Re: UV light source

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From: David J. Romano (romano@agfa.com)
Date: 06/27/00-03:30:42 PM Z


A statement such as "UV rays don't reach beyond 40 inches" would likely refer to
the safe viewing distance for the wattage/UV power output of the bulb. Yes, of
course the rays go beyond 40", but the energy density would be low enough to not
cause damage to the eyes.

Dave

sjohnson@gwi.net wrote:

> ** Reply to note from Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com> Thu, 29 Jun 2000
> 12:41:23 -0400 (EDT)
> > UV rays don't reach beyond 40 inches ("They" say)
>
> The ones from the sun reach at least 93 million miles, so I'd not be inclined
> to put any credence in that 40 inch number.
>
> stan
>
> --
> Stan Johnson
> sjohnson@gwi.net
> 06/29/00 04:06pm


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