365. The Power of the Sun | UVC Germicidal Lamp
28 Jan 2026 · 13 min
This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a podcast episode titled "365. The Power of the Sun | UVC Germicidal Lamp" (recorded 2021-12-09). It features Derek Cole (speaking on behalf of Simmons Heating & Air) delivering an educational/promotional monologue about UVC germicidal technology for HVAC systems — how UVC works, why it helps control mold/bacteria on coils, and analogies to sunlight and pool chlorination. He outlines a limited-time holiday bundle (coil scrubber, dryer vent cleaning, and a safety inspection) priced at $497 as a promotional offer, encourages signing up for a free 5-day Healthy Home Challenge for more indoor air quality guidance, and mentions William Skipper. The content is instructional and sales-oriented rather than a multi-person dialogue.
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$497 (plus tax mentioned separately)
$785 (plus tax)
$134
$87 (plus tax)
2021-12-09
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Foreign. Hey, what's up, everyone? Derek Cole here with Simmons. One hour heating air. I want to talk today about the holiday bundle. It does expire on Friday, a few hours away. But I wanted to go deeper on the holiday bundle and deeper on the value of UV home. The purpose of UV and why is it important and why you should care about UV in your home. So what am I talking about when talk about uv? When you talk about uv, you turn out the power of the sun. You're talking about UVC light, which is a spectrum of uv. UVC is a spectrum which acts as a germal cytome. Y' all ever heard of ozone before? Ozone is uv. U. UV light. UVV light is a spectrum of light. And that's how ozone is in atmosphere. It's in your everyday life, is. It's kind of like uv. It's, it's, it's there. UV is, of course, the power of the sun. Nothing. Nothing. You know, germs, bacteria, things like that can grow when UV is present. Now, a way to prove this point would be. You've often heard that, you know, if you. If you. If you're in the woods and you're lost and, you know, find the north side of the tree is the one with moss on it, or if you look at your driving by and look at a house or even look at your own house and you see the moss and the mildew kind of stuff growing on your house, well, that's usually the north side of the house because where UV is present, that isn't present. So where UV shines or UV is at, it cleans that off. You don't have the mildew, you don't have the moss growth. You don't have those green things happening on that side of the house. Well, the same thing with your unit. Your unit is in. If it's the air handler, even if it's the package unit, it's in a cold, damp, dark spot. So when that environment happens, things start to grow. That's where you see your house. You see the moss or see the mildew coming up the siding or the side of the house. You. You see that build up. Well, imagine, imagine what's happening in your unit because at least outside your house has a little bit of sunlight. A little bit. But your unit has zero sunlight, has zero uvc. That's where the coil scrubber comes into play. We have to put your unit in that environment because you have a cooling coal. You know, air comes across that coal in the summertime. It's Going to turn the air into. It's going to suck the heat out of there. It's going to make it cool in the winter time, it's going to reverse, it's going to make it warm. But when water forms or you have water in the drain pan, anything, dirt, germs, bacteria, anything is flying through that system is going to be on that coal and it's going to therefore get into your home. The only way to start controlling that is with uv. That's where the coil scrubber comes in. Into play the coal scrubber goes is exactly what it says. It's a coal scrubber. It's a UVC lamp that goes on your system and always is going to treat the air when it comes on in your home. It's going to treat the surface. It's also going to treat anything flying through there. Because in heating air, we have the. Well, we have the benefit. All the air is going to pass through. It's going to pass through that unit at some time. And that's our opportunity to treat that air when it passes through that unit. And that's why you can do things like UV and UVV for ozone. And because all the air is coming through that system. At one point, I kind of relate it to related to a pool. You have a home, usually with a pool, you have some kind of underground water system to disperse chlorine. Or you could even put chlorine tablets on top. Well, it doesn't 100% treat the pool all at one time because nothing can survive when chlorine is good for the pool. You don't have algae or mildew or anything. So be nice and clean. The bad thing is you won't be able to swim in because the chlorine, well, UV is the powerful, powerful light. And you can treat all there in the system when it comes through