It creeps me out that stuff like this is available to ordinary consumers. The technology is usually used by trained professionals in industrial environments and can cause serious eye and skin damage with a short direct exposure.
This video is part review of construction quality (poor) and partly to make you aware of the dangers of using one of these.
These lamps do damage viruses, but unfortunately they can damage humans too.
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This video is part review of construction quality (poor) and partly to make you aware of the dangers of using one of these.
These lamps do damage viruses, but unfortunately they can damage humans too.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
Classic Cina ballast rated for drive tube 7-27 watt.
Simple but work very well.
Reminds me of the new James Dyson fan heaters.
I bought a Dyson AM 09 from QVC many years ago and it is still running perfectly.
Now that I'm looking back at this video I remember having seen a promotional video from a French website that sells quite a similar tabletop UVC lamp.
But what's worse about this one is that it doesn't even have a remote control, instead it's a single pushbutton on the lamp itself that when pressed will turn on the UVC after (Only ! 😱)10 seconds, then it will keep running for 30 minutes without any practical way to turn it off earlier without exposing yourself to the harmful rays and ozone because yes for 40€ they didn't even consider using a ozone-filtering bulb for it but I'll talk about the ozone later.
The reason I'm even aware of the existence of this product is that I came across said promotional video (All in French of course) about it, when a salesman was demonstrating it and showing a clear misunderstanding of the hazards and elementary safety precautions regarding UVC and also ozone.
In a nutshell he was saying that walking next to the lit lamp was "Fine" (No it's ABSOLUTELY NOT !) and basically wasn't emphasizing enough I think the absolute necessity of leaving the d*mn room.
At least he mentioned the need to open the windows to ventilate the room from the ozone, however he didn't seem to be aware of how dangerous ozone really is to the health though.
I therefore posted quite a long comment about all the real hazards associated with UVC and ozone, the mistakes the salesman was saying to the camera, the aforementioned flaws of their lamp (Which is still for sale as I'm writing this !), and last but not least the fact they also make UVC tubes that don't generate ozone and that maybe they should have chosen one of them instead.
Of my 3 UVC lamps only one emits ozone and it so happens to be the one I use the least of all.
Why ?
Because it takes a really long time for the ozone level to fall back to a non-irritating for my eyes/nose after the lamp has been switched off, even with the windows open and unless you want to specifically get rid of some unpleasant odor in the room, ozone isn't really necessary and happens to be more of a hassle (And additional hazard !) than anything else.
Anyways I didn't get any reply to my comment, however a few days later they deleted the video… Then re-uploaded the same one with the moments where the salesman under-emphasizes the hazards removed.
When I was a kid I encountered a washing machine that was being disposed of, and out of it I salvaged a small bulb, looked a lot like a regular incandescent bulb in a size I didn't typically encounter, but it was quite clearly labeled "germicidal lamp". It had a smallish inductor wired in series with it. I did play with it a bit, it lit with a rather pretty purple color, but I don't recall running it for long or experiencing any damage because of it.
We have some serious filtration on the well water here, and one of the things they would do in the annual maintenance was change out a "UV Bulb" that was somewhere in the setup. Quite costly, that was. Not using that company any more, I know of no signs of any bacteria in the water here.
Ooh i like how it looks like a sox lamp
So I've got one but returning it. It's got the motion sensor built in but it's waaaaay to sensitive. I can place it in a closed room, shut the door and you'll see the light come out from under the doorway. I can stand down a hallway and slowly lift my arm and you can see the light turn off. I can be out of sight of the door around a corner and lift my arm slowly and it still turns off… It's unreal, I'm not sure how it's supposed to stay on if it can somehow detect motion in a joining rooms with the door shut.
I'd be more scared of potentially getting skin cancer later on than a sunburn because UV-C light can also potentially give us skin cancer which can kill you! ⚠☀💀
I just scored a similar unit at a thrift store for $5.99. As far as I can tell, it was never used as the remote still had the plastic sheet stuck in to disconnect the battery. It has a nifty function that once you select the run time (15, 30, or 60 minutes) then press power, it will start beeping. The beep rate will rise until it is a steady tone over about 15 seconds or so. Then the tone will stop and a second later, the lamp will light. I did the first 15 minute test in my garage which is about 24 feet square (576 sq ft., 53.5 sq m.) and it left quite a strong ozone smell. I'm not sure what the actual wattage is yet.
I know ordinary glass is "supposed" to block UVC but would it be safe to
say go outside and look through the window of the room where the light
is put to see if it's working or not ?
I've had arc flash its extremely painful.
I heard about a water bottle which uses UVC LEDs to sterilize water inside, battery powered, all in the cap. Since UVC LED seems to provide the least efficacy in the LED realm, I wonder if this could be a scam as it raises many red flags to me. Any reverse engineering on it? Is called Larq
When you use it uvc ozon lamp in room 30min how long you wait to enter room and open windows, how long you keep open windows ventilation?
Anyone notice the remote is labeled NO/OFF?
I've got an identical looking unit also straight from China with very similar pcbs, although just a tiny bit different. I have been trying to fix it and got excited when you pointed out the prone to failure resistor, but mine is OK. I can't figure this one out! It worked for a few months then just stopped turning on
Does must ventilate place when lamp working?