Lighting with uv emulsions Re: PCB success!

jorgen.bergfors at idg.se jorgen.bergfors at idg.se
Mon Sep 28 11:14:47 CEST 1998


>>Someting to keep in mind is that low wattage incandescent lamps are 
>>ok, but not halogen or tl based lighting stuff, including those 
>>energy saving things .  Reason is that these produce a substantial 
>>amount of UV themselves .
>>Better would be red or yellow-green darkroom illumination, no risk
>>whatsoever :)

>A yellow "bug-bulb" works fine with the film resist boards from Kepro. I
>can't say about other resists. I have no trouble seeing what I'm doing.

I have those energy saving fluorescent lamps both in the hall ceiling and over 
the kitchen table. They were on when I made the boards. Didn't affect the 
results. I would not bother with special darkroom lights.

/Jorgen







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