Having UV bulbs in my air conditioner gives me an extra layer of protection.

You can’t go overboard with keeping yourself and your home clean, despite what some people say to the contrary.

It’s not a matter of satisfying obsessive compulsive tendencies when the end result is keeping yourself from getting overexposed to allergens and bacterial and viral pathogens.

Fifteen years ago when I started using my own sanitizing wipes on shopping carts at grocery stores, I constantly got scornful and disapproving looks. I remember being called a germaphobe by my friends and family. When it comes down to preventing potentially fatal infectious diseases, I was fine getting disrespect over being as clean as I possibly could. Nowadays every store I walk into has a tub of wipes near the shopping cart area at the front of the store. Even the local hardware store has sanitizing wipes for the carts and baskets. I feel vindicated over the wipes, but now it has switched gears to my HVAC equipment. I was the first person I knew to get UV bulbs put in his air conditioner way back when they were first developed. Some of the people who called me crazy for using them now have UV bulbs inside their central HVAC systems. If you are hard pressed to keep your indoor air as clean as humanly possible, having bright ultraviolet lights in the small enclosed space that cools your air is surely a good start for improved respiratory health. You have to buy the chassis and have a certified HVAC technician attach it to the inside of the air conditioner. The bulbs need to be replaced at least once a year, even if they are still emitting visible light.

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