[sdiy] Re: Other LED's

[The Peasant]

Or how about one of these:

http://www3.telus.net/public/dt0116/tubes.html

(first item)

2500 watts/100,000 lumens of Xenon ultraviolet arcing!

Take care,
Doug 
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The Electronic Peasant

www.electronicpeasant.com


Quoting Ken Stone <sasami at hotkey.net.au>:

> 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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