Add evaporator coils to the long list of things you can’t disinfect with bleach
I hate it when all the people tells you to just disinfect something with bleach.
There some lake house improvement blogs will tell you to take diluted bleach as well as clean moldy drywall with it.
But these people don’t realize that bleach is mostly water, so you’re going to feed the mold getting it so wet like this. That’s why there are special products out there like mold-killing paint as well as Concrobium that will destroy mold spores without saturating the area with so much water. But these are not the only things you need to avoid with bleach, as anything with metal is going to slowly corrode with repeat exposure. One of the most notable examples is the evaporator coil found inside a familiar a/c. Since these components are known to harbor mold, multiple people are instantly driven to disinfect them with a diluted bleach cleaner. Doing this will most likely destroy your a/c’s evaporator coil. The corrosion from the bleach will be immediate as well as the effects will render the coil inoperable. Basically it will no longer absorb heat as well as cool your indoor air. That’s why there is a special aerosol cleaning made specially for evaporator coils in a/cs as well as dehumidifiers. The cleaner is sold at most hardware stores as well as will keep your a/c aromaing great if you treat it properly. Now that I have started using a/c evaporator coil cleaning spray, I no longer get different aromas coming from our a/c during times of peak indoor cooling. And if any of that grime has caused dust to stick to the coil, it will melt away with enough of the aerosol cleaner applied to the area that is dirty.