Re: good source for UV tubes?

Can you obtain the spectral power distribution charts for these
lights? If so look at them and see where most of the light peaks in
nanometers. If you find most of it in the range from about 380 to 430
nm, they should work well because this seems to be the ideal range
for Pt/Pd. I have in the past not found the relationship between K
temperature and UV output to be reliable.

Sandy

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>one thing that you might try is ebay. There are a lot of ebay
>storefronts for lights. One thing that might help is doing a search
>for 'reef bulb' or something of the sort, because saltwater reef
>fishkeepers use these bulbs.
>
>One thing that I'm interested in knowing is if the 18K Kelvin reef
>bulbs might be a better light source than the standard BL bulb. You
>can get 18K VHO bulbs which might make a more econmical light source
>than the NO bulbs. Additionally, you could put together a 400W 20K
>Metal halide light source for a lot cheaper (about $200 w/ bulb)
>than a Normal Output (NO) flourcent rig. I'm suspecting that a 20K
>metal halide 400W would print much faster than a NO florescent bulb
>array for cheaper, however you would need to adjust for the metal
>halide warmup time either by keeping the light running or using a
>intergater.
>
>Additionally, it's worth picking up the more expensive electronic
>ballasts no matter what the bulb (the most prominant electronic
>ballast manufacturer is IceCap). Articles I've read confirm the
>manfacturers claims that bulbs ran off of electronic ballasts are
>more efficient and produce more light. One study I read indicated
>that the IceCap ballased 175W metal halide put out LUX equiv. to a
>250W MH on a tar ballast.
>
>Anyone have thougts/experiences w/ the higher K metal halides w/ platinum?
>
>thanks
>
>kevin
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>Bill Leigh
>wrleigh@att.net
>> I'm in the process of building a fluorescent tube UV exposure unit, and
>> would appreciate some leads to a good source for BL (blacklight) tubes.
>> If anyone has found a relatively cheap source, where I don't have to buy
>> 30 at a time, please let me know!
>>
>> Jack Reisland
>>
Received on Tue Jan 13 12:51:48 2004