Duct Leakage Testing with UV Lights in Mobile

Protect Your Home with the Help of our Baldwin County HVAC Specialists

Air quality is tremendously important. If there are members of your family with breathing issues, air quality becomes paramount. At Daycool Heating & Air, we understand how crucial it is that the air you and your family is breathing is the best it can be. That’s why we offer UV light testing services in Mobile that will detect duct leakage so that we can seal them up and protect your home.

Do you think you have a duct leak? Well, first there is the basic checklist:

• Are you changing your filters on a regular basis?
• Have you invited us in to check your ductwork for any leaks which might pull air in that is less than satisfactory?
• Have we cleaned your ductwork for you?

If you are already doing all of those things, we have another option to present: UV lighting. UV lighting will control those things which are too small to be stopped by the filter. A filter capable of stopping all particulates would basically be too dense to allow air flow.

Schedule a UV lighting test with our Mobile HVAC team today! Contact us at (833) 638-8896. We proudly serve all of Baldwin County. 

What Is UV Light Testing?

Duke University pioneered a study in which UV lighting was used to kill drug-resistant bacteria within the hospital with an effectiveness rate of 97%.

In a study conducted by the National Homeland Security Research Center’s Office of Research and Development in June 2006, UV lighting was proven to be 93% effective in eliminating B. Atrophaeus, 99.97% for S. marcescens and 99% for MS2. In this study, UV lights were installed in ductwork to measure their effectiveness in a biohazard situation. However, the results do translate to our more mundane applications as well. Here is a quote from that study:

“UV lamps have been used to inactivate airborne microorganisms for many years. Much of the early work was directed at the control of very infectious microorganisms (particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis), often in medical facilities. Wavelengths within the short wave, or C band of UV light (UVC), were found to be the most effective germicidal light wavelengths. UVC usually is generated by use of UVC fluorescent lamps. These lamps use electrical discharge through low-pressure mercury vapor enclosed in a glass tube that transmits UVC light (primarily at the mercury wavelength of 253.7 nm). Because this wavelength has been found to be about the optimum for killing microorganisms, UVC from mercury lamps also is referred to as UVG to indicate that it is germicidal. UVG has been shown to inactivate viruses, mycoplasma, bacteria, and fungi when used appropriately.”