that system. It's kind of like the pool. You treat all the water when it comes through with chlorine before it comes back out into the pool. Right? You have chlorine, you have the water, you treat it and it goes back out into the pool. Same way with UV or even if you step up to air scrubber, same way with UV and uvv, ozone, you don't treat it all at one time. You treat it as it's coming through the system. UV is important because things start to grow, things happen. When it's dark, damp, moist, ugly things happen. And the way to prevent those ugly things from happening is to start introducing uvc. And that's where the holiday bundle Comes in to be a such a good. Great. Actually it's a great offer because usually just the coal scrubber by itself, the coal scrubber, myself, people that size out to the house, you know this for a fact at 785 plus tax with the coil scrubber, 785 with the holiday bundle, we are bundling it and the bundle is 497. The coil scrubber is $785. Usually the bundle itself is $497. What does the bundle include? It includes the coil scrubber. It includes a dryer vent cleaning. Now most folks don't realize that most home fires are caused by the dryer vent. It needs to be cleaned out once a year to be safe. Actually, some apartment complexes make it mandatory that the tenants have to clean out the dryer vent once a year. It's such a problem. So a standalone dryer vent cleaning for a standard 5 to 10 foot run of dryer vent is $134. That's in a bundle. You have the coil scrubber, you have the dryer vent. We're going to come to your house with all these items. So we don't charge you any the louvre fees. But I was sitting back thinking about the bundle. I was like, well this is a great offer because we had a coil scrubber, we got a dryer vent cleaning, we're going to install the coil scrub, we're going to do the dryer vent cleaning. But what else can we do? I mean, what, we're already at the home, right? What else can we do to add some value, some more value to this offer? And I got to think about a safety inspection. Why don't we do a safety inspection on their heating system? If you were to call today and say I want a safety inspection on my system, I want you to come out and check my heat. The all daytime window is $87 plus tax. So we got the 20 point, 28 point safety inspection on your system. $87. Jarvate cleaning, $134. And the big one is the coil scrubber. The coil scrubber is only 785 by itself. But you can have this. If you add this up, it's a thousand and six dollars. We're doing it for the bundle for 497 plus tax. 4 97. That's the good news. The bad news is it ends on Friday. It ends on Friday. That's the bad news. We've reached out to as many clients as we could that had been offered the coil scrubber. And, you know, reach back out to them and say, hey, we have this offer available. I, I know you talked about it, I knew you wanted it. Here's the offer. And the response has been fantastic because it's a fantastic offer. It's 497 for all these items. But mainly, I mean, if you just look, if you just take everything out but the coil scrubber instead of $7.85, you're getting it for 4.97. So what I'll do is I'll link up the website where you can read all the details about the offer and the holiday bundle. I'll link up the website right here so you can see it, read it, respond to it, if that's something you want. But I wanted to come on here and talk about the power of uv. If you want any more information on indoor air quality, please sign up for the free 5 day healthy home Challenge. Myself William Skipper. We go through step by step filtration, UV duct systems, ozone. We go through all this in those five days. And the best part is I think you get an email from me every day walking you through each of those, each of those days and each of those steps, and even offering you a quick action step guide if you want to take advantage of each day's offer. When you sign up for the Healthy Home Challenge, which is free to sign up, it's free. You do get a 20% discount on some of the products there. So take advantage of that. If you have more questions about indoor air quality, it's something very important. We spend 90% of our time indoors these days. Stop and think about that. 90% of our time. And the EPA says indoor air is two to five times worse than outdoor air. So we need to be breathing clean, healthy air. And we want that for you and your family, healthy, safe air to start breathing. So sign up for the Health Home Challenge. It is free. Or better yet, take advantage of the holiday bundle again. Friday, Is it Friday. The bundle is gone. It's probably not going to come back next year. We did this this year, but with the price increases and all of the increases, it's probably not going to be available next year. So take advantage of it. And if you have any questions, we are here for anything you need. Thanks.
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