"James Sweet" wrote in message
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My guess is that this is how the personal ozone generators
operate,
although they probably aren't as concerned with efficiency of the
driver as I would be.


You can very effectively generate ozone with a voltage multiplier
chain
connected directly to the AC mains, you just need a needle electrode.

But that (Cockcroft-Walton array) requires many rectifiers and
capacitors. To see a schematic of one go here and click on the link.
http://www.web-ee.com/Schematics/Vol...roft-Walton.ht
m

It's much cheaper if you use a simpler method.