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On 6 Jul 2004 11:10:09 -0700, (dan) wrote:

(dan) wrote in message . com...
We just bought a house that has a RUUD 10 SEER (we live in florida)
that is about 11 years old. The air handler in the attic has heavy
mold inside it all over. a technician came out and said it should be
replaced because cleaning it would cost almost as much as getting a
new one. He did mention that we were losing some Freon through it
also. These are our two concerns: 1.)we have a 2 year old child and a
new one coming in a month and it scares us to think that the air
conditioning can be a health danger to the infant and child; 2.)we
really dont have the money to drop on a new air hanling unit and
condenser. We are in a bit of situation here and was wondering if a
suggestion or two could be offered? Thanks in advance. Dan.

Thanks for the responses.
The A/C technicain mentioned that the bio-clean wont work on the mold
spores so i would be a waste of time and that installing a UV light
will run to $600. what about the supposed Freon leak at the air
handler? Should i use bleach on everything except the condenser
coils? Thanks in advance.

Use it on the moldy areas only. Read the instructions for safe use,
but iIt is corrosive so use your head. Lowes also sells bleach
tablets that are made specifically to put in the drain pan as
mentioned above.

Also, the drain pan under the evaporator should be as empty as
possible. Clean your drain lines of any debris that may dam up the
drain line.