For decades, UV lights, known as Ultraviolet lights, have served to disinfect essential items consumed daily, such as our drinking water, food, and air in commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, food-processing plants, and more. Nowadays, there is finally the luxury of installing UV light systems to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and protect the air you breathe in your home. To learn more about how UV lights can improve your home’s overall IAQ, our HVAC experts at Wilmington Heating & Cooling help answer a few questions about the matter.
How Can UV Lights Improve Your Home’s IAQ?
Thanks to the sun and fresh vegetation, outdoor air is naturally purified. However, since your home is sealed, indoor air can be left as a breeding ground for harmful bacteria and pathogens if not treated properly. To properly treat your home, UV light protection is an option that helps control or kill hosts of house mold, germs, bacteria, and viruses by releasing low levels of ultraviolet radiation. By doing this, UV light systems modify the microorganism’s cell structure, making them incapable of reproducing.
Is Installing and Maintaining UV Lights Difficult?
Residential UV light systems are typically installed within air ducts and include one to three bulbs. The best location for your UV light system is near the evaporator coil because of the condensation it produces. Unfortunately, because of the darkness of the area and how much moisture is created in the area of your evaporator coil, it can cause the growth of mold, bacteria, and other unwanted microorganisms, thus making it an ideal location for your UV light system.
To ensure your home gets the best results for improved IAQ, our HVAC specialists at Wilmington Heating & Cooling recommend installing two UV light bulbs on the evaporator’s outer tubing and one bulb inside the A-frame type evaporator. Placing the UV light system in these areas will guarantee clean airflow throughout the home by disinfecting streams of air that pass through the evaporator’s tubing. Additionally, UV light system maintenance is simple; the light bulbs for UV light systems need to be changed every two to three years, which we can service during an annual maintenance service call.
Our IAQ specialists at Wilmington Heating & Cooling can help convert your HVAC system into hardware capable of bettering your overall health and well-being. For immediate quality services, call us today at (937) 764-3575, or schedule an appointment online now by clicking here!
