Keesje
Well-Known Member
There are some devicces for sale that claim that they help to prevent bud rot and mildew amongst others.
You hang the device in your room and it will kill the spores.
This is such a device:
They are also placed in hospitals, kitchens, bakery's, dentist, etc. to help prevent bacteria and viruses.
Experiments show that they can work.
Now the device on the picture looks very simple. It is not much more then a steel tube, a fan and an UV-C lamp of about 8 Watt.
At least that is what I think if I look at this sheet from the company.
https://www.uvpro.de/fileadmin/Produktbilder/Umluftentkeimer/V50/Datasheet_V50.pdf
This device costs about $ 1000, which is a lot.
It looks to me that it is an 8 Watt UVC bulb inside a steel tube.
If I search for 8 watt UVC bulbs, they are less then $ 25.
Also UVC-devices for fish like koi are way cheaper.
So my questions:
- Is this a special UVC bulb inside the device?
- Would it be possible to build it yourself?
- Is there a danger that you could produce ozone as well with UVC in a steel bulb?
- And if yes, would it help if you would make the tube from PVC?
You hang the device in your room and it will kill the spores.
This is such a device:
They are also placed in hospitals, kitchens, bakery's, dentist, etc. to help prevent bacteria and viruses.
Experiments show that they can work.
Now the device on the picture looks very simple. It is not much more then a steel tube, a fan and an UV-C lamp of about 8 Watt.
At least that is what I think if I look at this sheet from the company.
https://www.uvpro.de/fileadmin/Produktbilder/Umluftentkeimer/V50/Datasheet_V50.pdf
This device costs about $ 1000, which is a lot.
It looks to me that it is an 8 Watt UVC bulb inside a steel tube.
If I search for 8 watt UVC bulbs, they are less then $ 25.
Also UVC-devices for fish like koi are way cheaper.
So my questions:
- Is this a special UVC bulb inside the device?
- Would it be possible to build it yourself?
- Is there a danger that you could produce ozone as well with UVC in a steel bulb?
- And if yes, would it help if you would make the tube from PVC?