killahbeez2000 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 hey everyone i just bought a new bulb for a UV sterilizer i bought of ebay. Its a hawaiian maine import brand or something like that. well i hooked up the bulb outside of the unit to see if it worked and ive never seen a uv bulb on before. All it is, is teo filiments at each end of a tube and there is a blueish light at either end of thre bulb and it doesnt even fill up the whole tube. is this how its suppose to look or is there something wrong with it?? its an 8 watt germicidal G8T5 bulb. Link to comment
sammy33 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Interesting!?! I believe UV is in the non-visible portion of the light spectrum. I have never had a UV sterilizer nor have I ever seen the inside of one but UV is on the blue side of the light spectrum beyond visible so what you describe sounds logical. Link to comment
Caius Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Be careful. Some usefull bacteria are sensitive to UV and might die. Do a search on this message board and others to get some more info before you start using this thing. Link to comment
killahbeez2000 Posted June 29, 2003 Author Share Posted June 29, 2003 ok thank you i am using it to cure some live rock right now just to test it Link to comment
bjpembo Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 not to mention the useful bacteria dying but im pretty sure its unhealty to look at a uv bulb. Link to comment
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