Ozone unit and saltwater

[stancfii]

I dug my old Red Sea 100 unit out to plug it into my skimmer after several years of not using it. By accident, the in-flow airtube fell into my sump and sucked in some saltwater for about 3 seconds, going through the unit and coming out the out-flow. I turned it off, let it dry, and turned it back on, but have no way to tell if it is actually still producing (or ever did) ozone. Any way to test? When I took the unit apart, there was nothing to clean, as the part that the air goes through is self contained. Any chance I could a pipe cleaner through there? I do get the dummy light when the unit is plugged in, if that helps.

Thanks

 

[jrpark22000]

You can simply plug the unit in and smell for ozone coming out of the unit to tell if it is working.

I made a similar mistake when a check valve failed and filled my redsea 200 with ASW. I took ro/di and flushed the inside of the reactor ozone chamber( I figured I had nothing to lose) and it worked great. That was many months ago and the unit still works as well today. I used low pressure compressed air to speed the drying and a few days more to air dry.

 

[billsreef]

I took ro/di and flushed the inside of the reactor ozone chamber( I figured I had nothing to lose) and it worked great.

This is the important part. You need to flush the salt out, otherwise it will corrode the electrodes of the corona discharge.