Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « on: December 24, 2012, 06:41:13 PM » Author: mrboojay
Have they/will they discontinue MV black lights? Also are they the only type of HID that can work as a good black light (I don't think HPS or LPS would do very well though)?
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #1 on: December 25, 2012, 05:40:49 AM » Author: dor123
The blacklight mercury lamps, are intended for blacklight effects at stages, as they produces a huge amount of UVA, compared to blacklight fluorescents, and they are a point UV sources (Phosphorless, only wood glass, 365.5nm mercury UVA spectral line). Blacklight fluorescent lamps, are used for fluorescence effects inside rooms or inside small areas, identification of fake bills, and minerals analysis, and produces their UVA by phosphors. Blacklight CFLs are retrofits for "blacklight" incandescents, which have zero (The incandescents) UV radiation and are very hot and severally overdriven (50 hours life in the worst case). So blacklight CFLs should be for sure a real green solution for blacklight incandescent. UV LEDs, are used for money identification of fake bills only. They can't replaces blacklight MVs in any ways. So banning the MV black lights is meaningless, as they are the most efficient and powerful UVA sources. They don't intended to produces visible light. Each blacklight lightsources have its own applications.
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #4 on: December 26, 2012, 03:05:56 AM » Author: dor123
Blake: Here are the near UV LEDs of my UV flashlight. Here is my UV flashlight turned off.
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #6 on: December 26, 2012, 08:04:21 AM » Author: dor123
My hostel is a jewish institution, so it isn't celebrate Christmas. It celebrated Hannuka. Generally, the main religion in Israel is judaism, and real Christmas and New Year celebrations, are relatively new activities here, that began only in the recent years, at least at the beginning of 2000's. When I was a child and a teen, Christmas and New Year, wasn't celebrated in Israel at all.
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #8 on: December 26, 2012, 09:45:36 AM » Author: dor123
Here is the beam of my near UV LED flashlight.
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #10 on: January 02, 2013, 02:35:59 PM » Author: BG101
I hope they don't discontinue them, it wouldn't make any sense. Especially as I'm still yet to acquire one! I'd be tempted to put a second MV fixture up in my back yard, a bog-standard 80W floodlight as these are cheap, and put a blacklight bulb in for parties, barbeques etc.. This would create a great effect alongside the existing clear mercury lantern! BG
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #12 on: January 03, 2013, 12:56:30 PM » Author: BG101
Good point, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe a shovel-type floodlight would be better in that case as it should protect the bulb from the weather better than an open fitting designed to be operated with a cover. BG
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	Re: Discontinuation of MV Black Lights « Reply #14 on: January 03, 2013, 04:09:09 PM » Author: dor123
A wood glass, is a glass, but with higher iron and nikel doping, that makes it almost opaque to visible light, except for the UVA and IR radiation. A wood glass don't transparet shorter UV wavelengths than regular hard and soft glasses.
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