that
it looses that much ozone power, then it can be concluded it is that much
closer to straining and blowing out.
It has to run
at a higher temperature.
So if competitors
ozone plates are as cheap in cost as they say, and they use the same transformer
in a 1000 mg/hr machine AND the 10,000 mg/hr machine, what justifies the
more than $700.00 cost difference between the two models?
Air-Zone
always
uses multiple transformers in our different higher powered models.
Our XT-2000
uses a single transformer. The XT-4000
uses 2 transformers. The XT-6000
uses 3 power transformers. Our XT-14000
uses 6 power transformers and our XT-28000
uses 12 separate transformers.
We do this because
to present a balanced load, and to have even power distribution.
It is better
to use multiple transformers when doubling or tripling the ozone power.
It only makes
good sense. It makes for a more balanced ozone machine.
We don't just
add two more ozone elements to the XT-2000
to make it a 4000 mg/hr machine.
The XT-4000
uses 2 separate transformers. Simply adding ozone elements isn't the proper
solution. Adding 2 more elements would NOT
equal 4000 mg/hr. It might only increase the ozone power to 3200 mg/hr
because the load presented to the transformer would be completely different.
That's why ozone
generators that are "upgradable" by simply adding more ozone plates are
not very well designed. The load on the transformer HAS to be radically
different on a single or five plate ozone generator.
Keep in mind the
fact that competitors also use ozone plate technology where each "plate"
has 3 pieces in it that can easily move around. They use a spring
system to keep each part of the plate in perfect alignment. A 10 plate,
10,000 mg/hr ozone machine will have 30 separate pieces in its 10 ozone
plates! A 10,000 mg/hr "plate type" ozone machine has 30 parts that
must ALWAYS be in perfect alignment or disaster will occur.
If a single piece
of the glass or mica non-conductor breaks, cracks, or just slips out of
alignment due to a lack of spring tension, then the electrical conductor,
screen parts of the ozone elements can arc and cause an electrical short.
When an ozone
plate short outs, the transformer is also shorted out. No matter
how well it is built, a transformer cannot stand being shorted out for
very long. Electrical transformers cannot stand to have a high voltage,
zero ohm load on them for very long without being put under a huge amount
of strain.
Air-Zone
not
only uses multiple transformers in our higher powered units to help balance
the load, they also use our U.S. patented ozone elements which do not have
components in them that can move, or shift out of alignment.
There is no way
for them to short out as standard ozone plates can.
Don't buy the
argument that using multiple transformers gives a machine more to break
down.
The truth is
if properly sized transformers are used and not strained to capacity, there
is very little change they will blow out. Simply adding ozone plates
as other manufacturers do, is what overloads electrical transformers and
makes them more likely to blow out.
Our XT-14000
and our XT-28000
use special monitoring circuits, and indicator lamps on the front panel
to always let the user know the status of each ozone element and transformer.
No other ozone
generator made has that feature.
If a transformer
ever blows the user will know about it right away. Because of these units
modular construction this problem is very easy to fix.
Air-Zone
are
simply more stable ozone generators than most other brands.
Electronic protection
circuits and fuses prevent our internal components from overload &
burnout. |