I just remembered seeing colored CFLs at Home Depot. I think yellow was in their batch. Not cheap, though. 73 Jim N6OTQ >________________________________ > From: Jim Hancock <jhancock1@...> >To: homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:06 PM >Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Yellow CFL bulb > > >Probably not yellow glass but yellow phosphor coating. All fluorescent >lamps work by using UV from a mercury vapor light source to excite a >phosphor coating on the inside of the tube. Any missing phosphor will >allow some UV to escape although most glass does block some UV rays. >For what it's worth, Amazon has some 60 w bug lamps. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Yellow CFL bulb
2013-07-23 by Jim