Do you want to level up your home’s protection against household contaminants? If so, then you should consider using UV lamps. Marsh Heating and Air Conditioning, your trusted HVAC company in Edina MN, has got you covered.
Understanding UV Germicidal Lamps
A germicidal lamp or bulb is engineered to use a combination of special phosphors and a quartz glass envelope to eliminate germs and create ozone. They produce little visible light and are designed mainly to sterilize a home.
How Do UV Lamps Work?
UV Germicidal lights usually come in two main types: low pressure, which are almost always fluorescent lamps and high pressure lights that create a higher intensity output in a wider range of UV light.
Low pressure germicidal lights are primarily used for germicidal applications and function by creating UV light in a specified range as a mutagen that kills bacteria by disrupting its DNA structure.
On the other hand, high pressure lights are often used for other applications such as water purification, where a large area needs to be disinfected by each lamp.
Advantages
Non-Toxic
Being non-toxic is perhaps the most important benefit of UV light disinfection. In contrast with harsh chemicals that are sometimes used in cleaning and sanitization products, UV light is environmentally friendly. What makes it safe is that UV light disinfection is a physical process, not a chemical method.
Extremely Effective
Another advantage of a UV lamp is that it can be far more effective than other methods. UV light kills a wide range of harmful organisms. It destroys mold and spores while other disinfection methods may not. Since UV disinfection is a dry method, you are guaranteed that it will take care of existing mold and prevent its development in the future.
Kills Pathogens Minus Immunity
As mentioned earlier, UV light disinfection is a physical method for killing bacteria, meaning, the bacteria in question cannot build immunity to it. That’s a huge advantage, giving your home hospital-grade protection against pathogens!
Affordable
You may not realize but UV disinfection is an affordable sanitization method. Some homeowners assume that it’s costly because it uses technology instead of chemicals, but it’s quite the opposite.
A one-time investment in a UV lamp can save you time and money for years because it saves you money in maintenance costs throughout its lifespan. And since the unit can operate automatically when installed, you don’t have to worry about the associated labor costs over time like other methods do.
Safe
Microorganisms like bacteria are extremely tiny and invisible to the naked eye. Likewise, viruses, fungi, and mold are present in the very air you breathe at home. UV germicidal lamps eliminate these contaminants in the air, which exponentially improves your indoor air quality.
UV germicidal lamps disinfect the air, making it cleaner and safer, which is essential for homes with occupants who are suffering from allergies, asthma, or other respiratory diseases.
Features of the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Lights
Destroys Germs in your home
Healthy Climate® UV germicidal lights kill contaminants like mold, mildew, and bacteria. Using maximum-intensity ultraviolet light, they break the cell structure of microorganisms, preventing them from growing and spreading throughout your home.
This product effectively reduces concentrations of airborne microorganisms by 50 percent within as little as 45 minutes.
Improves the health of your HVAC equipment
Germicidal lights also kill germs, mold, and fungi that may live in ductwork and inside your heating and cooling equipment. This helps keep your HVAC system clean and running at peak efficiency.
Continuously working to improve your indoor air
Since they’re easily installed inside your ductwork, germicidal lights can work with virtually any heating and cooling system to improve the air throughout your entire home. Even when your comfort system isn’t running, germicidal lights work continuously.
Purifies without producing ozone
Unlike some air purifiers on the market, Healthy Climate® germicidal lights provide protection from germs without producing ozone, a toxic gas that can irritate the lungs.
Here are more features of the UV germicidal lights:
- Powerful ultraviolet energy helps eliminate biological contaminants like mold and bacteria
- Improves air quality and protects equipment by sterilizing surfaces
- Reduces concentrations of airborne bioaerosols by 50%* within as little as 45 minutes
- Dual-lamp or single-lamp option
- Available in 2,000 microwatts (UV-2000) or 1,496 microwatts (UV-1000)
- UL listed
- 5-Year Limited Warranty on covered components
Performance
- Improves air quality and protects equipment by sterilizing surfaces
- Dual-lamp or single-lamp option
Health
- Powerful ultraviolet energy helps eliminate biological contaminants like mold and bacteria
Ask Marsh Heating and Air Conditioning
For more information about germicidal lamps, give us a call. As your leading Minnetonka heating and air conditioning company, it is our mission to provide you with effective HVAC products and services that deliver excellent results.