Hello crankorgan,
Thursday, April 04, 2002, 2:57:25 PM, you wrote:
c> Hi,
c> Years ago I tried to locate a UV light to erase Eproms. I
c> got alot of bad info. The Blacklight for posters is not
c> the right wavelength. UV bulbs look like a clear florescent
c> light bulb. They used to come with a drop of mercury in them. After
c> trying to buy one, I found one in a Tropical Fish store. They
c> are used in a Sterilizer. Water passes past the bulb and the
c> germs in the water are killed. Do not look at the light while
c> it is on!!! It may look like it is not bright but it can give
c> you welders flash! You will wake up 2 o'clock in the morning with
c> the feeling sand is in your eyes. Be careful!
c> John
And I replied:
And much worse things can happen if your tiny grey cells are on vacation:
A nurse in one hospital thaught that she could gain some sun-tan under the
germicidal lamp, so she went to a room where some of the laundry was
stored and layed down for about half hour, intremittantly observing the
'not so intense' blue light which in fact is almost pure UV-C (peak for
germicidal lamps is arround 237nm - ideal for UV-EPROM erasing).
She was severe burnt and her staring to the lamp gaved her 60% sight loss
(permanent).
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