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I believe I have mold growing on a 2 year old Lennox AC coil.

 
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I believe I have mold growing on a 2 year old Lennox AC coil. I am hypersensitive to mold so the exposure makes me ill. I also have an AprilAire whole-house dehumidifier that takes are in from across the house and inserts the dry air (40%RH) into the return plenum for the AC system. I had the dehumidifier installed to keep the Lennox AC coil dry and the whole house dry. Unfortunately, it appears I have mold growing on the coil anyway.

What do I do to elminate the mold? Buy a anti-fungal coated coil and/or use AirOasis PCO lamps at the coil and ducts and/or replace the entire air handler or other ideas?

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Brand: Lennox
Type of HVAC: Air Conditioner

Submitted: 274 days and 10 hours ago.
Category: HVAC
Value: $45
Status: CLOSED

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Rick Mather :

Installing UV lighting should take care of problem and having the coil washed with disinfectant such a bleach solution to kill mold then have UV lights installed

Rick Mather :

If air handler is invested with mold it may have to be replaced

Rick Mather :

This becoming a big problem lately I see more and more of it might have something to do with tighter home construction

Customer :

Two days ago I installed two AirOasis Induct PCO lamps (one in the left main supply branch about 5 feet downstream from Lennox AC cooling coil and one in the return plenum about 8 feet in upstream of the coil). I suspect the AprilAire Dehumidifier coil may be also contaminated.

Customer :

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Rick Mather :

Well it becomes a breading ground once it takes foothold moist and dark ideal condictions for the spores to grow

Rick Mather :

bleach solution will slow them down

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