How does the IonGuard Purification System Work?
The Triangular Wave IonGuard Purification System disinfects water through a process called ionization. That process utilizes a low voltage direct current (DC) to place precise and minute amounts of copper and silver ions into water systems. Copper ions kill algae and silver ions kill bacteria. An ion is merely an electronically charged atom or group of atoms. An atom acquires this charge by gaining or losing electrons. Negatively charged electrons are one of the three major subatomic particles; the others being protons, which have a positive charge, and neutrons, which have no charge. Ions in the Triangular Wave system are positively charged; algae, bacteria and other particles in the water are negatively charged. The positive to negative attraction allows the ions to attach to the organisms, penetrate their cell walls and kill them.
