Installing an HVAC UV light can bring a range of advantages to your home, from improved air quality to increased efficiency of your HVAC system. This cost-effective method of cleaning the air as it passes through the system can reduce dirt, contaminants, and other debris that can reduce the system's ability to supply air to the rooms in your home. This translates into reduced energy costs and less long-term maintenance. UV lights can also help improve the quality of your home's indoor air by killing bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants that can cause bad odors or health problems.
They can reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are often caused by cooking, smoking, pets, and chemicals. UV lights reduce contaminants that accumulate in the ducts, making the system work harder. UV air purifiers use UV-C light (a wavelength of light of 254 nanometers) that is absorbed by the DNA of microorganisms. The most common household volatile organic compounds that neutralize HVAC UV light systems include paints, solvents, sprays, cleaners, disinfectants, repellents, and air fresheners.
UV air purifiers are only effective if microorganisms pass through the UV-C light inside the air conditioning system. Ultraviolet light doesn't immediately kill organisms, but instead renders them unable to produce the proteins they need to survive and reproduce. UV lighting systems for air conditioning, also called germicidal air purifiers, can effectively sterilize nearly 100% of germs, viruses, mold spores, bacteria, fungi and other harmful microorganisms as they pass through the air conditioning system. By installing UV lights in your HVAC system, you can limit or prevent the transmission of diseases in your home.
Installing ultraviolet lights in your HVAC system can eliminate carbon-based waste and improve system efficiency and your health. This spectrum of light can also be artificially produced using electronic appliances and devices, such as UV lights for air conditioning systems and furnaces. If you want to learn more about how installing UV lights in your air conditioning system can benefit you and extend the life of the system, contact a professional HVAC technician today.
