HVAC Question

[AsylumSeeker]

Spent nearly 10g on a new HVAC system for my house and also an annual servicing agreement. On the first servicing visit I was advised to spend $550 on a UV light for my electric heater to keep mold from building up. When I balked it was suddenly "sale day" and I was told that the UV was on sale for $450 for that week only. I still turned the man down.

Is this complete BS or is there a need for UV lamp in an electric heater?

I'd appreciate hearing from somebody who knows about this.

Thanks much in advance.

 

[Squibbs]

Spent nearly 10g on a new HVAC system for my house and also an annual servicing agreement. On the first servicing visit I was advised to spend $550 on a UV light for my electric heater to keep mold from building up. When I balked it was suddenly "sale day" and I was told that the UV was on sale for $450 for that week only. I still turned the man down.

Is this complete BS or is there a need for UV lamp in an electric heater?

I'd appreciate hearing from somebody who knows about this.

Thanks much in advance.

You can buy the same quality UV light at any hardware store for $100.

UV lights help for small children and people with respiratory problems. Unless you have excessive moisture you won't get mold.

Now go get hit by a bus.

 

[hobbit.]

Spent nearly 10g on a new HVAC system for my house and also an annual servicing agreement. On the first servicing visit I was advised to spend $550 on a UV light for my electric heater to keep mold from building up. When I balked it was suddenly "sale day" and I was told that the UV was on sale for $450 for that week only. I still turned the man down.

Is this complete BS or is there a need for UV lamp in an electric heater?

I'd appreciate hearing from somebody who knows about this.

Thanks much in advance.

You can buy the same quality UV light at any hardware store for $100.

UV lights help for small children and people with respiratory problems. Unless you have excessive moisture you won't get mold.

Now go get hit by a bus.

All this hi-tech bullshit. i recommend wearing a polythene bag over the head of anyone susceptible to air borne spores etc. simple, cheap and low carbon footprint.

 

[Squibbs]

All this hi-tech bullshit. i recommend wearing a polythene bag over the head of anyone susceptible to air borne spores etc. simple, cheap and low carbon footprint.

That won't help him with the bus.

 

[hobbit.]

That won't help him with the bus.

would shorten the bus queue though.

 

[Squibbs]

would shorten the bus queue though.

Thus lowering the carbon footprint.

Win-win.

 

[hobbit.]

Thus lowering the carbon footprint.

Win-win.

indeed, a major plus point being that not only could the plastic bag be recycled, but, the persons shoes could be passed on with less wear and tear.

 

[Squibbs]

And people say the GB isn't a nice place.

We're saving the fucking world in here, and getting you places faster.

 

[Beco]

Spent nearly 10g on a new HVAC system for my house and also an annual servicing agreement. On the first servicing visit I was advised to spend $550 on a UV light for my electric heater to keep mold from building up. When I balked it was suddenly "sale day" and I was told that the UV was on sale for $450 for that week only. I still turned the man down.

Is this complete BS or is there a need for UV lamp in an electric heater?

I'd appreciate hearing from somebody who knows about this.

Thanks much in advance.

They say that UV light zaps mold, some say it doesn't do shit. If you have a dry basement, I doubt you need it. Mold grows in constant moisture....repair the leak, stops the mold

 

[hobbit.]

And people say the GB isn't a nice place.

We're saving the fucking world in here, and getting you places faster.

And where is the gratitude? no where! fucking typical!

 

[kotori]

Squibbs and hobbit teaming up. The world will never be the same.

 

[run_silent]

I don't know if you need it but you can buy it much cheaper.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

From what I read UV does not work well as the UV light source is usually unable to be close enough to the mold to kill it. The effective range is 2 inches from the lamp.

Better filters and maybe a de-humidifier work better at controlling mold.

 

[parodyluvr75]

Violence for its own sake, makes strange alliances.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Do this! Stuff SQUIBBS inside the return air grill, mouth open and pointed out, UV light inside his colon, asshole connected to the evaporator coil via plastic pipe.

 

[HAL_9000]

Spent nearly 10g on a new HVAC system for my house and also an annual servicing agreement.

 

[hobbit.]

Violence for its own sake, makes strange alliances.

no one advocated violence.

 

[phrodeau]

If you're really serious about airborne particles, do what this guy did.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

You can buy the same quality UV light at any hardware store for $100.

UV lights help for small children and people with respiratory problems. Unless you have excessive moisture you won't get mold.

Now go get hit by a bus.

Thanks all. I figured since I'd had an electric heater for years without UV light with no problem, why would a new one, supposedly more efficient, suddenly require me to have one?

Besides, a guy can't breathe in too much black mold.

 

[mercury14]

Thanks all. I figured since I'd had an electric heater for years without UV light with no problem, why would a new one, supposedly more efficient, suddenly require me to have one?

Besides, a guy can't breathe in too much black mold.

For just a little more you could have gotten a geothermal heating and cooling system and dropped your utility bill significantly. We love ours - it's really nice not to have an air conditioner or furnace in the house and it also heats our water for us.

Regarding the UV thing, our house came with one when we bought it and then when we got our Geo unit it had one, so now we have two. According to the company they work but only if you have a high-quality filtration system, otherwise when germs and mold adhere to dust and particles they're sheltered from the effects of the UV light. They seemed pretty honest to me... Basically they said they work very well in laboratory tests but in a real-life setting their effectiveness is reduced somewhat. Also you need to replace the bulbs every few years because they start to degrade and I'm not sure they're cheap.

 

[Squibbs]

For just a little more you could have gotten a geothermal heating and cooling system and dropped your utility bill significantly. We love ours - it's really nice not to have an air conditioner or furnace in the house and it also heats our water for us.

Regarding the UV thing, our house came with one when we bought it and then when we got our Geo unit it had one, so now we have two. According to the company they work but only if you have a high-quality filtration system, otherwise when germs and mold adhere to dust and particles they're sheltered from the effects of the UV light. They seemed pretty honest to me... Basically they said they work very well in laboratory tests but in a real-life setting their effectiveness is reduced somewhat. Also you need to replace the bulbs every few years because they start to degrade and I'm not sure they're cheap.

Pretty much.

A UV won't kill all mold spores, viruses and bacteria. To be effective you need good quality filtration. The higher the merv rating the better.

The bulbs don't last long. 2yrs max on their life. If you can afford to, once a year is best.

All you need now is a thermal electric generator.

 

[Squibbs]

I'm curious as to what quality equipment you get for 10k in the states.

What did you get?

 

[mercury14]

Pretty much.

A UV won't kill all mold spores, viruses and bacteria. To be effective you need good quality filtration. The higher the merv rating the better.

The bulbs don't last long. 2yrs max on their life. If you can afford to, once a year is best.

All you need now is a thermal electric generator.

Our bulbs are warranted for 3 years and when they do the semi-annual maintenance they pull the bulb out and scrub it down.

We have solar panels generating over three quarters of our electricity.

 

[mercury14]

I'm curious as to what quality equipment you get for 10k in the states.

What did you get?

10k will get you a high efficiency, top of the line gas furnace that will heat a roughly 3,500 foot square house.

 

[Squibbs]

10k will get you a high efficiency, top of the line gas furnace that will heat a roughly 3,500 foot square house.

Yeah, I'm wondering about which product specifically.

I want to see what 10k US will get you vs 10k Cdn.