--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "ednspace" <ed@c...> wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <spoothammer@h...> wrote:
> >
> > Does Datak mention anything about using a "sunlamp"...something
> with
> > some UV spectrum in it?
>
> Thanks for the reply Bob,
>
> Could be part of the problem, I started with a standard sort of Grow-
> lite by GE but did not know how much if any UV was in it, so switched
> to the Photoflood bulb.
The photoflood is going to be optimized for balanced visible light.
The growlite will be optimized for more UV light, which plants need to
grow. I used a 150W growlite floodlamp.
> I may try another negative, right now I have very little black in
> mine because the circuit is sitting in a ground plane, traces only
> slightly seperated. Possibly I can tell whats going on with wider
> space between light and dark areas of the negative.
How are you holding the negative onto the board? Plexi or glass? How
thick? I'm not certain, but I think Plexiglass may block more UV than
glass, at least compared to cheap thin glass anyway.
Steve