It’s an unfortunate fact: indoor air almost always contains more contaminants and pathogens than outdoor air. And your home is supposed to be your safe space, where you let down your guard, breathing deeply and restfully all night long! Indoor air doesn’t have to be dirty, though. Cleaner air can be yours with an HVAC air purifier in Chehalis, WA. Here’s what it can do for you!
Trapping Particles
You can simply use an air filtration system, which will be installed in your HVAC system’s ductwork to trap the particles and fibers that float through with your heated or cooled air. An air purifier uses a filter as well, to trap and remove the larger specks before the air moves on to the rest of the purification system.
Killing Germs
Ultraviolet light is incredible. A UV germicidal light is the next step in an HVAC air purifier. Once the larger particles have been filtered out, the air passes through a space in your ductwork where an ultraviolet lightbulb has been installed. This frequency of light can penetrate right through the outer membranes of single-celled pathogens!
Inside the germ, the light affects protein bonds. Since these are how the DNA of single-celled microbes are held together, the functional structures of these germs simply fall apart, like eggs scrambled right in their shells. No more threat exists from these pathogens: they can’t affect your body, and they can’t reproduce.
UV Safety
Ultraviolet light doesn’t pose the danger to you that it does to these microscopic beasties. It’s similar to the light from the sun. This means you don’t want constant exposure to it, for the same reason that you wouldn’t sunbathe all day every day. But in these whole house air purifiers, the light only shines inside your ducts. You won’t have any exposure to it at all.
Benefits of Cleaner Air
It’s remarkable the number of things that people experience when they start breathing air that’s been through a UV germicidal light. There are obvious things, like fewer allergy symptoms and fewer days of missed work due to illness or caring for a sick child. But it goes far beyond that! People also have fewer headaches, better sleep at night, enjoy better energy during the day, and spend more time in good moods!
The benefits aren’t just about your health and wellbeing, though. The UV light will also kill mold spores, helping to prevent mold growth all throughout your home. And since unpleasant odors are caused by bacteria drifting through the air, your air purifier will zap everything that floats up from your trash can, cat litter box, dirty socks, and more. Your house will smell fresh and clean!
If you’d like to find out more about how a whole house air purifier can work with your existing HVAC system, we’d love to talk with you.
Your comfort is our business at Americool Heating & Air Conditioning! Contact us today for expert air purifier installation in Chehalis, WA.