[alt-photo] Re: Alternative Exposure Unit (no pun intended)

[Jeremy Moore]

And please remember to protect your eyes/skin from the UV! (Not to mention
anything else in the room with this light that may break down from repeated
UV exposure.)

-Jeremy-



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>  I would like to mention one other caution on the fotodiox unit.
>>
>> CFLs don't like to be operated in an inverted positon. (especially the
>> larger lamps like these). The heat rises off of the lamp and overheats the
>> electronic ballast which has some heat sensitive components. Worse, is the
>> large number of surrounding lamps all heating each other up (480 watts for
>> the whole lot). The inner lamps may have a very short life.
>>
>> I think you would need to add some forced air cooling if you wanted a
>> reliable exposure unit.
>>
>> Peter Friedrichsern
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