🧩 Philosophy 4d ago · jefftk

Against In-Duct UV

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Against In-Duct UV
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When I pitch people on

far-UVC
they often ask about in-duct UV. How about putting UV inside your
HVAC ducts, where you can safely blast the air with cheap toxic
wavelengths. Unfortunately, it's rarely a good approach.





The biggest issue is that most people don't have ducts. They're
common in the US, though less so in older construction (radiators) or
newer (mini-splits). Outside the US (and Canada, and Australia),
however, ducted systems are mostly limited to large modern office
buildi

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