UV lamps

thanks for the update Stefan
it looks like WTC is taking customers and product development very seriously...
good !

If you think lamps are out of date, look here:

UV laser
http://www.strahlen.org/smf/index.php/topic,3680.0.html

Cheers,
Stefan

new discussion on UV lamps
http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,15,170720,170720#msg-170720

One remark to UV filter glass which is the most expensive part of the lamp:

My lamp uses Hoya 325 filters, see the specs here (interesting link!):
http://www.hoyaoptics.com/color_filter/uv_transmitting.htm

Please not that UV filter does have a lifecycle: sooner or later they get solarisation effects and need to be replaced. I do not have specific information, for older glasses the rule of thumb was about 500 hrs lifetime, no idea about newer glasses.

Edit: here is a link to a solarisation test. Hoya perfomed best with -15% in 250 hrs.
http://www.uvlp.ca/effectsofsolarization.htm


Cheers,
Stefan