[sdiy] Re: Other LED's

[Ken Stone]

I think the most commonly used UV source for erasing is the TUV germicidal
lamps, such as TUV6W. Now these you do NOT want to expose yourself to!

Ken

>I use a mineral lamp. Mineralight UVS-11 from Ultraviolet Products. I broke
>the filter off. I does an excellent job
>
>Take care,
>John
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Roman" <modular at go2.pl>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:34 AM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: Other LED's
>
>
>| When testing UV LED, by accident I poined it to my eye for a fraction of
>| a second. It hurt for about half an hour then.
>|
>| I want to make small EPROM eraser with it and I hope it has enough power
>to
>| erase EPROM in reasonable time.
>|
>| Roman
>|
>| ----- Original Message -----
>| From: "The Old Crow" <oldcrow at oldcrows.net>
>| To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>| Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:34 AM
>| Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: Other LED's
>|
>|
>| >
>| >   Again, be very careful with these.  Notice the warning on the
>datasheet:
>| >
>| > http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Lumex/Web%20Data/SSL-LX5093SUVC.pdf
>| >
>| >   "Caution: emits ultraviolet radiation.  Protect your eyes and skin
>| > during operation as UV radiation may be harmful to your health."
>| >
>| >   These things are giving OSHA guys nightmares.  I really can't
>recommend
>| > using them as user interface display devices or in any device where the
>| > LED is directly visible.
>| >
>| > Crow
>| > /**/
>| >
>| > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Scott Juskiw wrote:
>| >
>| > > I've had better luck with purple LEDs. I tried these Lumex ones,
>Digikey
>| #:
>| > >
>| > > 67-1830-ND LED T-5MM 410NM VIOLET WATER CLR
>| > > 67-1831-ND LED T-5MM 380NM VIOLET WATER CLR
>| > >
>| > > The 380 nm variety is much more expensive than the 410 nm. I couldn't
>| > > see much difference between them. I used a bunch of the 410 nm in my
>| > > synth. Looks great.
>| >
>|
>|
>
>
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