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Unfortunately, I wouldn’t expect the average guy to know how to tell whether a UV bulb is safe (regular non-quartz glass helps a lot) or that dangerous ones are
by erik_seaberg 3y ago
Unfortunately, I wouldn’t expect the average guy to know how to tell whether a UV bulb is safe (regular non-quartz glass helps a lot) or that dangerous ones are sold without warnings.
- pard68 3y agoAverage guy here, I have no clue what you're talking about.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoquartz is mostly transparent to UV radiation, glass is not
- pard68 3y agoAh so one makes UV light just an innocuous, annoying purple and the other makes it like the inside of a tanning bed.
- flyinghamster 3y agoIf you're talking about old-school fluorescent-tube black lights, the bulb type designation will have a -BLB suffix, like F15T8-BLB for a typical 15-watt tube, as well as a visibly dark phosphor. A germicidal tube would be G15T8, and have a clear quartz envelope with no phosphor coating. All bets are off if you're using LEDs.
- tjohns 3y agoThe "average guy" shouldn't be doing technical stage production. You hire trained professionals for this kind of thing. There are literally entire companies who specialize in putting together these kinds of events safely, every single day. A professional stage lighting designer or theatrical electrician would absolutely know that this is a risk.