Hello,
I've got an eprom eraser that has suffered a broken tube in transit. The tube is a screw type thread. Are these a standard thing and if so can anybody suggest a supplier in the UK? (i've had a google and can't find much)
Any help much appreciated.
Shaun
These are also used as sterilizing lamps, check with fluorescent lamp suppliers - they should be able to help you find a source.
John :-#)#
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Perhaos try looking this side of the channel? Screw threads are the norm over here for room lighting
Colin in Belgium
Most eprom erasers are shortwave UV lamps.. Bare mercury arcs that have no phosphors on the walls. Any fluorescent lamp that has this kind of characteristic will work, assuming that you had a fluorescent lamp in the first place. If not, then I'm not sure what you did have.
The lamps are used (in the US) for germicidal use, and are NOT to be looked at directly. The same shortwave UV that kills germs will do a nasty (and permanent) job on your optic nerves. Hence all the shielding.
One possible place to get them would be a store that sells mineralogical supplies, they often have UV lamps that emit shortwave and longwave UV to aid in identifying minerals. You'd be searching for a replacement, of course.
Failing that, an inexpensive fixture, a light tight box, and salvaging the timer from the old one would enable you to make one yourself.
I'm not familiar with fluorescent lamps that have screw bases, though.
Harvey
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