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Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...
Is there anything different about running a UV germicidal tube
than a normal fluorescent tube? A vendor is advising that electronic ballasts are more sensitive somehow & therefore unsuitable as a replacement for an old ballast & separate starter setup... TIA -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...
That sounds like a load of bollards to me.
The basic specs from the starting and running are the same, indeed if they were not they just would make different ones for them and they don't. Of course depending on the output frequencies it could affect any material the unit was made from or coated in but otherwise.... Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Jim K.." wrote in message o.uk... Is there anything different about running a UV germicidal tube than a normal fluorescent tube? A vendor is advising that electronic ballasts are more sensitive somehow & therefore unsuitable as a replacement for an old ballast & separate starter setup... TIA -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...
"Brian Gaff" Wrote in message:
That sounds like a load of bollards to me. The basic specs from the starting and running are the same, indeed if they were not they just would make different ones for them and they don't. Of course depending on the output frequencies it could affect any material the unit was made from or coated in but otherwise.... Brian I tend to agree Brian. I know little about the the technicalities of these things but shurely the internal discharge "arc" is the same as a lighting tube, but the inside of the lighting tube is coated in phosphor to fluorescence? rather than the UV tube being plain glass to "let it all out"? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...
On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 16:41:58 +0100 (GMT+01:00), "Jim K.."
wrote: I know little about the the technicalities of these things but shurely the internal discharge "arc" is the same as a lighting tube, but the inside of the lighting tube is coated in phosphor to fluorescence? rather than the UV tube being plain glass to "let it all out"? Quartz glass, but otherwise yes. BigClive: "Good UV versus bad UV. All available on eBay." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpRMud6EFtE Thomas Prufer |
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Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...
Thomas Prufer Wrote in message:
On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 16:41:58 +0100 (GMT+01:00), "Jim K.." wrote: I know little about the the technicalities of these things but shurely the internal discharge "arc" is the same as a lighting tube, but the inside of the lighting tube is coated in phosphor to fluorescence? rather than the UV tube being plain glass to "let it all out"? Quartz glass, but otherwise yes. BigClive: "Good UV versus bad UV. All available on eBay." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpRMud6EFtE Thomas Prufer Interesting thanks. I note big Clive used the exact same fluorescent batten fitting to demonstrate all 3 tubes including a UVC tube! -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...
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Jim K.. wrote: "Brian Gaff" Wrote in message: That sounds like a load of bollards to me. The basic specs from the starting and running are the same, indeed if they were not they just would make different ones for them and they don't. Of course depending on the output frequencies it could affect any material the unit was made from or coated in but otherwise.... Brian I tend to agree Brian. I know little about the the technicalities of these things but shurely the internal discharge "arc" is the same as a lighting tube, but the inside of the lighting tube is coated in phosphor to fluorescence? rather than the UV tube being plain glass to "let it all out"? Quite. If the ballasts were different, it would say so in the spec. -- *(on a baby-size shirt) "Party -- my crib -- two a.m Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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