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As I am looking for ways to safely run germicidal T8 low pressure mercury vapor lamps, I am beginning to wonder if any UV blocking fluorescent tube guards are able to block UVC radiation.
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Good old fashioned window glass works, just run it the other side of a window..! Not sure if there are any specific items designed for it though, it would defeat the purpose of germicidal lamps.
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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That might work, only one way to find out..!
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Asking about these so that I can use TUV tubes safely so that I can have the effect of clear low pressure mercury tubes operating in fluorescent fixtures.
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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I thought that's what you wanted to do, but given that radiating UVC is the whole point of a germicidal lamp, I wasn't sure if there was a way around it, other than to view it through a window. For our small Philips TUV6 lamp, we just put a large beer glass over it. 
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feel free to ask questions
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WWHIDUSA, you may use borosilicate glas tubes which you can put over the tubes. However using plastic covers, will in my opinion likely lead to plastic decomposition.
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Alex
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Nice Philips lamp! One of its uses is to check phosphor colors in neon tube making. Being cold cathode it does not mind short cycles.
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Polycarbonate is known to block almost all UV light, one of the reasons it is used in sunglasses. So a polycarbonate tube may work. Though, it may quickly yellow with such a powerful UVC source. I'd check that no UVC is left with some lamp phosphor, for example from a broken fluorescent tube.
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