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UV light will only kill the molds that pass its line of sight. For the visible black mold in the blower compartment you can reach spraying it with a bleach/water mix will help. The ozone and positive and negitive ion generator will kill the mold you can and cannot see. To check out some products try going onto the website of

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dcooling. That may give you some insight into different products that may help you.

Ralph Little

Little Heating & Cooling

Haymarket, VA

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Does the ozone system get installed directly in the box underneath the air handler or does it sit outside? I'm confused how it kills the mold inside the box that collects all of the air.

Thanks for the initial insights.

It's free standing...with the unit in the sight of the the return grill especially

with the fan in the ON position at the T*stat . Try the website listed. It should answer your questions. Welcolme to call me at 703+753-4122.

Ralph Little

Little Heating & Cooling

Haymarket, VA

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first you have to take care the cause of the mold after that you can take care of the ducts. first the air handler you need a trusted tec to pull and clean your evaporator he pull out the unit soaks it down coil cleaning solutiom which would penetrate the coils and with the foaming action pushs out the dirt after a good soaking he should hose down the evap.until all the solution is wash away. second after the coil is pull and clean your tec should install a uv light in the supply side of your box. if you have an A shape coil a light should be installed on both sides that should take care of sanitising your system. about your concern with the duct system the uv lights should take care of any future mold. If you think there is mold in your ducts now call a good duct cleaning company who will take care of any soiling in your system. This will definitly take care of you health situation with your system. It might be a little expensive but compare hospitals it is cheap.

Ray gonzalez KOOLRAY HEATING AND AIR

CLARKSVILLE TN

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Yes Jupiter. It depends on the severity of the situation, is the mold encapsulated in the insulation. If yes, than replace [insulation] it with new. Is it on the casing of the heater? If yes, clean it with a mold neutralizing metal cleaner. It's not a matter of finding something or someone to clean or address the existing mold. It's a matter of finding a contractor to rectify what is causing the mold grow. It's coming from excessive moisture in the air-handler unit. I can say with 100% surety you’re dealing with poor airflow and/or incorrect equipment sizing! Either issue will cause excessive icing of the evaporator coil, which leads to excessive condensate water in the system. The condensate will eventually overflow the drain pan leaving stagnant water in the air-handler housing, which leads to mold growth. I would not let any contractor do any kind of temporary repair, add any device like a UV light or air-cleaning product until the aforementioned is corrected. I talk a lot about this in my videos and on my website. It is the result of improper system design from unqualified contractors. There is a reason why some guys cost more than others, and this is one reason why!

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For heavens sake, Do NOT spray bleach, or put ozone in your home! Ozone is a pollutant. Bleach is a pollutant as well. Why treat the bleach with something that can cause you to devlope cancer or worse? An ultraviolet light system will perform well for treating a constant surface. Uv light will be pretty much in effective for any air that is moving. I would want to first, find out where the mold is coming from. This could most likely be caused by an over sized air conditioning system. That aside, the way to keep your air conditioning system free of mold would have 1 or more steps apply. The first step is we would want to prevent any mold spores from entering the system in the future. With that, an advanced air filtration system like the IQ AIR would be the answer. This system will virtually gather all of the contaminents from air and prevent them from entering the hvac system. This will also kill virtually all mold spores before they enter the system. The second part is to have a reputable HVAC specialist perform a precision tune-up and clean the heat removal system with a non-toxic sanitizing solution to rid the coil of the mold , dirt, dust, and bacteria that currently resides on the coils. The last thing is to add an air sanitizer that uses photo-hydro ionization to treat the mold throughout the home, and hvac system. This style system is tested to be ozone safe and will work well in conjunction with the air filtration system. I am an HVAC design specialist with a commitment to providing the best indoor air to my clients. I research all things on the market and only choose to offer the best solutions. I have no direct ties to any manufacturers, and I have attended many classes on air quality. For your further studies, I would recommend researching Ozone, Bleach, Mold, IQ Air, EPA.org is a great tool.

Since mold will corrode aluminum, but it does not feed off of aluminum, the mold is feeding off of something on the surface of the coils.

Mold requires moisture (actually excess humidity) and a food source. Dust and/or construction debris are the most common food sources for the condition that you described. I would suspect that either your AC unit housing is not properly sealed and is drawing outside contamination, your home's air ducts are dirty, or the air system has been ran without a filter or with an improperly fitted filter.

The moisture is typically related to the AC unit not having been properly installed (the unit must be level), there could be an internal corrosion problem, or the condensation drain line has become plugged.

We have successfully completed numerous AC mold remediation projects in the 11 years that we have been in business. The process involves determining what caused the mold, fixing the cause of the problem, removing the mold from inside the AC unit (remediation), cleaning and sanitizing the duct work, scrubbing the air inside the home and installing a disposable high performance air filter into the AC unit (Filtrete UltraAllergen Air Filter).

I hope this has been of help.

Daryl Choby
Moldex The Mold Experts
Scottsdale, AZ