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Title: germicidal lamp design
Post by: form109 on July 08, 2008, 11:35:54 AM

modern germicidal lamps resemble a compact flourescent lamp without the phosporus coating,and as such work on the same principal.

older versions of the germicidal lamp resembles an incandescent,in this lamp a tungsten filament heats some mercury vapor causing an arc to form at the tips of the lead wires,while shorting out the filament.

Title: Re: germicidal lamp design
Post by: TudorWhiz on July 08, 2008, 03:26:05 PM

actually one more thing, a germicidal lamps are made out of quartz instead of glass like CFL has glass....

The reason is because quartz does not block UV

Title: Re: germicidal lamp design
Post by: form109 on July 08, 2008, 03:27:01 PM

i knew that ;D